Example sentences of "[noun] are understood to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discussions are understood to be under way with several companies which have expressed an interest in setting up alongside the plant to supply components to Motorola , which operates on a just-in-time principle of bringing in materials just as they are required for the production process . |
| 2 | In the run-up to next month 's Twickenham showdown , discussions are understood to be taking place on the staging of a floodlit fixture to officially hansel the completed Murrayfield super-stadium in the autumn of 1994 . |
| 3 | Sometimes authorities are understood to be limited by the kinds of acts which they can or can not regulate ( given some restrictive ways of classifying acts ) . |
| 4 | Moreover , members of other cultures are understood to be themselves active participants in such model building and so their social and linguistic ‘ grammars ’ have to be taken into account also . |
| 5 | Miss Boothroyd 's supporters are understood to be ready to put the issue to a vote , while there is an equal determination on the Tory side to put forward their preferred nominee . |
| 6 | Other directors are understood to be satisfied that he was not implicated in the fraud and had no knowledge of it . |
| 7 | Mirror directors are understood to be deeply concerned about the mounting costs as the company continues to work on its 1991 results figures and a report on on its financial health , now expected later this month . |
| 8 | Mirror directors are understood to be deeply concerned about the mounting costs as the company continues to work on its 1991 results figures and a report on its financial health , now expected later this month . |
| 9 | Italian giants Inter Milan are understood to be watching the situation closely , with Pearce hoping Clough changes his mind and puts him more in line with the kind of wages being picked up by some of his England team-mates . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , investigators are understood to be examining an uncompleted property transaction between the French company and a Leichtenstein trust connected with Robert Maxwell . |
| 11 | Arts Council officers are understood to be considering changing the practice of handing out separate information about the arts to the different political party conferences . |
| 12 | The forgeries are understood to be changing hands at up to £60 a time across the province in pubs and clubs . |
| 13 | Security chiefs are understood to be deeply annoyed that information about today 's celebrations has fallen into the hands of the IRA . |
| 14 | He is expected to leave within the next couple of weeks , and his lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement . |
| 15 | For details of the secret itinerary for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain are understood to be in the hands of the IRA . |
| 16 | Individual governors are understood to be unhappy at the tax arrangements and the way it appears to have damaged Mr Birt 's credibility in the eyes of licence payers . |
| 17 | However in South Armagh the security forces are understood to be facing a blank wall in their search for an IRA sniper who has killed three members of the security forces and for the IRA 's mortar team . |
| 18 | Central and Fife are understood to be less enthusiastic but agreed to support the idea . |
| 19 | The plans come as ministers are understood to be finalising plans for legislation to introduce voluntary membership of student unions , with a bill likely next parliamentary session . |
| 20 | The plans come as ministers are understood to be finalising plans for legislation to introduce voluntary membership of student unions , with a bill likely in the next parliamentary session . |
| 21 | Others are understood to be considering similar action . |
| 22 | In a world in which women are understood to be the equals of men , and in which we must promote the equality of people of different races , such a Christology as that which I was proposing would seem to be fruitful . |
| 23 | BBC insiders are understood to be relieved by the appointment of David Mellor to head the new heritage ministry , which will oversee the Corporation 's charter renewal in 1996 . |
| 24 | Other car makers are understood to be evaluating coil coatings which are commonly used in the automotive industry in Japan . |