Example sentences of "[n mass] be believed to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crashed aircraft is believed to be one of three on attachment to RAF Lossiemouth in the north-east of Scotland … carrying out what is being described as tactical training . |
| 2 | The short session on the mid-tide paid dividends for the fish is believed to be a rough ground record for the south west . |
| 3 | 9 The fastest fish is believed to be the sailfish , one of which was recorded doing 109km/h . |
| 4 | About 1000 white people are believed to be infected . |
| 5 | Between three and five hundred people are believed to be in detention solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression , association or assembly or their right to leave the country . |
| 6 | At least 200 people were believed to be missing after a mudslide on Feb. 27 , 1990 , buried the village of San Miguel de Río Mayo in the northern jungle , 800 km north of Lima , following heavy rains . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | These three reactive oxygen species are believed to be responsible for tissue injury . |
| 9 | Although the Somerset levels is one of the strongholds of the country 's 3,000 barn owls , the pair were believed to be the first to breed in Avon for six years . |