Example sentences of "believe to have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mr Spiro is believed to have shot dead his wife and three children at their luxury rented home near San Diego , California , before driving out to the site . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Some captured males with orchid pollinia are believed to have flown some 45–50 km in seeking the orchids . |
| 5 | The house was damaged in the explosion , which is believed to have involved bottled gas apparatus . |
| 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 | Although the UK government had insisted that full diplomatic relations would only be resumed after the withdrawal of the death sentence on Rushdie and the release of the British businessman Roger Cooper , imprisoned in Iran without trial since December 1985 [ see p. 35544 ] , the latest move was not believed to have involved any formal undertaking on either of these issues by the Iranian government . |
| 8 | ‘ Enemy forward elements are believed to have reached this road . |
| 9 | At the core of the fires , temperatures are believed to have reached 600 degrees centigrade — enough to kill off all the soil organisms . |
| 10 | It is hoped that many of the species that once inhabited the wetlands will return , although some are believed to have become extinct . |
| 11 | He was , at least , later believed to have given one of Ælfheah 's fingers to Westminster Abbey . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 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 | This incident seems to epitomise what is believed to have gone wrong with the Children 's Hearing system in Orkney . |
| 15 | A family who are believed to have raided five jewellers ' shops in the space of a few weeks are being hunted by police . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Unofficially , the Bank is believed to have sold much more . |
| 18 | A BBC Scotland task force last year is widely believed to have proposed greater autonomy for the corporation 's Scottish operations . |
| 19 | As thousands of schoolchildren have been kept at home in south Wales and the West Country , the epidemic is already believed to have claimed two young victims — Daniel Warrior , aged seven , from Bracknell , Berks , who died after his younger sister and mother both had flu last week , and 16-month-old Louise Allen , from Hemel Hempstead , Herts , who died in hospital on Saturday . |
| 20 | At their trial , the judge is believed to have added 25 per cent to each sentence specifically because the police had carried out the attack while operating in their official capacity . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Japanese system of subcontracting has attracted much popular attention , especially in the motor industry , where it has been widely believed to have improved Japanese industrial efficiency by promoting specialized investment and technical innovation by supplier-firms who , in turn , have their sales guaranteed if they perform effectively . |
| 23 | Senior members of the SDLP are believed to have taken great exception to the criticism . |
| 24 | Even if the Soviet Union is no longer able to give orders , it still has great influence , and Mr Shevardnadze is believed to have used this in calls to Prague , Warsaw and East Berlin . |
| 25 | And by virtue of a document that purportedly ‘ came to light ’ in the eighth century , the so-called ‘ Donation of Constantine ’ , he was believed to have conferred certain of his own secular powers upon the Pope . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |