Example sentences of "believed that [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he lacked the impeccable conservative credentials of Sununu , it was generally believed that Skinner would be acceptable to the right wing of the Republican Party . |
| 2 | It 's believed that stress can actually depress the immune system , leaving us pretty to every cold and bout of flu , and also to more serious complaints . |
| 3 | There is also a belief that as far as possible people should be made to pay for services provided by the state , partly to reduce public expenditure and taxation , and partly because it is believed that charges will increase public pressure for services to be provided efficiently . |
| 4 | I had always believed that housewives must be different from you and me . |
| 5 | It 's believed that pollution can form substances in our body known as free radicals which speed up ageing . |
| 6 | And it is believed that Hirst may decide to seek advice over his future in the coming week . |
| 7 | If at the time of the first Red Flag Act anyone had prophesied that within 100 years horseless carriages would be careering around by the million , they would have been thought dangerously deluded ; no one would have believed that society would survive such an onslaught . |
| 8 | The panel apparently chose not to have a permanent chairman on two grounds : first because it was believed that subgroups would quickly emerge to focus on particular issues and events and that these would evolve their own arrangements , and secondly to avoid the possibility of particular individuals dominating proceedings . |
| 9 | All visitors were exhorted to treat the poor courteously , but in general it was optimistically believed that women would be able to talk to women irrespective of social class : not until the 1900s were the difficulties of cross-class communication acknowledged more honestly . |
| 10 | The trial was expected to continue for some time and it was widely believed that evidence would be given which would incriminate politicians still active . |
| 11 | It had been believed that England would be seeded to head Group F and would thus be based in Calgiari , Sardinia . |
| 12 | In spite of his resignation , it was believed that Deng would remain China 's most influential political leader . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , it is believed that space must be made for the subject to be covered . |
| 14 | Because NMDA receptors are assumed to be located on dendritic spines , it is believed that spines may act to localize the Ca 2+ signal . |
| 15 | It is now believed that babies can be sensitized to food even before they are born , because a few food molecules , from food the mother eats , can reach the baby in her womb ( see p 246 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ Who would have believed that Haagen-Dazs could build a market for a product retailing at just under £3 per tub with a name that meant nothing , with understated quirky packaging in a country where a major recession was started to bite ? |
| 17 | It is believed that Thames will use this airtime to flag the new channel , and C5 if it wins . |
| 18 | Ceolred was remembered in some quarters at least as a profligate , but Wilfridian circles seem to have believed that Wilfrid could have worked well with him ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 64 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Diana clearly believed that Fergie should hear the news from her own lips rather than read about it . |
| 20 | At the time it was widely believed that Sugar would not be returning to operational flying , as the following press release issued at the time seemed to indicate : |