Sentence examples for had initially believed from inspiring English sources

The police had initially believed that the rape on Wednesday was connected to an assault on Aug. 17.

Extensive talks yesterday revealed that Jewell was more inclined to accept the position than Pearson had initially believed.

Some audience members had initially believed his fall had been part of the show before seeing the curtain quickly went down.

Mr. Bloomberg had initially believed he could build enough public pressure to force Dr. Steiner to approve Ms. Black, according to the person with knowledge of the negotiations.

Mr. Greeley said department officials had initially believed a change in state law would be required to establish a health insurance exchange.

"We had initially believed we were authorized to use that picture," Andrew Jensen, the marketing director of One on One, said in an e-mail message.

Considering that questions are now emerging around Hoare's upbringing in foster care and why she was allowed to begin a relationship with Matthews at the age of 14, the darker details of the Becky Watts case have far more nuance than we might have initially believed.

The majority of students who reported having initially believed in Young-Earth creationism later reported "progressing" to "Day-Age" creationism, under which they interpreted the six days of the Genesis creation story to represent vast periods of time rather than six literal days, or to accepting an increasingly long natural history.

The satellite data indicates that the plane was flying far longer than had been initially believed, and is likely to instigate what may be the biggest hunt ever for a missing plane.

Police officials had initially said they believed that the couple was abducted at gunpoint and forced into a dark minivan.

He's earned it". Several friends and administration officials said Mr. Tribe had initially sought and believed he would be given a far broader title and assignment: counselor for "rule of law" issues, which would have come with a mandate to help shape matters of national security and foreign policy.