Example sentences of "[noun] were believed to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 13th reform were believed to be sufficient to allow locos to work over the bridge and it is understood that 37/4 's will not be allowed over . |
| 2 | Toxic chemicals dumped in the unlined landfill site were believed to be responsible for leukaemia and birth defects among children of families living nearby . |
| 3 | Other sources say the reason for the massacre was that the women were believed to be Irish whores , armed to fight . |
| 4 | More generally in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England and Europe , children , livestock , milk and crops were believed to be vulnerable to the witchcraft of jealous neighbours . |
| 5 | He recruited from the ancient universities , and many of his agents were believed to be Russian sympathizers . |