Example sentences of "are believed [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The pennants date from 1974 , while the chains are believed to be five years older .
2 It is because such interfaces are believed to be dangerous that men act as they do in ritual situations .
3 TENS OF thousands of phantom azalea bushes and geraniums are believed to be alive and growing in the gardens of Northern Ireland after the discovery of alleged false accounting .
4 Institutional investors who include Schroders , Prudential and Phillips & Drew Fund Management are believed to be opposed to a rights issue .
5 Moreover , Unix System Labs and Novell Inc are believed to be antagonistic and resentful of UI if for no other reason than it stands between them and their OEM customers .
6 ( The flowers in the hat are believed to be real ! )
7 While this is not the place to explore that research in any detail , it will be helpful to describe briefly the kinds of understanding which are believed to be present in young children by the time they begin to use language .
8 Germany 's tough waste disposal regulations are believed to be encouraging unscrupulous operators to dump toxic waste in neighbouring countries .
9 Several directors are believed to be unhappy that he has kept details of the negotiations from them .
10 These findings are consistent with the data of Simmonds et al although they used myeloperoxidase staining rather than measurement of myeloperoxidase activity , and the concentration of azide they used was 10-fold higher than concentrations that are believed to be specific for myeloperoxidase inhibition and thus may have been somewhat non-selective .
11 Many English stick dances , like those elsewhere , are believed to be ancient rituals in which the performers are enacting some job necessary for the well-being of the community .
12 Both are shortened in CD4 ( which does not dimerize ) relative to the classic V domain , but in sCD2 the CC' loop is shortened and the FG loop is greatly lengthened. β- Bulges in the C' and G strands , which introduce a distinctive twist to these strands , are believed to be crucial to V domain dimerization .
13 Both are believed to be local .
14 In fact , stability testing is a predictive procedure based on data obtained from products stored under conditions which are believed to be likely to accelerate changes occurring at market conditions .
15 Closing the perceived gap between the UK and the US and Japan , which are believed to be three years ahead , is another aim — though that is not to say that the UK is trailing in all areas .
16 In most cases , additional more specialized tagsets are provided for those wishing to encode aspects of these features in more detail ( see further section 9.4. below ) , but the elements defined in this core are believed to be adequate for most applications most of the time .
17 The bureau 's survey found that 71 per cent of school fires are believed to be deliberate .
18 The view that it is sufficient to point out that policies are ‘ wrong ’ is often linked with a view of policy making in which men and women of good will are believed to be responsible and are anxious to rectify the unwitting mistakes made in the past .
19 The introduction of all-seater stadiums along with the new football offences act which makes it illegal to run onto the pitch are believed to be responsible for the reduction in violence .
20 These three reactive oxygen species are believed to be responsible for tissue injury .
21 Industrial emissions from Europe , Asia and North America are believed to be responsible for the phenomenon .
22 Arsonists are believed to be responsible for destroying part of a film-processing laboratory causing thirty thousand pounds damage .
23 Drugs from the ancient system of medicine Ayurveda are popular in India , and are believed to be safe because of their long history of use and their natural origin .
24 Some , however , are believed to be original natural habitats .
25 These positions are believed to be unchanged .
26 The final stages of negotiation over the sale of Cummins ' 185,000 sq ft engine factory on Yarm Road are believed to be imminent .
27 Sometimes the loser will not only be disappointed but also aggrieved because the trial judge or tribunal has taken some view of the facts and the law , which are believed to be wrong .
28 The ideal female nude is thus seen as a triumph of form and expression ; a realisation of qualities which are believed to be intrinsic to the female body .
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