Sentence examples for there are understood from inspiring English sources

In addition to four internal candidates – Helen Boaden, director of BBC News, Tim Davie, director of audio and music, George Entwistle, director of BBC Vision and Caroline Thomson, chief operating officer – and Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards, there are understood to be other external candidates who have been interviewed.

The player wage cuts range from 25% to 75% and there are understood to be clauses in the agreements which could trigger the players' departures in the summer.

However, there are understood to be only three or four athletes who meet that criterion.

There are understood to be around 470 inmates at the camp.

There are understood to be a number of proposals still being debated internally within the BBC, but they remain options, rather than finally agreed changes.

But there are understood to be examples of professionals such as lawyers working for one company for a short period of two months.

The animals there were understood to be extremely rare, and special gamekeepers were hired to protect them.

There is understood to have been significant interest in the assets of RDA UK.

There is understood to be belated acknowledgment at senior levels within Uefa that sticking slavishly to the idea of slotting matches randomly into preselected venues is flawed.

BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins says there is understood to be frustration among some in the charitable sector that a replacement still has not been announced.

Sauber have not yet announced their line-up but there is understood to be no place for Di Resta at the Swiss team.