Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] believed that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is normally believed that this arose through my friendship with Harold Wilson . |
| 2 | But it is also believed that such cellular circulation develops on smooth coasts with uniform offshore bottom topography . |
| 3 | It is now believed that such names were used for monastic communities modelled on genuine desert prototypes in Egypt . |
| 4 | It was generally believed that this would increase their efficiency in line with private industry . |
| 5 | It was widely believed that all restrictions on economic relations would be removed once an appropriate formula of agreement could be devised which would be acceptable to nationalist sensitivities . |
| 6 | In his letter of Aug. 14 Saddam had underlined his determination " not to keep any of Iraq 's potential outside the arena of the great duel " and it was widely believed that this implied either an intention to consolidate Iraqi gains in Kuwait or launch an attack against Saudi Arabia . |
| 7 | It was widely believed that this provision had been specifically inserted to prevent a return to office by Ríos Montt , an evangelical Protestant who had come to power in the wake of a military coup and ruled as dictator from March 1982 to August 1983 [ see pp. 31605-07 ; 32494-96 ] . |
| 8 | It was commonly believed that some evil spirits lost their strength in daylight . |
| 9 | And it was popularly believed that those ideas were n't prevalent until much later presumably . |