Example sentences of "be believe to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sparc has never been used for that before though Sun ( UX No 399 ) , and now C.Itoh Electronics are believed to be building one . |
| 2 | The remnants of the Japanese Red Army — a group of about 20 people — are believed to be living in Lebanon . |
| 3 | The banks are believed to be reaching the point where their capital will fall below the minimum required under rules imposed by the Bank for International Settlements . |
| 4 | However , even in these cases , there is an important difference from the fully oppositional groups , which characteristically begin with attacks on prevailing art forms and cultural institutions , and often with further attacks on the general conditions which are believed to be sustaining them . |
| 5 | Potential suitors are believed to be holding off from making outright bids for fear that there may be further black holes in Ferranti 's balance sheet . |
| 6 | Arsenal are believed to be watching the situation closely and are set to make their move as soon as Sampdoria give them the signal . |
| 7 | Officials there are believed to be dealing with it as a private matter . |
| 8 | To steal SunSelect 's WABI 's thunder — see front page — Microsoft Corp and Insignia Solutions Inc are believed to be moving on the accord that will strengthen their relationship . |
| 9 | The companies are believed to be looking at ways to have it support Windows applications as well , but the paper was told that that problem has not yet been solved . |
| 10 | The law has long recognised the right of society to remove children from parents who are believed to be damaging them and , in recent times , has become alert to more subtle kinds of damage . |
| 11 | Ozone is an oxygen related gas and CFC 's are believed to be damaging this important layer . |
| 12 | This ejected fine dust and ash particles into the atmosphere , which are believed to be accelerating the chemical reactions by which ozone is destroyed by chlorine compounds . |
| 13 | The banks are believed to be pressing for yet another rights issue of new shares at the company . |
| 14 | Doctors are believed to be carrying out heart tests on Miss Perrie who has suffered heart problems in the past . |
| 15 | Boiler workers are believed to be planning a strike today . |
| 16 | Up to 20,000 Irish supporters are believed to be planning to go to the US . |
| 17 | Owners of rare pets in Thailand are believed to be killing them off in order to escape prosecution under new legislation which forbids the collection of endangered species . |
| 18 | Four British manufacturers are believed to be fighting for the contract to supply Virgin with machines . |
| 19 | Bristol claims its approach to the issue is more viable and ultimately more independent of Microsoft than other solutions from firms which are believed to be working on the same problem . |
| 20 | Campaigners against the project point out that a mixture of economic recession and growing enthusiasm for energy efficiency may deprive Hydro-Quebec of the bulk of its potential revenue from the scheme , in the form of orders from US power supply companies , who are believed to be reconsidering the need to import power from Canada . |
| 21 | Company sources said yesterday that British Aerospace and Thomson , who are believed to be negotiating a joint proposal , had not yet put anything to Ferranti which counted as a firm offer . |
| 22 | According to police sources , the suspects arrested in connection with the seizures ( five Czechoslovak citizens , four Hungarians and an Austrian ) were believed to be seeking buyers in Arab countries . |
| 23 | Security sources said that artillery units in the security zone also shelled Lebanese villages 15 km from the Israeli border , in the Iqilm and Toufah areas , where pro-Iranian Moslem fundamentalists were believed to be preparing to infiltrate the security zone ; it was reported that Palestinians had set up multibarrel rocket-launchers aimed at Israel there . |
| 24 | A Sierra Leonean dissident leader , Foday Sankoh and his followers were believed to be siding with the Liberian guerrillas loyal to Charles Taylor [ see also this page ] with the shared aim of seizing control of mineral-rich areas close to the Liberian border around the towns of Pujehun , Kenema , Segbwema and Bo . |
| 25 | They were believed to be suffering from exhaustion and hypothermia . |
| 26 | At least 200 people were believed to be missing after a mudslide on Feb. 27 , 1990 , buried the village of San Miguel de Río Mayo in the northern jungle , 800 km north of Lima , following heavy rains . |
| 27 | The venture , which will involve investment of £8m , is believed to be receiving regional development grants worth up to 36 per cent of the total investment . |
| 28 | SunSoft , likely to be billed as a co-developer , is believed to be readying its Solaris-on-Intel announcement for late next month at PC Expo in New York . |
| 29 | In response to Labour 's move , the Prime Minister is believed to be considering a similar action . |
| 30 | Ceausescu 's aim in issuing such a threat was probably to frighten Hungary , but Romania already has the delivery system in the form of Soviet built Scud missiles and is believed to be developing its own missile with the help of Egypt and Iraq . |