Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] believe [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is widely believed that penicillin , a substance obtained from moulds of the family called Penicillium , was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at St. Mary 's Hospital in London . |
| 2 | It is now believed these these also act as anti-oxidants . |
| 3 | Since it was generally believed that emancipation depended on women 's participation in production , demands were made to free women from domestic slavery by the provision of communal facilities for childcare and cooking . |
| 4 | Those whose interests were prejudiced by the events of 787 are likely to have joined the ranks of Offa 's enemies , and it was later believed that Archbishop Jaenberht even plotted with Charlemagne against Offa to guarantee him free entry into Kent if he should invade . |
| 5 | In this new environment it was widely believed that exchange rates , freed from restrictive intervention , would adjust reasonably smoothly to divergences in competitiveness , as predicted by the purchasing power parity theorem . |