Example sentences of "[noun] was believed to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was agreed that systematic use should be made of the words ‘ safety ’ , ‘ security ’ ( a word Labour was believed to be fond of and which might therefore be turned to advantage ) , and ‘ support ’ . |
| 2 | Violence was believed to be declining ; the last war involving more than two great powers had been fought in the Crimea , far away , and the assumptions which governed fighting were more humane than ever before . |
| 3 | The alternative was believed to be another Great Crash.The maxim ‘ Waste not , want not , ’ became obsolete too ; ‘ waste not , work not ’ was the new fear . |
| 4 | Soviet Kurds numbered 152,952 according to the 1989 census , although this figure was believed to be substantially underestimated . |
| 5 | Another of the casualties was believed to be a boy of nine . |
| 6 | The writer of the Psalms was believed to be King David . |
| 7 | Although her candidacy was dismissed in most quarters as irrelevant , she was potentially the best-funded of the candidates ( although much of her wealth was believed to be inaccessible in frozen Swiss bank accounts ) and had the advantage of the remnants of her husband 's huge patronage network . |
| 8 | He was replaced by Oscar Orbos , the Transport and Communications Secretary , whom Aquino was believed to be cultivating as a possible presidential successor on the expiry of her current term of office in 1992 . |
| 9 | Souter 's judicial philosophy was believed to be conservative in that he was an advocate of " strict construction " — the belief that judges should interpret legislation — including the Constitution itself — narrowly and in accordance with the original intentions of its creators , and " judicial restraint " — the notion that the judiciary should intrude as little as possible into the political domain . |
| 10 | In 1933 its total membership was believed to be about 300 , but the cost of a fund-raising appeal for £25,000 proved to be more than the sum collected and the movement went £800 into debt . |
| 11 | Sex difference unlike class difference was believed to be natural and immutable . |
| 12 | On 30 August 1188 the Angevin army crossed the border near Pacy-sur-Eure and marched towards Mantes , where Philip was believed to be staying . |
| 13 | The explosion was believed to be a protest by Moslem extremists against the novel The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie , published in the United Kingdom [ see pp. 36450-51 ] . |
| 14 | The King 's criticism was believed to be in response to recent Saudi demands that he publicly apologize for Jordan 's position in the Gulf war . |
| 15 | China was believed to be providing technological support for building nuclear weapons to India , Iran , North Korea , Pakistan and possibly Algeria , and had also recently sold M-9 medium-range missiles to Syria and M-11 short-range missiles to Pakistan . |
| 16 | I pointed out that Christianity had always stressed the idea of faith history ( having got it from the Jews ) and that Jesus was believed to be the intervention of God in human history . |
| 17 | The first Comintern Congress in 1919 devoted almost exclusive attention to events in Germany , where revolution was believed to be imminent . |
| 18 | Purugganan was believed to be a member of a newer , more hardline underground group , known as the Young Officers Union ( YOU ) . |
| 19 | At least one of these missiles was believed to be a modification of the Soviet SCUD-B missile . |
| 20 | Lawyers said the action for disclosure of the name was believed to be the first of its kind in Britain . |
| 21 | The reshuffle was believed to be a delayed reaction to the events of mid-1989 , with promotions being secured by those who played a role in the military crackdown on student demonstrators . |
| 22 | Hilali 's replacement was believed to be related to problems encountered in the organization of a new national examination system . |
| 23 | Also known as the Camel Leopardel , or the lybbarde , this beast was believed to be the offspring of a panther or leopard and a camel . |
| 24 | Garuda was believed to be enormous in size and , as it flew , the beating of its wings caused the earth to topple and monsoons to follow in its wake . |
| 25 | ( Why this word was specially chosen has been the subject of scholarly controversy ; the probable answer is that the Christian who died for Christ was believed to be uniquely united with his crucified Master , thereby linking the concept of witness with sacrificial dying ; but in martyrdom the cause is primary , the dying secondary . ) |
| 26 | The chief of staff was believed to be Colonel Lee Hwal , who had been educated in Japan ; he was thought to be responsible for the organisation of the North Korean air force . |
| 27 | Even then , though , the intervention of a great man was believed to be necessary , and ability to pay was not alone sufficient . |
| 28 | The attack was believed to be a revenge killing after an incident on Dec. 23 , 1991 , in which 10 people of low caste status ( " untouchables " or scheduled castes ) were killed in a nearby village . |
| 29 | On June 5 the Army Council announced that the country 's armed forces would be reduced by an unspecified amount ; the army was believed to number more than 100,000 , and the World Bank and international aid donors had frequently called for reductions . |
| 30 | Sendero Luminoso was believed to be responsible for the murders of three Japanese engineers at the Peruvian-Japanese Farming and Research Training Centre in Huarai , 120 km north of Lima , and of Manuel Inamine , a businessman of Japanese descent , on the outskirts of Lima on July 12 , and for the kidnapping of a farmer of Japanese descent on July 16 . |