Example sentences of "were believed to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recruited from the ancient universities , and many of his agents were believed to be Russian sympathizers . |
| 2 | More generally in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England and Europe , children , livestock , milk and crops were believed to be vulnerable to the witchcraft of jealous neighbours . |
| 3 | At some stage , however , Iran secured supplies of what were believed to be Soviet , originating missiles , possibly from Syria , to which the USSR had delivered such weapons . |
| 4 | Each had taken their cue , at some time or other , from the behaviours that were believed to be appropriate , and had developed to the point where they were thoroughly dysfunctional . |
| 5 | Britain and two were believed to be new to science . |
| 6 | For many years they were known only from fossil representatives and were believed to be extinct . |
| 7 | Indonesia had no claim to any of the islands , which were believed to be rich in oil . |
| 8 | Other sources say the reason for the massacre was that the women were believed to be Irish whores , armed to fight . |
| 9 | The Sihanoukists and the KPNLF in particular were believed to be short of artillery shells . |
| 10 | Based on information from police and village heads , some of the 66 people still missing were believed to be dead ( although no other graves had been discovered ) , while the rest were reported to have joined a " trouble-maker group " which was said to be in hiding , according to an ABRI official . |
| 11 | Two other islands covered by the 1971 agreement , Large Tunb and Small Tunb , were believed to be uninhabited . |
| 12 | Toxic chemicals dumped in the unlined landfill site were believed to be responsible for leukaemia and birth defects among children of families living nearby . |
| 13 | The 13th reform were believed to be sufficient to allow locos to work over the bridge and it is understood that 37/4 's will not be allowed over . |