Example sentences of "be believe have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the core of the fires , temperatures are believed to have reached 600 degrees centigrade — enough to kill off all the soil organisms . |
| 2 | ‘ Enemy forward elements are believed to have reached this road . |
| 3 | A family who are believed to have raided five jewellers ' shops in the space of a few weeks are being hunted by police . |
| 4 | The Russians are believed to have detected this deployment and fired their shells at a high angle over the heads of the Slavs to hit the Austrians ahead . |
| 5 | Senior members of the SDLP are believed to have taken great exception to the criticism . |
| 6 | It is believed to have involved flammable material , protective sheeting and scaffolding used to cover the tank , which was not in use , while building was going on . |
| 7 | The house was damaged in the explosion , which is believed to have involved bottled gas apparatus . |
| 8 | One woman , 100 yards away was hit in the leg by a piece of the van and a policeman is believed to have suffered serious leg injuries . |
| 9 | From Moscow , Mr Gorbachev is believed to have given personal orders that his troops should stay firmly in their East German barracks during recent demonstrations and not respond to local provocation . |
| 10 | In 1905 she was appointed a member of the royal commission on the poor laws , where she defended the role of organized private charity against the bureaucratic socialism of Mrs Beatrice Webb [ q.v. ] ; she is believed to have drafted many sections of the majority report . |
| 11 | A WOMAN is believed to have lured British computer boss Howard Bates to his death and then helped bury his body in a swampland grave . |
| 12 | The government of North Korea , which was believed to have received advanced warning of the move from its longstanding Chinese ally , gave a muted reaction to the news . |
| 13 | While he declared that the Lebanese , Syrian and Iranian governments were to continue to support resistance to Israel , he was believed to have given some undertakings to the Lebanese government on restraining Hezbollah activity in southern Lebanon . |
| 14 | In contrast to the homespun approach of Chiles , Martinez was believed to have amassed some $7,000,000 to spend on his November campaign , and was expected to use negative tactics . |