Example sentences of "believed to have [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The death toll of 15,000-30,000 Kurdish and other refugees , and 4,000-16,000 Iraqis killed by disease and starvation since the war , was believed to have risen by a further 30,000 between the completion of the report and its publication . |
| 2 | A light brown Mk II Cortina is believed to have broken down when used by the IRA unit and a black E registration Nissan Micra was seen near the barracks the night before the bombing . |
| 3 | Sterling has been weak throughout the election campaign and , with just two more working days before the vote is counted , fund managers are believed to have decided to close short positions . |
| 4 | Once more it was the terms used by people such as the Iroquois , who were believed to have moved on from this stage , who provided the evidence for its previous existence . |
| 5 | The unemployed fan is believed to have moved from Scotland to Peckham , south London two years ago to be closer to Helena , whose films include Lady Jane and Room With A View . |
| 6 | Mr Farquharson , who is unemployed , is believed to have moved from Scotland to Peckham , south-east London , to be closer to Miss Bonham-Carter . |
| 7 | More than a billion kilograms of PCBs were probably produced , and a third of this is believed to have leaked into the environment because of careless disposal . |
| 8 | A small Roman settlement is believed to have existed on a spur of land lying between Stamford Brook and Bollo Brook , at which site was discovered a Roman bronze finger ring , also an almost complete , decorated , Samian bowl , dated at about 100 A.D. |
| 9 | There might also be quite a number of very much smaller black holes scattered around the universe , formed not by the collapse of stars but by the collapse of highly compressed regions in the hot , dense medium that is believed to have existed shortly after the big bang in which the universe originated . |
| 10 | The Russians are believed to have detected this deployment and fired their shells at a high angle over the heads of the Slavs to hit the Austrians ahead . |
| 11 | However , in the past few weeks , Carlton is also believed to have invited Bainsfair Sharkey Trott and Ogilvy & Mather to pitch for the account . |
| 12 | The case is believed to have cost the group £2.2m . |
| 13 | The inquiry is believed to have cost well over £1m already . |
| 14 | The Prester was believed to have written to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel Comnenus , enumerating the wonders of his kingdom , and affirming that he ruled over the three Indies and over seventy kings , and that twenty bishops , twelve archbishops and a patriarch acknowledged his authority . |
| 15 | A huge volume of Ferranti shares has changed hands since they returned to trading just over a week ago and a number of other potential bidders are believed to have built up small stakes . |
| 16 | She did not even mention the military involvement in the rebellion or the officer widely believed to have led it , the cashiered Colonel Gregorio Honasan . |
| 17 | West Germany was also believed to have cited the case of US support for a ruling in July 1989 [ see p. 37021 ] which lifted controls on the export to eastern Europe of 16-bit microcomputers , a product where the USA was more competitive than the European countries . |
| 18 | In addition to HIV infection nearly all haemophiliacs are believed to have contracted hepatitis . |
| 19 | Our Earth is believed to be about 4.5 billion ( 4500 million ) years old , and life is believed to have begun on it around 3.5 billion years ago . |
| 20 | Dover is believed to have begun involving Jaguar 's suppliers in the X100 at an early stage , to smooth potential problems . |
| 21 | The police operation is believed to have begun more than five weeks ago |
| 22 | Although he never made his views public , he is believed to have argued in favour of the review group supporting some form of electoral reform . |
| 23 | The US space shuttle Atlantis , launched on Nov. 16 on a secret military mission , was believed to have deployed a spy satellite for the purpose of observing troop movements in the Gulf . |
| 24 | Shorts told the press : ‘ It is notable , even if regrettable , that the Argentine forces are believed to have shot down one Harrier GR3 and two helicopters with Blowpipe . ’ |
| 25 | REBEL shareholders are believed to have shot down Alan Sugar 's plan to take his electronics giant Amstrad private at 30p a share . |
| 26 | Mr Spiro is believed to have shot dead his wife and three children at their luxury rented home near San Diego , California , before driving out to the site . |
| 27 | Cocktail shakers which are believed to have featured in Jeeves and Wooster are currently resting on tables and bookshelves which were probably used in Inspector Morse and Miss Marple . |
| 28 | Over 300,000 others were believed to have crossed into Saudi Arabia from Kuwait by the end of the year . |
| 29 | By 1880 he was turning to German models , and as business increased ( he is believed to have employed as many as a hundred men ) production became stereotyped . |
| 30 | The four men are believed to have emerged from the all-weather pitch at Toxteth Sports Centre . |