Example sentences of "[is] believed [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Psychologically but not physically addictive , but heavy use is believed to cause chronic psychological changes . |
| 2 | Secondly , in the Keynesian function ( where money is a close substitute for bonds ) , the demand for money is interest-elastic because if the rate of interest earned from holding bonds changes , wealth holders are assumed to react only by changing their money holdings ; but in Friedman 's function ( where money is a substitute for all other assets , both financial and real ) , the demand for money is believed to exhibit low interest-elasticity . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The plans have already led to a number of Farnham Lane residents and others interested in protecting the track — which is believed to pre-date Roman times — to object to the reclassification scheme . |
| 5 | Again , for simplicity we shall assume that the price level is believed to remain unchanged over the period of the contract , so we can write : |
| 6 | BT which scrapped its own Talkabout service in 1988 is believed to take 30 to 40pc of the revenues for carrying the chatline call . |
| 7 | It is believed to contain explosive scenes — including Di 's alleged suicide bids , emotional turmoil and friendships with other men . |
| 8 | Lord McCluskey 's decision yesterday is believed to break new ground for a Scottish criminal court . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Rhino horn is believed to have numerous medical applications , and such is the demand for it in China that Ming dynasty cups and bowls , worth up to £75,000 in Europe , are now being ground down . |
| 11 | Lotus is believed to have devoted $30m over four years developing a database that it cancelled in 1989 — just before it bought a 15% stake in Sybase Inc , sold again in 1992 . |
| 12 | But Edwards , who was prepared to accept £10 million from Knighton , is believed to want nearer £30 million now . |
| 13 | It is believed to span six manuscripts , being concentrated in two : the St Albans Psalter at Hildesheim Cathedral , and the Life and Miracles of St Edmund in the Pierpont Morgan Library , New York . |