Example sentences of "believe [prep] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quasars are starlike objects that must be many times brighter than entire galaxies if they are as distant as the reddening of their spectra indicates ; pulsars are the rapidly blinking remnants of supernova explosions , believed to be ultradense neutron stars ; compact X-ray sources , revealed by instruments aboard space vehicles , may also be neutron stars or may be hypothetical objects of still higher density , namely black holes . |
| 2 | Buxton initiated his Civilization Society in part because he feared that to wait for antislavery principles to permeate foreign societies of slaveholders , which he believed to be BFASS policy , ‘ would cost us half a century , and that implies the sacrifice of twenty five millions of the human race ’ . |
| 3 | As he explains : ‘ If I can successfully transfer what I believe to be management skills applicable to any discipline , then I would hope to follow a career path that will ultimately lead to directorship within an operations environment . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't imp intend to preach to the converted but what I do intend to say to anyone in this hall that 's either indifferent or complacent or just too idle to do anything than let this motion drift by them , that if we do n't get together on this issue to get the message over to our national officers and in turn the T U C , that if we do n't stand and fight for the right to uphold the basic principles of what I believe to be trade unionism , that is the right to withdraw labour , the right to protect our brothers and sisters from oppressive employers , the right to command decent conditions and fair pay without fair reprisal . |
| 5 | They are still at large and Scotland Yard has not ruled out their possible involvement in the latest attacks , but they are believed to be firearms specialists rather than bomb makers . |
| 6 | Hours later a man believed to be East End boss Edward Clancy rang detectives accusing the Asian of taking his £38,000 Silver Shadow . |
| 7 | The writer of the Psalms was believed to be King David . |
| 8 | Although the document did not mention him , this was believed to be Chris Burrows , previously with Henderson Adminstration . |
| 9 | Although the document did not mention him , this was believed to be Chris Burrows , previously with Henderson Administration . |
| 10 | Ferguson declined to reveal the fee but it is believed to be Pounds 1.2m . |
| 11 | The chief of staff was believed to be Colonel Lee Hwal , who had been educated in Japan ; he was thought to be responsible for the organisation of the North Korean air force . |
| 12 | The Port Authority policeman on the Ionian island of Kefallinia saw a child believed to be Ben Needham , from Sheffield , South Yorks , being driven in the back of a blue vehicle by two non-Greek women on February 17 . |
| 13 | It is believed to be Miss Glover who first encouraged Christabel to embark on the grandiose and obscure epic poem , The Fairy Melusina , a retelling of the old tale of the magical half-woman , half-snake . |
| 14 | This is believed to be Eddy Shah , the media entrepreneur who has claimed he was offered the Edwards shares for £16m . |
| 15 | The dead man , who has not been officially identified , is believed to be Brian O'Hare , a quiet man in his fifties who lived alone . |
| 16 | The dead man is believed to be Stuart Jobson . |
| 17 | Unknown to Merseyside Police , the Samaritans received a telephone call about midday from a man believed to be Mr Ashworth saying he had abandoned his son at a citizen 's advice bureau in Brandon Street , Hamilton , near Glasgow . |
| 18 | The subject is believed to be Gian Giacomo Caprotti , a pupil of da Vinci who joined him at the age of 10 , later becoming one of his lovers . |
| 19 | As is very much the fashion these days , the contract could be protested by the losers who in this case are believed to be Control Data Systems and its subcontractors . |
| 20 | These caves are also believed to be hermit hide-outs and places of magic . |
| 21 | The Harthover Place of the story is believed to be Malham Tarn House in the limestone country of Craven . |
| 22 | In spite of serious conservation problems , including losses of paint and straw , it was bought by an American dealer believed to be Celia Asher , who acts as agent for theatrical impresario Riklis , for $580,000 ( £322,200 ) |
| 23 | The report said that , as a result of the disease 's spread in rural areas , one in 40 adult men and women in the area were now believed to be HIV carriers . |
| 24 | I was asked if I was interested in pictures of Fergie , topless , in the arms of a man believed to be John Bryant ( yes , my contact did n't know how to spell his name ) . |