Example sentences of "was believe [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And last night it was believed 55-year-old John Meade may have killed himself in depression . |
| 2 | A MAJOR heroin dealing ring was believed smashed today after police made a series of early-morning raids in Liverpool . |
| 3 | It filled space and was believed capable of acting on the nervous system of living forms directly , depending upon the individual fluctuating resonances in the body . |
| 4 | This was believed necessary , because random agreement between three observers for only two categories — that is , normal/abnormal — is very likely to occur , making results difficult to evaluate . |
| 5 | ‘ That was believed important , for with the Enchantment useless , we knew that we had to keep the Wolfline alive for as long as we could . |
| 6 | ( That the government was ready for a strike was a widespread interpretation of its appointment of Ian MacGregor to chair the NCB from September 1983 on ; MacGregor chaired British Steel in 1980–1 , a period encompassing its major dispute , and was believed responsible for the major cuts in job levels ; it was assumed that he was expected to achieve the same in the coal industry . ) |
| 7 | The Revolutionary Tupac Amarú Movement ( MRTA ) was believed responsible for a car bomb which exploded outside the residence of the US ambassador during the night of Feb. 11-12 , killing three policemen and injuring several other people . |
| 8 | The mafia was believed responsible for the killing on March 12 of Salvatore Lima , a member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) and an associate of Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti . |
| 9 | In the 1970s high domestic inflation rates encouraged governments to change the emphasis of economic policies towards money supply control , as it was believed excessive money creation had caused inflation . |
| 10 | This was believed true of general learning and the learning of language . |