Sentence examples for purported by from inspiring English sources

In May 428 Gaiseric transported all his people, purported by him to number 80,000, to Africa.

If we simply accept these "ideals" as purported by the media, and go to such great lengths and take risks to conform to them, what are the implications?

The Coalition and mining lobbyists have vigorously supported the benefits of the mine, despite an Adani contractor admitting in court that it would create far fewer than the 10,000 jobs purported by the government.

Until then, aesthetic and engineering considerations had kept buildings to a maximum of about 10 stories, but there soon blossomed a number of high-rise structures, all purported by their builders to be earthquake-resistant.

In a statement, the governing body said: "USA Rugby categorically denies any and all allegations purported by PRO Rugby Tuesday 20 December, and is saddened to hear of the planned termination of all valid contracts signed by athletes that have fulfilled their playing duties for season one and were scheduled to be paid through the duration of their 12-month contracts".

This might imply that enabling factors available to these women abound as purported by Anderson's Behavioural Model.

VK, a popular Russian-language social networking site, carried a purported post by Igor Strelkov, the so-called "defence minister" of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic.

Apparently purported crimes by Latino immigrants are a matter of massive national significance, but crimes against Latinos just don't matter.

It began earlier this spring when a philosopher (David Albert) gave a sharply negative review in this paper to a book by a physicist (Lawrence Krauss) that purported to solve, by purely scientific means, the mystery of the universe's existence.

The Spanish police have confiscated dozens of stolen and fake works of art purported to be by Salvador Dalí.

The inscription, dated 1362, is purported to be by a group of Norwegian and Swedish explorers from Vinland who visited the Great Lakes area in that year.