Example sentences of "be [adv] believe that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is widely believed that the vast luminosity ( up to 10 45 ergs -1 ) arising from a very compact volume ( a light-year or less ) in quasars and Seyfert galaxies are powered by black holes with masses of the order of 10 9 M and ; , and that such black holes should reside in the nuclei of many , perhaps most galaxies as luminous as the Milky Way . |
| 2 | It is widely believed that the British clothing industry is in a terminal state of decline due to lack of international competitiveness . |
| 3 | It is generally believed that the normal oesophagus is only active in response to a stimulus ( deglutition or oesophageal distension resulting in primary or secondary peristalsis ) and that non-glutitive activity of the oesophageal body is mostly abnormal . |
| 4 | It is also believed that the old Scandinavian rulers of the area held their annual ‘ folk mote ’ at which the laws were read to the assembled inhabitants at a large circular mound , now overgrown with trees , and known to the local people as Fox Hill , supposedly a corruption of Folks Hill . |
| 5 | It is now believed that the peculiar properties of water are due to what is known as hydrogen bonding . |
| 6 | It is popularly believed that the main affliction is of the skin , because that is what is most readily seen and diagnosed . |
| 7 | It is however believed that the Divisional Court said that if the only consideration for a payment by the client was a disbursement by his solicitor , different considerations might apply . |
| 8 | It is commonly believed that the intestinal microflora plays some role in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis but no aetiological agent has been identified and there are only relatively minor alterations to the balance of the faecal flora . |
| 9 | It was widely believed that the financial records supplied by Hakim were instrumental in supplying evidence for the charges against Clines . |
| 10 | Hitler 's confidence in early victory made a deep impression , and it was widely believed that the final push would begin in March or April . |
| 11 | Although there was no official statement concerning the content of the agenda , it was widely believed that the two sides would begin detailed discussions for the first time since the negotiations began in July 1990 . |
| 12 | During the 1950s and 1960s it was generally believed that the weak and strong nuclear forces were not renormalizable ; that is , they would require an infinite number of infinite subtractions to make them finite . |
| 13 | It was generally believed that the poor performance of the front-end systems required this . |
| 14 | The ACC aimed to achieve the gradual economic integration of its members ; it was also believed that the four governments had signed a secret defence agreement promising mutual military assistance against any source of external aggression . |
| 15 | Isolated PHB is highly crystalline , and it was originally believed that the native granules were also crystalline . |