Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] believe to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | As is very much the fashion these days , the contract could be protested by the losers who in this case are believed to be Control Data Systems and its subcontractors . |
| 2 | The pennants date from 1974 , while the chains are believed to be five years older . |
| 3 | These peaks are believed to be a consequence of the inner Lindblad resonance ( ILR ) of the galactic bar . |
| 4 | Teeth are believed to be a more accurate indicator of exposure to lead than blood , which fluctuates from month to month . |
| 5 | Sparc has never been used for that before though Sun ( UX No 399 ) , and now C.Itoh Electronics are believed to be building one . |
| 6 | These terminal direct repeats are believed to be generated by the mechanism through which migrating transposons reinsert themselves into the chromosomal DNA . |
| 7 | The original birds are believed to be escapees from captivity , probably from a private collector who omitted to clip their feathers to prevent them flying away . |
| 8 | Four British manufacturers are believed to be fighting for the contract to supply Virgin with machines . |
| 9 | Fears about the threat of more deportations in the near future are believed to be behind the resistance to the police action . |
| 10 | Up to 20,000 Irish supporters are believed to be planning to go to the US . |
| 11 | The Scottish experience , most notably in Edinburgh , where the majority of drug injectors are believed to be infected by the virus ( Robertson et al .1986 ) , has sounded the shrillest of warnings . |
| 12 | If all goes smoothly , she now has the chance to become the first ‘ young British designer ’ to be internationally recognised ( oddly , in the fashion business , designers are believed to be as young as their clothes look , which , in Hamnett 's case , is about 19 ) . |
| 13 | Arsenal are believed to be watching the situation closely and are set to make their move as soon as Sampdoria give them the signal . |
| 14 | Details of the types of knives used in crimes are not generally available either , but ordinary kitchen and craft knives are believed to be the most commonly used in attacks , rather than the kind that the hon. Gentleman mentioned as being advertised . |
| 15 | Most meteorites are believed to be fragments of collisional debris from asteroids , but there is some evidence that carbonaceous chondrites may be stony masses released from the icy nuclei of comets , which lose their frozen binding material as they orbit close to the sun . |
| 16 | The costs to the motorist are believed to be broadly similar to those for a car phone , with a sliding scale of charges based on the level and frequency of use . |
| 17 | Institutional investors who include Schroders , Prudential and Phillips & Drew Fund Management are believed to be opposed to a rights issue . |
| 18 | In most cases , additional more specialized tagsets are provided for those wishing to encode aspects of these features in more detail ( see further section 9.4. below ) , but the elements defined in this core are believed to be adequate for most applications most of the time . |
| 19 | The companies are believed to be looking at ways to have it support Windows applications as well , but the paper was told that that problem has not yet been solved . |
| 20 | Potential suitors are believed to be holding off from making outright bids for fear that there may be further black holes in Ferranti 's balance sheet . |
| 21 | Several directors are believed to be unhappy that he has kept details of the negotiations from them . |
| 22 | Boiler workers are believed to be planning a strike today . |
| 23 | Arsonists are believed to be responsible for destroying part of a film-processing laboratory causing thirty thousand pounds damage . |
| 24 | The final stages of negotiation over the sale of Cummins ' 185,000 sq ft engine factory on Yarm Road are believed to be imminent . |
| 25 | Most industrialised governments are believed to be so alarmed by new reports demonstrating the rapid destruction of the ozone layer that they will almost certainly approve a new target of 1996 . |
| 26 | The designation of smog alert levels of pollution above which the health of sensitive members ( e.g. asthmatics ) and/or all members of the community are believed to be threatened . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The banks are believed to be pressing for yet another rights issue of new shares at the company . |
| 29 | Owners of rare pets in Thailand are believed to be killing them off in order to escape prosecution under new legislation which forbids the collection of endangered species . |
| 30 | Germany 's tough waste disposal regulations are believed to be encouraging unscrupulous operators to dump toxic waste in neighbouring countries . |