Example sentences of "of [noun prp] was [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dismissal of Panizo was thought to be linked to expressions of anti-Japanese racism ( Fujimori himself being of Japanese descent ) and to rumours of a coup plot within the Navy . |
| 2 | The NMR structure of CsA/CyP was found to be very different from one of the proposed models of the complex , differing in the CsA orientation relative to CyP by about 90° . |
| 3 | The court was also told that a sale of Paramount was expected to be completed in the next fortnight for £1.5million . |
| 4 | On 5 June he is said to have ignored a request from a Catholic merchant for protection for his family in the Mansion House ; and he stirred himself only when the Bank of England was reported to be in the mob 's sights . |
| 5 | As recently as January , the bank 's bid for the heart of England was reported to be in difficulties with the regulatory authorities . |
| 6 | The evident SOC retreat from the more moderate stance of December was thought to be due to the influence of a hardline faction which feared that the peace plan would open the way to systematic Khmer Rouge infiltration under unwitting UN protection . |
| 7 | The purchaser of Caliban was expressed to be Mr. Perot 's son , Mr. Perot junior ; at one stage during the negotiation of the contract it was suggested that Mr. Perot 's daughters would be the purchasers . |
| 8 | Significant effects of preincubation with 100 nmol/l TPA were also evident at this temperature , and the half maximally effective concentration of TPA was estimated to be 4.1 nmol/l . |
| 9 | The overall rate of known opioid use in the adult population of Wirral was found to be almost 5 per 1,000 , but rates were clearly higher for males ( over 6 per 1,000 ) , 16–24-year-olds ( over 18 per 1,000 ) , and for the unemployed ( about 28 per 1,000 ) ( see Table 2.3 , p.22 ) . |
| 10 | To take a genuine historical example , it was over seventy years before Copernicus 's prediction about the phases of Venus was found to be correct , and several centuries before the Copernican prediction that the fixed stars should exhibit parallax was confirmed . |
| 11 | By March 8 all of Baghdad was reported to be receiving night-time electricity . |
| 12 | This was a rebuff which could not go unpunished , especially since the income of the lord of Deols was reputed to be equal to the ordinary revenues of Normandy . |
| 13 | Rusk , who appeared to be setting the pace , had asked the Pentagon to prepare military plans as a matter of the greatest urgency ; and when NSC 64 was endorsed by the President on 24 April 1950 the US was committed , by all practical measures , to prevent the expansion of communist aggression in Southeast Asia in spite of the fact that less than a third of Vietnam was reckoned to be controlled by the legal government . |
| 14 | In the 1960s , the food supply system of Butare was reported to be adequate ; twenty years later we have reasons to believe that Butare 's steadily increasing population is finding it difficult to maintain the grip on familiar supply mechanisms . |
| 15 | The Prince of Wales was missing from Ascot , suffering from renewed back trouble , and the Princess of Wales was reported to be spending time with their sons on half-term in London . |
| 16 | The Prince of Wales was missing from Ascot , suffering from renewed back trouble , and the Princess of Wales was reported to be spending time with their sons on half-term in London . |
| 17 | A diplomat of doubtful authenticity was holding a hostage in a Middle Eastern embassy in London , an English tennis player was being tipped to win Wimbledon and the Princess of Wales was rumoured to be pregnant , but at the Daily Post the big news of the day was Pascoe . |