Example sentences of "be [adv] believed to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quasars are widely believed to be the cores of young galaxies . |
| 2 | Partnerships between education and business are generally believed to be good , useful and worthwhile . |
| 3 | Such enzymes do exist — they are known as reverse transcriptases — but they are generally believed to be exclusive to RNA viruses , which need them to transcribe their RNA genes into DNA for replication inside cells . |
| 4 | The effects of serotonin on gastrointestinal motor function are generally believed to be mediated through myenteric plexus neurons . |
| 5 | The killings are not believed to be terrorist-related . |
| 6 | According to the government White Paper in 1971 , there were only around one hundred mentally handicapped children with foster parents or in private lodgings , and the numbers of fostered and adopted children with mental handicap are still believed to be very small . |
| 7 | These two are still believed to be targeted at the sub-$10,000 and sub-$20,000 price points respectively . |
| 8 | These two are still believed to be targeted at the sub $10,000 and sub $20,000 price points respectively . |
| 9 | All statements of fact and information contained or referred to in the Disclosure Letter are true and complete and are not misleading in any respect , all statements of opinion therein have been made after due and careful enquiry and are reasonably believed to be correct and nothing has been omitted from the Disclosure Letter which renders any of such matters misleading . |
| 10 | In addition , the investors will be keen to obtain warranties in respect of the business plan and future financial forecasts along the following lines : ( a ) The Business Plan has been carefully prepared in good faith having regard to the information available and the market conditions prevailing at the time of its preparation and the figures contained therein have been carefully considered and are honestly believed to be reasonable and the Managers have made all reasonable enquiries so as to ascertain all such information and conditions which are relevant to the preparation of the forecasts contained therein . |
| 11 | The three are also believed to be implicated in other cases of serious violations against street children . |
| 12 | Nirvana are also believed to be working on cover versions of several seminal punk tracks for possible future release . |
| 13 | These caves are also believed to be hermit hide-outs and places of magic . |
| 14 | Some are also believed to be associated with the paranormal Knights of Columbanus and others again have connections with the shadowy Freemason organisation . |
| 15 | Two further Mass cycles and a votive antiphon , anonymously transmitted , are also believed to be his . |
| 16 | This is not only because quotation contributes to an appropriate " literary critical " register ( for this dubious reason , quotations are often believed to be " compulsory in essays " ) ; it is also because your essays are largely about language ( both the language of the literary texts you are analysing and also the language of critical works about them ) , so quotation is the main way of presenting essential data . |
| 17 | Stocks are now believed to be below the level which would allow the predicted maximum yield of 175,000 tonnes per year . |
| 18 | Novae are now believed to be caused by gas spilling from one star to another in a close double-star system , but 30 years ago they were a complete mystery ; only two dozen had been spotted in time for astronomers to study them while they were still erupting . |
| 19 | Only 5 per cent are now believed to be in good condition . |
| 20 | These exercises , known as the 18 hands of Lo-Han , are popularly believed to be the forerunners of Shaolin temple boxing . |
| 21 | This was the real fear behind the arguments about the declining calibre of the new county councillors compared with that of the magistrates of Quarter Sessions ( Dunbabin 1965 ; Dearlove 1979:Ch. 4 ) : ‘ democratic alterations were widely believed to be dangerous , and expected to lead to extravagance , inefficiency , or even rapacity and disorder ’ ( Dunbabin 1963:227 ) . |
| 22 | Accidents and injuries involving blood or other body fluids were widely believed to be under-reported . |
| 23 | Consider what were generally believed to be the policy implications of the NAIRU hypothesis . |
| 24 | And it was one that was admired far outside the sort of people who were generally believed to be ‘ Carry On ’ fans . |
| 25 | Australian Mutual Provident executives were yesterday believed to be mounting plans for a takeover which could be one of the largest acquisitions made in the British life insurer sector . |
| 26 | However , as of late March both bases were still believed to be under rebel control . |
| 27 | Youthful offenders were also believed to be getting younger , and according to one magistrate parental authority was at such a low ebb that ‘ it is melancholy to find that some parents are not ashamed to confess that children of seven or eight years old are entirely beyond their control ’ , while another thought that ‘ in nine cases out of ten , children are entirely masters of the position ’ . |
| 28 | Tyrone on Aug. 5 and in Lisburn on Aug. 24 , were also believed to be victims of the sectarian violence . |
| 29 | The report said that , as a result of the disease 's spread in rural areas , one in 40 adult men and women in the area were now believed to be HIV carriers . |
| 30 | At least 500,000 Asians were currently believed to be infected in an area where AIDS was virtually unknown two years ago , with increases being particularly dramatic in Thailand , the Philippines and India . |