Example sentences of "were reported [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two had already died of starvation and young children were reported to be very weak from lack of food . |
| 2 | In Tambov town there were reported to be as few as three Bolsheviks on the very eve of the October Revolution . |
| 3 | After the demonstration , television film crew members , who only yesterday morning were reported to be ‘ under surveillance , ’ were lecturing to their own crowds of supporters . |
| 4 | TROOPS were reported to be patrolling the streets of the Romanian capital , Bucharest , yesterday as evidence mounted of a massacre in the town of Timisoara at the weekend and East and West moved to denounce the brutal clampdown by the regime 's security forces . |
| 5 | Armed soldiers were reported to be patrolling the streets of Bucharest and the capital 's students were said to be voicing solidarity with the protesters in the north of the country , in what appeared to be a menacing escalation of the crisis . |
| 6 | Timisoara and Arad were reported to be on a general strike . |
| 7 | Critics of the regime were reported to be openly venting their displeasure ‘ at new laws , announcements of the government about future Party buildings , the planned social legislation , school reform , etc. , ’ and pointed to ‘ the higher taxes , the restrictions on personal freedom , the ‘ threat to the Christian philosophy ’ , the promotions in the civil service almost solely on the basis of attitude and Party membership without any consideration of ability , the activity of the Gestapo , the ‘ reign of terror ’ ( Schreckensregiment ) , the ‘ corruption ’ ’ , and the mismanagement of Party hacks and bosses , and were said to be conveying their discontent and doubts ‘ to ever wider circles ’ . |
| 8 | Shareholders were reported to be concerned about the company 's loss of credibility . |
| 9 | Clearly the existence of this sub-committee indicates many other , unminuted , meetings had taken place , and even the architect and contractor already appear to have been briefed , for they were reported to be at work , although the references in the minutes to their activities are unhelpful in pin-pointing what stage they were at . |
| 10 | Several Cabinet ministers were reported to be outraged that she had failed to consult them , depriving them of the opportunity to try to persuade her to step down in favour of a more plausible ‘ unity ’ , or ‘ stop Heseltine ’ , candidate from within the Cabinet . |
| 11 | Even Thatcherite loyalists were reported to be discussing the possibility of persuading her to stand down in favour of Major . |
| 12 | Strangely enough , it was Factory Records who were reported to be the front runners , but these rumours were strongly denied by Factory . |
| 13 | Almost 60 per cent of those displaced were reported to be under the age of eighteen . |
| 14 | Soon two-thirds of the activists of the Provisional IRA in Ulster were reported to be in prison either awaiting trial or convicted . |
| 15 | The Healys who had come to start the hotel were reported to be having difficulty in starting a family . |
| 16 | Later , at nearby Snow Hill police station , he gave breath samples which were reported to be positive . |
| 17 | Reaction times to photographs of faces in a same-different task were reported to be faster for left than for right hemifield presentation by Geffen , Bradshaw and Wallace ( 1971 ) , Rizzolatti , Umilta and Berlucchi ( 1971 ) , Berlucchi , Brizzolara , Marzi , Rizzolatti and Umilta ( 1974 ) and St John ( 1981 ) . |
| 18 | The audiences were reported to be ‘ impressed by the author 's warmth and zest for life ’ . |
| 19 | Up to a million Armenians , by late February , were reported to be demonstrating daily in the city 's Opera Square . |
| 20 | Plans to change the definition of homelessness to rooflessness were reported to be under consideration , but when the review body reported in November 1989 no changes in either the definition or the law were recommended . |
| 21 | Many were found to be dead and the total casualties were reported to be about a hundred . |
| 22 | But green shoots were reported to be visible in job vacancy trends . |
| 23 | Links with parents and with associated schools — which were reported to be few and far between — could have been developed in this situation . |
| 24 | Clashes also took place with pro-panchayat supporters , and several government ministers were reported to be among those throwing stones at the protesters . |
| 25 | On Feb. 12 the Tadjik Communist Party ( CP ) headquarters was besieged by rioters who succeeded in setting part of the building on fire ; the Tadjik Supreme Soviet Presidium declared a state of emergency and a night-time curfew in Dushanbe ; and , fearing a pogrom , Armenians were reported to be fleeing the city . |
| 26 | On April 1 King Birendra , at the request of Prime Minister Marich Man Singh Shrestha , dismissed nine ministers who were reported to be unhappy with the government 's tough line . |
| 27 | However , many Serbs were reported to be disappointed with the refusal to introduce a more democratic political system in Yugoslavia 's largest republic , since all but staunch followers of the republic 's President , Slobodan Milosevic , were removed from the electoral lists , and three candidates from the Serbian LC 's umbrella organization , the Socialist Alliance , who were known only for their support of Milosevic , were selected to contest the presidential post in addition to Milosevic himself . |
| 28 | However , human rights groups were reported to be confident that the evidence supplied by the mass graves would prove that the Army had committed " crimes against humanity " which were not covered by the 1978 amnesty law which pardoned officers accused of human rights violations . |
| 29 | Foreign observers declared the elections fair , but irregularities ( such as lack of voter privacy , and the presence of uniformed officers and local mayors canvassing outside polling stations ) were reported to be more pronounced in the second round . |
| 30 | Farmers in Ovamboland were reported to be unable to plant crops and to be facing severe stock losses . |