Example sentences of "was [verb] to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The status was intended to be enduring until its objectives were achieved , or until it was changed in accordance with the Mandate agreement . |
| 2 | The South African government was reported to be implementing a policy of privatization , in combination with deregulation , which it believed was vital to achieve improved economic performance . |
| 3 | He said that the £8 million he was reported to be investing in City was ‘ purely conjecture ’ . |
| 4 | At the same time the Soviet Red Cross and Red Crescent Society was reported to be dealing with 8,000 Ossete refugees who had fled into North Ossetia , and up to 3,000 Georgians from South Ossetia who had fled to Georgia proper . |
| 5 | In Inverness , Chris Nicholls was reported to be recovering well in Raigmore Hospital after being stranded for a week without food or water on top of the 3000ft Slioch peak in Wester Ross . |
| 6 | By March 8 all of Baghdad was reported to be receiving night-time electricity . |
| 7 | Much of the energy of the press and television fraternity was devoted to battling for access to news material , sometimes involving conflicts within news ‘ pools ’ and sometimes between news-gatherers and the military , as when the Iraqi government expelled most journalists or the French agency AFP was reported to be bringing a lawsuit against the Pentagon , which AFP accused of having excluded it from the pools . |
| 8 | The government rejected an offer from the alleged Cali drug cartel leader Jorge Luis Ochoa to mediate their release , but an unofficial " Committee of Leading Citizens " led by former President Alfonso Lopez was reported to be trying to arrange talks between the cartels and the government . |
| 9 | Japan was reported to be considering a liberalization of its market for amorphous metals , used in power generation , which US producers claimed to be closed to foreigners . |
| 10 | France , Belgium and the USA , Zaïre 's principal aid donors , were said to have stressed their backing for Tshisekedi , and on Dec. 3 the Belgian government was reported to be considering military intervention , following Mobutu 's order to his Prime Minister to form a new government within 48 hours . |
| 11 | President Yeltsin was also facing trouble from Russia 's supreme legislature , which was reported to be tabling a motion that would strip him of his emergency powers . |
| 12 | One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas : |
| 13 | ( There were thought to be 2,600 West Africans , mostly Nigerians , in territory held by the NPFL ; attacks on Ghanaians and Nigerians were reported at the beginning of September , and Taylor , who was reported to be holding a large number of foreigners hostage , declared war on the ECOMOG force early in September . ) |
| 14 | This ceasefire was reported to be holding on Oct 21 , although poor weather was thought to be a major factor . |
| 15 | The Fatah leadership was reported to be having an emergency meeting in Tunis as a result of the reports . |
| 16 | Markov was posthumously rehabilitated to the Bulgarian Writers ' Union early in January 1990 , when a Bulgarian publishing house was reported to be preparing to republish his writings . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Both were reportedly being held in solitary confinement in Beijing prison number two , and Wang was reported to be suffering from hepatitis . |
| 20 | Wang was reported to be suffering from hepatitis . |
| 21 | By Nov. 20 Mahdi Mohammed was reported to be massing reinforcements in Warsheik , about 60 km north of Mogadishu , and had placed a satellite telephone call to the British Broadcasting Corporation denying that he had been ousted . |
| 22 | Pockets of Iraqi troops continued to resist until Feb. 2 , and fighting was reported to be continuing between allied forces and retreating Iraqi units elsewhere in the border region . |
| 23 | However , this attempt to end the NPFL offensive failed and fighting was reported to be continuing as the month ended , with the ECOMOG headquarters in the capital a particular target of the rebels . |
| 24 | On the following day , which was declared a day of mourning by Kirghizia 's leaders , the security situation both in Frunze and in Osh oblast was reported to be stabilizing , although deaths were reported in Osh up to June 22 . |
| 25 | On Oct. 30 , the nuclear reactor at Kozloduy was reported to be working at half-capacity and there were reports on Nov. 12 of a further technical failure at the plant , which had been partially closed in September for safety reasons [ see pp. 38448-49 ] . |
| 26 | When topless photographs of her were published recently in a small-circulation New York magazine under the headline ‘ Backstage Peep Show ’ , she was reported to be claiming damages of $25m for ‘ irreparable damage to her reputation , career and personal image ’ . |
| 27 | A seaborne US Marine task force was reported to be heading towards Kuwait having completed a " dress rehearsal " amphibious assault on the southern shore of the Saudi Arabian peninsula . |
| 28 | Among the shattered Iraqi forces only the Republican Guard was reported to be standing firm north of the Kuwait-Iraq border . |
| 29 | The bank , which went into receivership on Feb. 2 , was reported to be missing around F80,000,000 . |
| 30 | The army was reported to be pressing for a role in the new body , despite public sensitivity over any apparent resurrection of the National Intelligence Directorate ( DINA ) of the post-1973 regime . |