Example sentences of "believed to have been [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Dec. 3 reported that Gen. Wang Ruilin , Deng 's chief military secretary and head of the CMC 's discipline inspection commission , was believed to have been appointed as senior deputy director of the GDP . |
| 2 | Recent accessions have included the first American edition of Joseph Black 's Lectures on the elements of Chemistry , ( Philadelphia : 1807 ) ; a Paris edition of John Barclay 's Argenis printed in 1621 , and an item believed to have been printed in Edinburgh about 1800 entitled ‘ A Pleasant Humourous and satyrical poem ’ , part one of which calls on young women to ‘ embrace the pure and holy state of matrimony ’ : part two ‘ contains excellent directions in the choice of a husband … ’ |
| 3 | Serious reservations were also believed to have been expressed by Egypt and Saudi Arabia . |
| 4 | The bomb on board the Boeing 747 Pan American World Airways ( Pan Am ) passenger aircraft flight PA 103 on Dec. 21 , 1988 , which had killed all 259 people on board and 11 people in the village of Lockerbie [ see pp. 36409-10 ] was believed to have been placed in luggage which joined the flight at Frankfurt . |
| 5 | Not being in possession of a verbatim record of the submission by the County , I have prepared twelve linked submissions in this matter , document G W Fourteen B , which seek to rebut with justification the point believed to have been made on behalf of the County and District Councils . |
| 6 | Separate allegations against Gates — suggesting that he might be implicated in illegal efforts to supply US arms and technology to Iraq via third countries such as South Africa and Chile — were also believed to have been made to congressional investigators and federal law enforcement officials . |
| 7 | It was believed to have been caused by high levels of SO2 or NO2 pollution from East Germany or Poland . |
| 8 | The unrest , which was connected with further proposed petrol price and bus fare increases and also involved student protests , was believed to have been caused by a Supreme Court decision not to proceed with corruption charges against various former ministers . |
| 9 | The erosion is believed to have been caused by a combination of : i ) the relative rise in sea level brought about by the slow sinking of southeastern England ; ii ) an actual rise in sea level locally since the 1970s ; and iii ) the reduction of saltmarshes due to human-made sea defences . |
| 10 | A few mono copies of the album with the deleted cuts did make it out of the factory but no stereo version was believed to have been pressed until early this year , when the only known copy was advertised for auction by Strider Records of New York . |
| 11 | The onion-domed towers are believed to have been inspired by a visit to Jerusalem by the designer Jörg von Halspach , but were not added until 1525 . |
| 12 | The first church here is believed to have been built in the fifth-century on the site of a pagan temple to Apollo . |
| 13 | That original Chiswick House was believed to have been built by Sir Edward Wardour but it later passed into the hands of Robert Carr , Earl of Somerset . |
| 14 | It 's thought the body is that of a man , but it 's not believed to have been mutilated in any way . |
| 15 | The surprise move is believed to have been precipitated by the privately held company 's unprofitable year-end results tallied as of March 31 . |
| 16 | For example , the giant trace Climactichnites from the Upper Cambrian of North America is believed to have been constructed by an otherwise unknown Metazoan of novel appearance . |
| 17 | All are believed to have been sentenced to death for criminal offences but a warrant had not been signed for their executions and some were still appealing against their conviction . |
| 18 | Although it was officially denied , commentators suggested that the decision had been taken in order to settle the lingering controversy surrounding the referendum of 1946 , widely believed to have been rigged by the communists , whereby the monarchy had been abolished . |
| 19 | MORE than 200 children are believed to have been abused by staff at council homes in a 20-year catalogue of sexual assaults , beatings and humiliating punishment regimes . |
| 20 | The judge rejected a claim for compensation for psychological damage by a mother and her daughter , who was believed to have been abused by the mother 's boyfriend . |
| 21 | They are found predominately in Kent and are believed to have been manufactured from c . |
| 22 | The missing funds are believed to have been deposited by four clients . |
| 23 | He was widely believed to have been interned in a labour camp in the mid-1930s ( a fate shared by the greater part of the clergy ) , and again for a year immediately after the Second World War , following military service . |
| 24 | postmistress of Steepways ; Hugh , her eldest son , at first believed to have been lost at sea but who later reappears ; Margaret , his wife ; their daughter ; Alfred , Hugh 's younger brother , who helps Captain Jorgan to solve the mystery about his late father 's life-savings ; Jorgan , his infant son by his wife Kitty . |
| 25 | Bibit and four companions were believed to have been assisted by members of the Young Officers Union ( YOU ) , a shadowy right-wing military organisation similar to RAM . |
| 26 | Their backpacks are believed to have been seen on a dump . |
| 27 | The jewellery and medals , including an Iron Cross , are believed to have been stolen in Gloucestershire , Herefordshire , Worcestershire , Oxfordshire and perhaps Birmingham . |
| 28 | Nearly £35,000 in cash and £450,000 in cheques is believed to have been stolen from the administrator 's home following the first show on Saturday . |
| 29 | Valente and Houtekens , along with six relatives , were originally believed to have been seized by the FRC while sailing off the coast of Lebanon in November 1987 . |
| 30 | Arnie Geller , president of the New York-based salvage firm scouring the ship , said the dive by a submersible also recovered five suitcases whose contents are believed to have been retrieved from safes before the ship sank on April 15 , 1912 . |