Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] believed that " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is widely believed that if Labour 's national executive had acted on his report in the mid-1970s about the need to root out Militant Tendency from within the party , then the movement would have been saved all the subsequent turmoil in the 1980s , by which time Militant had gained a grip . |
| 32 | However , among their ranks it is universally believed that their leader — Rabbi Menachem Schneerson — will fulfil the Messianic prophecy . |
| 33 | In work organisations it is universally believed that cooperation is a Good Thing , and achieve greater productivity than lack of cooperation . |
| 34 | It is also believed that if a person drowns wearing crotal the body will never be recovered . |
| 35 | It is also believed that the old Scandinavian rulers of the area held their annual ‘ folk mote ’ at which the laws were read to the assembled inhabitants at a large circular mound , now overgrown with trees , and known to the local people as Fox Hill , supposedly a corruption of Folks Hill . |
| 36 | It is also believed that the no-OSF/1 decision , made in the midst of the recent flurry of reorganisations that have left DEC somewhat muddled , was made — perhaps unilaterally — by Stone whose heart apparently belongs to Alpha and that its reversal is something of an internally staged palace revolt . |
| 37 | It is also believed that activity in the alpha band of the EEG signifies a low level of cerebral activation . |
| 38 | But it is also believed that such cellular circulation develops on smooth coasts with uniform offshore bottom topography . |
| 39 | It is also believed that none of the injured has made a complaint to the police . |
| 40 | It is most common in older people and it is often believed that there is no cure because it is a sign that the body is wearing out . |
| 41 | It is therefore believed that the unconformity does not correspond exactly to the base of the Westphalian D but falls within the Westphalian C. This is supported by regional stratigraphic relationships ( Ramsbottom et al . |
| 42 | In India , it is still believed that certain people are able to assume the shape of a manticore , which then circles villages looking for human prey . |
| 43 | Similarly , a company is only making problems for itself by creating a norm of people working extra hours , putting staff under stress which impacts on their home lives and which probably does not achieve greater productivity since it is commonly believed that working beyond 40 to 50 hours a weeks results in time spent which is increasingly unproductive . |
| 44 | It is commonly believed that to be an affective manager , it is necessary to exercise the role of leadership . |
| 45 | It is commonly believed that the intestinal microflora plays some role in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis but no aetiological agent has been identified and there are only relatively minor alterations to the balance of the faecal flora . |
| 46 | It is now believed that babies can be sensitized to food even before they are born , because a few food molecules , from food the mother eats , can reach the baby in her womb ( see p 246 ) . |
| 47 | This is why to account for their longevity it is now believed that they were a qualified kind of ectothermic homeotherm continually striving to become endothermic homeotherms . |
| 48 | It is now believed that the peculiar properties of water are due to what is known as hydrogen bonding . |
| 49 | It is now believed that they may have been written for a subscription concert series in 1788 — the ‘ Casino ’ series mentioned in a letter to Puchberg , which may have taken place in the autumn . |
| 50 | It is now believed that the graves are those of early Spanish Christians , placed in proximity to the mausoleum of some established holy man . |
| 51 | It is now believed that such names were used for monastic communities modelled on genuine desert prototypes in Egypt . |
| 52 | It is now believed that to get a true account of unemployment the current official figures should be multiplied by 1.5 . |
| 53 | It is now believed that a young man and woman stood in the exact spot where the car bomb was parked — just minutes before it was detonated . |
| 54 | A statement from Cleveland Police said : ‘ Following inquiries , it is now believed that Mr MacDonald died of natural causes . ’ |
| 55 | It is popularly believed that the main affliction is of the skin , because that is what is most readily seen and diagnosed . |
| 56 | The issue of emigration of professionals and management executives was examined by a government working group in 1967 and its report concluded as follows : ‘ It is popularly believed that income tax plays a dominant part in the decision to emigrate from Britain . |