Example sentences of "believed [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is shocking that Unionists should attempt to use bullying tactics to instill fear into staff and stop them from voicing what they believed to be genuine concerns . ’ |
| 2 | According to InfoCorp figures believed to be close to the mark , it installed 10,000 units its first year in the business , giving it the number one slot in that market . |
| 3 | He ranged widely , soliciting in 1741 the office of sutler of Stirling Castle , believed to be profitable , and at the same time the contract to clothe Lord Loudoun 's independent company permanently stationed in the castle . |
| 4 | Her Majesty 's Inspectorate recently published a study of the Danish folkeskole , one of a series highlighting various aspects of foreign education systems believed to be relevant to British practice . |
| 5 | I do n't think I should say sorry for doing what at the time I believed to be right , ’ said the Prime Minister , receiving his loudest ovation of the night . |
| 6 | I certainly both dreaded and disliked the prospect of the law and order debate , for the atmosphere was so strangely hostile and so different from that accorded to all one 's colleagues … pressure and even bullying by so-called ‘ hangers and floggers ’ served only to force Conservative MPs who were against hanging to stand up for what they believed to be right . |
| 7 | Furthermore , it gave valuable information about the Permian sequence ; in particular it penetrated 370 ft of Upper Permian salt , and the 1800 ft of lavas and tuffs believed to be Lower Permian . |
| 8 | Below the sandstones there is a thick sequence of tuffs and lavas , already referred to and believed to be Lower Permian . |
| 9 | What he does is to appeal to what he believed to be certain facts of human nature . |
| 10 | The three domain-1 oligosaccharides lie on the perimeter of the β- sheet believed to be involved in the adhesive interaction , leaving the face of the sheet relatively free for protein-protein interactions . |
| 11 | The pair you may recall , kidnapped and threatened a youth whom they believed to be involved in a series of thefts . |
| 12 | The pair you may recall , kidnapped and threatened a youth whom they believed to be involved in a series of thefts . |
| 13 | As early as September 1953 Eisenhower was to be found ruminating , " Abroad we and our intentions are suspect because we are known to be big and wealthy , and believed to be impulsive and truculent . " |
| 14 | One man , believed to be Irish , was arrested . |
| 15 | The police reported that a number of fires — believed to be malicious had ignited simultaneously on the fourth floor . |
| 16 | That this was an ill-advised step is very clear to us , but Eadmer was only pressing a claim which he believed to be inherent in the original jurisdiction of Canterbury . |
| 17 | Last October his political career seemed over when , at its Harrogate conference , the party adopted a proabortion stance , which he believed to be repugnant . |
| 18 | The large unit known as the syssel , a subdivision of the country broadly similar to the English shire , is in Jutland believed to be pre-Christian , although its function is something of an open question , as it is now best known in connection with later ecclesiastical organisation . |
| 19 | He planned to engage what he believed to be weak Russian formations advancing from the east . |
| 20 | Strata believed to be equivalent to the Upper Palaeozoic Altagoan and Iniscarn Sandstone formations of the adjacent Cookstown ( 27 ) sheet were mapped in the vicinity of Draperstown . |
| 21 | He knew it was unlikely that he would ever see the true Ireland again because he was being taken to the place that many people believed to be one of the Gateways to the Dark Ireland . |
| 22 | The station , believed to be one of the oldest railway stations in use in Britain , celebrates its 150th anniversary this year . |
| 23 | A murder hunt was launched yesterday after a body , believed to be that of Monica Cantwell , aged 24 , from Lingfield , Surrey , was found in New Zealand . |
| 24 | He had ascertained during daylight that the lavatory was diagonally across the passage from his room door , and , as the passage was now unlit and he was unable to find the light switch , he crossed the passage in the dark and , by feeling his way , came to a door which he believed to be that of the lavatory , but which was in fact a door leading to the basement . |
| 25 | In early December there was some speculation that Shaikh Obeid would be exchanged for Israeli navigator Ron Arad , the only missing Israeli serviceman believed to be alive . |
| 26 | The Sun newspaper was offering to fund a private prosecution against a doctor whom it believed to be guilty of raping an eight year old girl . |
| 27 | For someone who worked in what she believed to be such a hard-nosed profession he retained a sensitive streak . |
| 28 | Wigan are hoping to negotiate a new deal with Andy Platt and also have their sights on an Australian player , believed to be Western Suburbs centre Andrew Farrar . |
| 29 | The dismissals , believed to be traceable to members backing out of their combined $3.5m pledge to continue funding the operation , leave president Tom Mace , technical vice-president Andy Silverman , operations manager Claudia Marshall , and a secretary , in place . |
| 30 | By March some 54 officers and soldiers accused of participating in the coup were in military custody , including six officers believed to be key leaders , such as Brig. -Gen . |