Example sentences of "it [was/were] believed [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was believed that the principal rumour-monger was poor George Brown . |
| 2 | At the time of the auction , it was believed that the wide expanse of sky had been skinned ; in fact the original sky was in remarkably fine condition , the skinned appearance due to discoloured overpaint . |
| 3 | Initially it was believed that the general devolution to smaller administrative entities would , in itself , create the conditions for asylums to be closed down . |
| 4 | Originally it was believed that the preferred hand was a reliable indicator of the speech-dominant hemisphere . |
| 5 | By the 1840s there was some knowledge of the rhythm method of birth control from discussions by French physicians Pouchet and Raciborski on women 's ovulation cycle , though for a while it was believed that the safe period was immediately after menstruation . |
| 6 | It was believed that the French state-controlled defence contractor , Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation , was reconsidering the sale of its Alpha jet trainers to Iraq in the light of the decision on British Aerospace . |