Example sentences of "believed be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pancho has witnessed players he believed were thwarted in achieving their apogee on the tennis court . |
| 2 | In this way Engels asserts the generality of the principles discussed , but also he explains the importance of what he believed were remains of gentile principles in the organization of Greece and Rome . |
| 3 | These would be aimed at reaching agreement over what he believed were essential changes to the constitution if the refugee influx was to be curbed . |
| 4 | By the beginning of 1986 two major problems faced Reagan : further arms sales to Iran and a preemptive strike against Libya following several terrorist incidents the Americans believed were Libyan-backed . |
| 5 | You could get a meal for five francs at Rosalie 's little place , and Modi often bartered a meal for drawings which she believed were worthless . |
| 6 | From then on idle chit-chat returned and I made no attempt to direct things back to what I believed were more important matters . |
| 7 | Those who believed were asked to give their verdict on major psychic phenomena . |
| 8 | Many of the early experimenters spent a lot of time trying to improve the tiny transparent crystals they had made — crystals which they erroneously believed were only silica or other hard but non-diamond crystals . |
| 9 | Early in the twentieth century these figures were replaced by police statistics which , unlike the earlier series , included cases for which there was no specific accused person , but excluded cases which the authorities believed were false . |
| 10 | He was always immaculately presented , exuding self-confidence and charm , and appeared totally detached from the horrific nature of his crimes , which he believed were a ‘ mission ’ he had to perform . |
| 11 | In Acts we have two vivid descriptions of what has come to be called the communism of the early Church : ‘ All who believed were together and had all things in common ; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all , as any had need ’ ( Acts 2:44–5 ) ; and ‘ No one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own , but they had everything in common … |
| 12 | Perhaps because of its success , it has been held as a model of scholarly inquiry ; social scientists have tried to emulate what they believed were the methods of physics : formulating a testable hypothesis , setting up an experiment which could be replicated , carefully observing and measuring the results , and proving or disproving the hypothesis . |
| 13 | A woman in her eighties was plagued by hallucinations of loud machinery noises coming from her neighbours ' houses , noises which she believed were deliberately made to disrupt her sleep . |
| 14 | And once their physical usefulness was at an end , the Robemaker tore out the souls of his slaves and carried them to the Soul Eaters in the Cruachan Cavern , which some believed were the Gates of Hell . |
| 15 | The government also tried to secure the removal from Punjab of four senior civil servants and police officers who it believed were strong supporters of Sharif . |
| 16 | An environmental activist prior to his appointment in 1990 [ see p. 37312 ] , Lutzemberger had been outspoken in his criticism of Brazilian institutions which he believed were contributing to environmental destruction , particularly that of the Amazon rainforest . |
| 17 | As right-wing violence against foreigners continued on an almost daily basis , mainly in the east but with some incidents in the west , the Brandenburg Interior Minister Alwin Ziel called on Sept. 8 for the banning of neo-Nazi organizations which he believed were masterminding the attacks , particularly the Cottbus-based German Alternative ( DA ) . |
| 18 | Increasingly , skilled counterfeiting has led to some high street stores selling goods they believed were the real thing , only to find they 'd been had . |
| 19 | The agency 's allegations have not been supported by other major conservation groups , although Buff Bohlen , a World Wide Fund for Nature official , said he was concerned over what he believed was money from business trading in illegally poached ivory going to support the secretariat 's work . |
| 20 | Some half-way point would have to be found , Wright said , which Berle believed was British policy all along . |
| 21 | Engels , especially in subsequent editions of The Origin , was keen to incorporate new evidence for contemporary practises of what he believed was group marriage . |
| 22 | Another feature which Engels , following Bachofen , believed was indicative of the high status of women in societies with simple technology was the fact that some such people worship female gods . |
| 23 | A Turkish print worker alleged a Harley Street doctor paid £2,500 for him to donate a kidney to a patient he believed was a fellow countryman . |
| 24 | ATURKISH print worker alleged yesterday that a Harley Street doctor paid £2,500 for him to donate a kidney to a patient whom he believed was a fellow countryman . |
| 25 | In another Australian case , Howe ( 1958 ) , D was attacked by a man , in an isolated place , whom he believed was trying to force him to commit sodomy . |
| 26 | He was especially troubled by pain in his kidneys , which he believed was due to kidney stones ‘ occasioned by unsuitable diet in my youth ’ . |
| 27 | Richard Baxter was further saddened by the loss of thousands of precious books in the fire , which he believed was a great loss to ‘ piety and learning ’ . |
| 28 | To get to that point , there was a quantum leap to be achieved , the proverbial turning point in a young man 's life when fate or some other thing takes a hand , and it was at this point in time that June — whom he says he still believed was his sister — reappeared in the story as a catalyst to a decision that would ultimately prove to be the most important in his life . |
| 29 | Although much of this is attributable to the tax cuts policy of the Reagan era , it also results from the military expenditure Reagan believed was consistent with his view of a strong America . |
| 30 | But at the height of Charlie 's love-affair with Celtic the romance turned sour when the player flatly rejected what he believed was an insulting financial offer from the Celtic board . |