Example sentences of "be believe [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Sharks , killer whales , and false killer whales are believed to present some threat to dolphins - scar marks thought to have been caused by shark attack have been observed .
2 Those working in the psychological tradition devise tasks or tests that are believed to place varying levels of demand on the cognitive , sensory , or motor capacities we believe our subjects to possess .
3 OLD boy networks , Freemasonry and chapel membership were believed to hold undue sway in the decisions of some Welsh councils , MPs were told yesterday .
4 According to reports nearly 50 per cent of Spain 's 36,736 prisoners were believed to have some form of addiction and just under 25 per cent were said to be HIV positive .
5 The effects were believed to have enduring consequences on the child 's thought processes and predispose to ( rather than precipitate ) schizophrenia .
6 Medical appointments in military units were believed to provide useful experience to recent graduates or students , and were much in demand .
7 Twenty years later at least four major families of drugs were widely used , as well as a considerable number of supporting agents which were believed to help some patients in particular circumstances .
8 This practice has coincided with the development of the cow disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE or ‘ mad cow disease ’ ) which is believed to affect one cow in every thousand .
9 Lord McCluskey 's decision yesterday is believed to break new ground for a Scottish criminal court .
10 The major consequence of this bureaucratic inheritance is thus an imbalance between the power of bureaucracy and the power of other political institutions , an imbalance which is believed to have serious implications for further political development .
11 Coastguards were alerted and Department of Transport officials travelled to Eyemouth and boarded the boat , which was believed to have ten people on board .
12 A FATHER-of-two was believed drowned last night after falling into a river as he walked home from a rugby club dance .
13 The Middle East Economic Digest of Feb. 2 reported that the ruling family was believed to want two concessions on the Constitution in return for setting a date for National Assembly elections .
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