Example sentences of "reported to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk , who chaired the meeting , announced at a news conference that after several hours of what were reported to be stormy discussions , 20 documents had been signed , notably including an agreement defining the status of the strategic forces and stipulating that their commander was subordinate to the Council of Heads of State and to the C.-in-C. of the joint armed forces of the CIS . |
| 2 | Hastings , at least , was reported to be delighted with the turn of events . |
| 3 | Hastings , at least , was reported to be delighted with the turn of events . |
| 4 | China and Taiwan are reported to be close to agreement on joint development of a centre for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste . |
| 5 | Negotiations were reported to be close to reaching agreement on the sale of the empty Cummins factory in Yarm Road , Darlington . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Trading was reported to be good , if not euphoric , with every gallery selling and some moving as many as twenty works , mostly in a FFr 12,000 ( £1,200 ; $2,000 ) -FFr 100,000 ( £10,300 ; $18,000 ) price range . |
| 8 | On the same evening he had been admitted to hospital with heart trouble , but although his condition was reported to be good the next day , he did not withdraw his candidacy . |
| 9 | By November , Wigan were promising to scour the world for a cure , while Hanley in his enforced idleness was reported to be depressed and frustrated . |
| 10 | Thousands of fires were reported to be burning , and in many cases firefighters were attacked while attempting to bring them under control . |
| 11 | Defence Secretary Rifkind is reported to be grateful for support from the fourteen military minded Conservatives whose confidential letter to the Prime Minister was somehow left lying on a copying machine for a Labour researcher to find , but he is irritated by the leak , an insider murmurs that Malcolm 's notching up black marks for the future . |
| 12 | This range of compositions is called the ‘ miscibility window ’ and has been reported to be present in other systems . |
| 13 | In both familial adenomatous polyposis ( FAP ) cases and sporadic colorectal cancer ( SCRC ) cases , morphologically normal epithelial cells with abnormal DNA synthesis are reported to be present in upper parts of crypts . |
| 14 | Several octamer binding proteins called Oct-1 to Oct-10 , identified by distinct band shifts , have been reported to be present in various mouse tissues at different stages of development ( 17 ) . |
| 15 | Warrington , redundant this weekend , are reported to be keen on signing the Bridgend rugby union half-backs Kevin Ellis and Aled Williams . |
| 16 | Glasgow Celtic are reported to be keen on the Dublin-based player . |
| 17 | Walker is keen to continue the momentum which has thrown Norwich right back into the thick of the title race and he is reported to be keen to sign Bournemouth 's highly rated striker Efan Ekoku . |
| 18 | Moves to resolve differences on the CFE treaty were said also to have been encouraged by Soviet President Gorbachev who was reported to be keen to clear remaining obstacles in the way of a US-Soviet summit meeting [ see pp. 37945 ; 37979 ] . |
| 19 | Circulating eosinophils have been reported to be negative for L1 and they apparently show only variable positivity in inflamed tissue . |
| 20 | Des Burke , Burmin 's Managing Director , was reported to be confident of dispelling opposition : ‘ Of course there are people jumping up and down … |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Albendazole has been reported to be effective . |
| 23 | Diethycarbamazine has been reported to be effective . |
| 24 | Lydon was reported to be impressed . |
| 25 | Lydon was reported to be impressed . |
| 26 | An interesting point is raised at the end of the book , where it estimates that out of 210 Mustangs that survive worldwide , 112 are reported to be airworthy . |
| 27 | Included are a number of ex-Aeroflot Antonov An-2 biplanes which are reported to be airworthy and available for sale at $600 each . |
| 28 | But green shoots were reported to be visible in job vacancy trends . |
| 29 | The prevalence rate of hypercholesterolaemia in diabetics has been reported to be similar to the non-diabetic population , that is from 8 per cent to as high as 52 per cent ( Hayes , 1972 ) . |
| 30 | 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 . |