Example sentences of "be believed [prep] be [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The banks are believed to be reaching the point where their capital will fall below the minimum required under rules imposed by the Bank for International Settlements . |
| 2 | Arsenal are believed to be watching the situation closely and are set to make their move as soon as Sampdoria give them the signal . |
| 3 | This ejected fine dust and ash particles into the atmosphere , which are believed to be accelerating the chemical reactions by which ozone is destroyed by chlorine compounds . |
| 4 | Boiler workers are believed to be planning a strike today . |
| 5 | Campaigners against the project point out that a mixture of economic recession and growing enthusiasm for energy efficiency may deprive Hydro-Quebec of the bulk of its potential revenue from the scheme , in the form of orders from US power supply companies , who are believed to be reconsidering the need to import power from Canada . |
| 6 | Company sources said yesterday that British Aerospace and Thomson , who are believed to be negotiating a joint proposal , had not yet put anything to Ferranti which counted as a firm offer . |
| 7 | In response to Labour 's move , the Prime Minister is believed to be considering a similar action . |
| 8 | Core to the strategy is the ability to use multiple operating systems and IBM is believed to be developing a new version of AIX/ESA that will run on both the RS/6000 workstations and highly-parallel servers . |
| 9 | Sun is believed to be keeping a low profile on the suit lest it catch flak for restricting the clone trade . |
| 10 | He is believed to be carrying a hand gun and should not be approached , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Mr Christopher Patten , the Environment Secretary , using ‘ value for money ’ as his argument , is believed to be challenging the traditional thinking of the ‘ ungreen ’ transport , energy , and treasury ministers . |
| 12 | Gibbons is believed to be planning a realignment of portfolios , elevating the environment and lowering the life sciences in the OSTP hierarchy , but only one of his choices for the four vacant associate directorships has as yet been cleared by the White House and nominated by the president . |
| 13 | Similarly , the depletion of the ozone layer , also due to human activity , was believed to be having a cooling effect . |