Example sentences of "[noun sg] be reported to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wells calculates that as approximately two-thirds of teenage pregnancies going to full term were reported to be unplanned in a study in South West England , effective contraception therefore has the potential for avoiding 76,000 unwanted teenage pregnancies each year . |
| 2 | The department is reported to be formulating ideas for new mechanisms to raise money from the private sector to pay for clean-up . |
| 3 | The force is reported to be the largest of its kind and is expected to become the prototype for other parts of the country with high-tech industry . |
| 4 | Up to US$100,000 a year in US aid was reported to be involved — about US$60,000,000 to be used for crop substitution programmes and the remainder for military training and equipment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Although the SLORC promised to respect the result , the opposition was reported to be reluctant to claim victory before ascertaining the response of the country 's effective ruler Gen. Ne Win , and of the Directorate of the Defence Services Intelligence ( DDSI — the secret police ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | By the end of the month , the figure was reported to be " about 300 " . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Clwyd county council and Cardiff city council are reported to be proposing a reduction in their council taxes . |
| 13 | South Glamorgan county council and the Vale of Glamorgan borough council are reported to be planning increases limited to three percent or below . |
| 14 | Efforts by Pakistan and Iran to broker a peace settlement with the mujaheddin on the basis of the UN plan were reported to be in progress as of mid-1991 . |
| 15 | 1991 — IN March the Princess is reported to be a close friend of Life Guards officer Major James Hewitt , and by June Charles 's reaction Prince William 's playground head injury confirms that the marriage is loveless . |
| 16 | A baby girl rescued from the Bosnian war zone is reported to be responding well to treatment for a serious heart condition . |
| 17 | Among the shattered Iraqi forces only the Republican Guard was reported to be standing firm north of the Kuwait-Iraq border . |
| 18 | Currie , who is Football in the Community Officer at Sheffield United a similar position to which Hankin filled at Feethams before becoming youth team coach was reported to be on the brink of joining Hankin 's management team . |
| 19 | Currie , who is Football in the Community Officer at Sheffield United a similar position to that which Hankin filled at Feethams before becoming youth team coach was reported to be on the brink of joining Hankin 's management team . |
| 20 | The issue was reported to be extremely important to Salinas , who had publicly pledged that he would root out corruption and defend human rights . |
| 21 | The membership campaign was reported to be ‘ developing satisfactorily ’ at the National Executive 's organisation sub-committee meeting in June 1944 , but MPs were reported to be reluctant to travel long distances during the Normandy invasion period , and ‘ preoccupation with invasion fears and worries ’ led to a ‘ damping down ’ of activity . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Kildare and return and booking at the moment is reported to be brisk . |
| 24 | A human nose is reported to be able to detect and identify an organic sulphur compound at a concentration of one molecule per billion molecules of air , far lower than any present day instrumental technique . |
| 25 | The organiser of a Kurdish refugee charity who 's at the centre of a fraud squad investigation is reported to be carrying out relief work in Turkey . |
| 26 | Her husband is reported to be abroad at the moment . |
| 27 | The Turkish military was reported to be concerned over the presence of foreign troops on Turkish territory , and also over the prospect of a Kurdish enclave in northern Iraq . |
| 28 | Another conference on Jan. 27 , at which membership was reported to be between 150,000 and 200,000 , approved a programme favouring " radical disarmament and demilitarization of society , … a solidarity-based society which rests on the self-determination and tolerance of its citizens " , and the development of " the social net parallel to the [ market ] economy " . |
| 29 | Nifedipine is reported to be particularly effective as an antihypertensive agent in low renin hypertension . |
| 30 | The turnout was reported to be 99.78 per cent of the electorate ; 100 per cent of total votes cast were for the successful candidates . |