Sentence examples for believed to acquire from inspiring English sources
As the form of the mask develops, it is usually believed to acquire power increasingly in its own right, and again various procedures are prescribed to protect the craftsman and to ensure the potency of the object.
One mechanism through which tumor cells are believed to acquire resistance to apoptosis is by overexpression of XIAP (X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein).
Such inactive enzyme homologues are present in many enzyme families and are believed to acquire newer functions during evolution [ 29, 30] (Additional file 1).
Alleged evou users are believed to acquire power through blood sacrifices, consisting of the mystical forfeit of family members, children, and unknown innocents who, as a result, will become ill and die.
None of the patients were believed to acquire these findings as a result of anti-psychotic medications, but, in one case, the medication did precede the development of symptoms.
Tolerogenic properties have been attributed to immature DCs that have taken up antigen, but have not simultaneously been exposed to TLR or NLR ligands; such DCs are believed to acquire a semi-mature state characterized by high levels of MHCII, but low or no expression of co-stimulatory molecules or pro-inflammatory cytokines [ 48, 49].
An exception is Israel, which was widely believed to have acquired nuclear weapons in the 1950s.
According to investment analysts, Mr. Berezovsky and Mr. Abramovich, operating through 24 separate offshore companies, are believed to have acquired 60 to 70percentt of the Russian aluminum industry.
About 130 people have died from a human variant of B.S.E., believed to be acquired from eating the meat of infected cattle.
Chechen rebels are believed to have acquired an arsenal of missiles either by stealing them or, as some news reports have suggested, by buying them from Russian troops.
Here one person is believed to have acquired knowledge of facts, of other people's thoughts, or of future events without the use of the ordinary sensory channels—hence the term extrasensory perception (ESP), often used to designate these phenomena.
