Example sentences of "[be] believe [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are to believe late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century etiquette writers ( which I do n't altogether ) this was a period when it was thought gross to talk about food except to your cook , and in bad taste to discuss your host 's wine . |
| 2 | As the day winds on , many migrate to the local pubs , notably the Sailor 's Arms , where a DJ plays Zoë 's ‘ Sunshine On A Rainy Day ’ more times than could be believed possible ; and the Bowgie , a short drive from the beach and a legendary Newquay pub that has attained a reputation as a bit of a rave spot . |
| 3 | Suggestions are also welcomed on policies which are believed necessary to retain an economically viable industry , efficient in the use of resources and sensitive in its management of the natural environment . |
| 4 | And as if on cue , reports have just come in of tracks and sightings of live rhinos in two Sumatran reserves — Way Kambas and Berbak Game Reserve in Jambi — where they were believed extinct . |
| 5 | If we were correct in our hypothesis of Jesus 's marriage and children , or even if it were believed true at the time , it would do much to explain the agreed rapport between Constantine and the Roman Church . |
| 6 | PKK guerrillas based in Iraq were believed responsible for an Oct. 7 attack in which automatic weapons were used to kill 11 Turkish soldiers in the Cukurca district of Hakkari province . |
| 7 | The United States and United Kingdom authorities on Nov. 13 announced that they had filed charges against two Libyan nationals who were believed responsible for the bomb which exploded on an aircraft over Lockerbie , Scotland , in 1988 . |
| 8 | At least 35 Britons were believed dead . |
| 9 | Who 's to believe that ? ’ |
| 10 | Assume that the B t 's believe that ; for some fixed sequence of real numbers . |
| 11 | It is believed one of the major problems facing the clubs ' proposals then was the fact that they were both in the same league . |
| 12 | It is believed that Sun and Unix Labs , which are said to recognise the potential hiccups with WABI , may try an advanced game of one-upmanship with Microsoft , putting AT&T Co 's patent portfolio , containing such things as Backing Store , in the balance against Windows . |
| 13 | It is believed that Unix System Laboratories Inc , Univel Inc , IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , SunSoft Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc will all pick it up . |
| 14 | However , the therapist must be careful not to give the client an entirely free choice if it is believed that one , or a combination , of the client 's difficulties are central in maintaining the others . |
| 15 | To drain the works in the soles of Fleming 's Level , a pumping and winding sump was put down at the intersection with the cross-cut and it is believed that power for this was by hand . |
| 16 | It is believed that ozone depletion in the Arctic appears less severe than the Antarctic because air currents in the northern hemisphere produce fresh supplies of ozone-rich air into the region and allow the ozone levels to be restored . |
| 17 | Detectives are investigating a burglary at the Treasury , in which it is believed secret papers may have been photographed and proofs of potentially valuable coins taken .. |
| 18 | It is believed both men were being held at the high-security Paddington Green police station last night . |
| 19 | It is believed senior executives of the company in Boston are aware of the strain on Scottish and Irish employees waiting to hear which of the plants will suffer as a result of Digital 's rationalisation of its European manufacturing operation , forced by world-wide recession and changes in the computer industry . |
| 20 | Nature , produced by Robin Hellier , has a lot of pace as did Horizon 's The Geneva event ( BBC2 , 24 January ) What the latter did not have was much patience with the aspirant but relatively unlearned student of what is going on in the world of high energy physics The main Geneva event — the identification of the W subatomic particle which , with the Z , will enable the theory that the four fundamental forces of nature can be unified within a single framework to be sustained — has yet to be announced , though it is believed imminent Horizon had been patiently filming for four years . |
| 21 | It is believed this order will translate into an entry-level Tsumani box that breaks not only the $5,000 barrier but the $4,000 barrier as well . |
| 22 | It is believed 600 Sun folks will be redeployed to SunSoft and Sun Tech and maybe a thousand cut . |
| 23 | It 's believed warm weather has led to a build up of botulism bacteria in the canal . |
| 24 | It 's believed tens of thousands of pounds of public money has been misused . |
| 25 | Many others , however , ( and it 's believed this group included Orkney Islands Council ) would have liked to see the family leave South Ronaldsay altogether . |
| 26 | And last night it was believed 55-year-old John Meade may have killed himself in depression . |
| 27 | A MAJOR heroin dealing ring was believed smashed today after police made a series of early-morning raids in Liverpool . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |