Example sentences of "it is believed [that] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is believed that the gang had been watching the property from a nearby field .
2 It is believed that the campaign was abandoned after direct intervention from ministers , possibly to prevent an embarrassing resurrection of nuclear issues just prior to a general election .
3 The International M & A Network should be used where it is believed that the opportunity has international attractions .
4 i It is believed that the government and the tobacco industry are on the verge of signing a new voluntary agreement , according to a report in Marketing .
5 Thus , if it is believed that the government is in fact the state , it may also be believed that the assumption of governmental power is equivalent to the acquisition of state power .
6 It is believed that the whole of Homer may have been passed on by oral tradition for several generations before being written down in the ninth century BC .
7 It is believed that the UDA could now change its name in a bid to get round the law .
8 This has been done because it is believed that the State has an interest in seeking to prevent those actions and to punish those who so act .
9 There is a carved cupboard here dated 1687 , though it is believed that the cottage is older .
10 But it is believed that the bank will not pull the plug in haste as its image would take a knock and the money it is owed would be unlikely to be recovered .
11 It is believed that the naming of roundabouts will help navigation and provide an identity for the entrance to built-up areas .
12 It is believed that the report will criticise successive corporate affairs ministers at the department of Trade and Industry , despite a claim last year by Lord Young , the former Trade and Industry Secretary , that an internal investigation concluded his department could not be held responsible , and could even throw the spotlight on the role of Lord Young .
13 It is believed that the epidemic will be smaller than that in Britain , because vets are prepared for it .
14 It is believed that the selling price for the mobile assets of Hampshire Bus was about 1 million .
15 It is believed that the environment should be subject to broad-based scanning and should not be restricted by what is already ‘ known ’ to the company of the existing general environment , current markets , product lines or services .
16 It is believed that the sequence of events that led to core damage involved equipment malfunctions , design-related problems , and human errors , all of which contributed in varying degrees to the accident ( US NUREG-0600 , 1979 ) .
17 It is believed that the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation has also launched an investigation into another subsidiary , Waverley Unit Trust Management .
18 It is believed that the tongue plays an important part in acting as an antennae for vibrations , or that the snake is hypersensitive to earth vibrations .
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