Example sentences of "believe to have [verb] [det] " 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 | Some captured males with orchid pollinia are believed to have flown some 45–50 km in seeking the orchids . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Enemy forward elements are believed to have reached this road . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Unofficially , the Bank is believed to have sold much more . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |