Sentence examples for was at first believed from inspiring English sources

It was at first believed to be limited to those islands.

It was at first believed that five other skiers and boarders were missing, but on Monday, local officials said they did not believe there were other victims.

The blast was at first believed to be a car bomb, but evidence later discovered suggested that a female suicide bomber might have been responsible.

It was at first believed that the Iceman was free of diseases, but in 2007 researchers discovered that his body had been infested with whipworm and that he had suffered from arthritis; neither of these conditions contributed to his death.

The sample of outrages committed by Brown Shirts since the elections make it more evident than ever that the Terror has been much worse that was at first believed.

The phenotypic spectrum of the CACNA1A mutations was at first believed to consist either of pure FHM or of FHM associated with cerebellar atrophy.

In World War I, the disorder was known as shell shock, and the soldiers who fell victim were at first believed to have concussions from exploding munitions.

When the Turin-Milan Hours miniatures were discovered they were at first believed to have been painted before the Duke of Berry's death in 1416, an idea that was quickly rejected with the date extended to sometime in the early 1430s.

He was suspicious at first, believing his mentor was a "traitor" bugged to get more information for the police, but was eventually talked around.

On the one hand, the picture of normative Judaism is broader than at first believed, and it is clear that there were many differences of emphasis within the Pharisaic party.

Democrats have now officially won 40 House seats, after a Republican California Congressman who was at first wrongly believed to have won conceded defeat.