Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [be] believed to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Computer Associates is believed to be working along the same lines for the HP platform . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The coral sand surrounding coral reefs is believed to be mostly produced by Parrotfish and Triggerfish . |
| 4 | The secret licensing deal is believed to be with one of the following three : Sun Microsystems Inc , Microsoft Corp or Kaleida Inc . |
| 5 | These three reactive oxygen species are believed to be responsible for tissue injury . |
| 6 | At present the ice sheet is believed to be replenished by snow fall at about the same rate as ice melts or is lost into the sea . |
| 7 | The Queen Mother is believed to be strongly against divorced Anne 's decision to remarry on Saturday . |
| 8 | Boiler workers are believed to be planning a strike today . |
| 9 | Nearly one in five of all trees in the European Community are severely damaged by the effects of drought and pollution ; acid rain is believed to be the major cause of the damage . |
| 10 | A LOYALIST paramilitary punishment squad is believed to be behind the vicious murder of a woman who was battered to death in her Belfast home . |
| 11 | Indeed the Post Office is believed to be the first major organisation to provide the details by the direct method . |
| 12 | Toxic chemicals dumped in the unlined landfill site were believed to be responsible for leukaemia and birth defects among children of families living nearby . |
| 13 | Within the Borough of Brentford and Chiswick there existed Boston House in the Manor of Boston , with a varied history over many hundreds of years ; also Gunnersbury House — the name Gunnersbury is believed to be derived from Gunilda or Gunyld , a niece of King Canute , who had a house or castle there — which led to the Manor of that area being called ‘ Gunnersbury ’ by the seventeenth century . |
| 14 | Present day numbers are believed to be between 200 and 1,100 . |
| 15 | Drinking water supplies are believed to be contaminated ; the sale of bottled water to Koreans is prohibited by law ( foreigners are exempt ) , although this is increasingly flouted as concern over water safety grows . |
| 16 | The 21-year-old university student is believed to be the first Lurgan sportsman to win senior medals for both football and cricket . |
| 17 | An interesting gloss on the medieval understanding of Christ as a nurturing mother is provided by Caroline Bynum , who tells us that in the medical theory of the time breast milk was believed to be processed blood . |
| 18 | Germany 's tough waste disposal regulations are believed to be encouraging unscrupulous operators to dump toxic waste in neighbouring countries . |
| 19 | Weight-saving by the increased use of aluminium for engine and suspension components is believed to be a high priority . |
| 20 | THE new man at the helm of Darlington Building Society is believed to be one of the youngest chief executives ever appointed to such as post in this country . |
| 21 | At the present time , as we have described , the problem with daytime sleep is believed to be only that it is too short . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | The protective effect of HDL against atheroma formation is believed to be due to the HDL 2 subfraction ( Miller et al , 1981 ) . |
| 25 | Antarctic ozone depletion is believed to be dominated by reactive chlorine in the stratosphere participating in a catalytic cycle involving the ClO dimer , Cl 2 O 2 ( ref. 6 ) . |
| 26 | Institutional investors who include Schroders , Prudential and Phillips & Drew Fund Management are believed to be opposed to a rights issue . |
| 27 | The mystery man is believed to be a utility player who can perform in two or three positions . |
| 28 | The satellite will observe seasonal thinning of the ozone layer above the Antarctic and other areas where the ozone layer is believed to be thinning such as the US and western Europe . |
| 29 | Industrial emissions from Europe , Asia and North America are believed to be responsible for the phenomenon . |
| 30 | The bureau 's survey found that 71 per cent of school fires are believed to be deliberate . |