Example sentences of "of [noun] [be] thought to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dismissal of Panizo was thought to be linked to expressions of anti-Japanese racism ( Fujimori himself being of Japanese descent ) and to rumours of a coup plot within the Navy . |
| 2 | The presence of this second pair of cords is thought to be the secret behind the extraordinary purring mechanism that permits the animal to produce the soft , rumbling sound for minutes and even hours on end , without any effort and without opening the mouth . |
| 3 | Its mode of action is thought to be its ability to potentiate the defensive barriers of gastrointestinal mucosa . |
| 4 | The evident SOC retreat from the more moderate stance of December was thought to be due to the influence of a hardline faction which feared that the peace plan would open the way to systematic Khmer Rouge infiltration under unwitting UN protection . |
| 5 | This was an attempt to retain some of the advantages of the gold standard , since stable rates of exchange were thought to be beneficial to the conduct of trade and other international transactions , and yet adjustments in the exchange rate were deemed desirable for a country facing a permanent payments imbalance . |
| 6 | The bags of fertiliser are thought to be similar to those found at Fallswater Street in west Belfast last week . |
| 7 | The earliest in the series of brooches is thought to be that from the cemetery at Chessell Down ; the various combinations of the design elements on the other examples in the series make it possible to suggest the sequence in which they were manufactured . |
| 8 | A team of burglars is thought to be operating in the Chester Road area of Hartlepool . |
| 9 | Markets were buoyant and the maintenance of a high level of demand was thought to be the key to sustained prosperity . |
| 10 | The sociology of Freud is built on his analysis of instincts , and has usually been given little serious consideration within sociology precisely because the concept of instinct is thought to be unsociological . |
| 11 | The British way of life is thought to be best and the ways of foreigners , inexplicable . |
| 12 | Rules of interpretation are thought to be effective in the orderly ascription of meaning to objects and events . |
| 13 | The Duke of York is thought to be away on naval duties and the Duchess of York , believed not to have been invited , was in Birkenhead touring flats for young people with learning difficulties . |
| 14 | Local superiority of numbers was thought to be the key to such a victory . |
| 15 | The analysis applies in reverse if the actual rate of interest is thought to be abnormally low . |
| 16 | Keith Pringle ( ‘ Gender politics ' 4 March ) asserts that because of male socialisation and the fact that 77 per cent of abusers are thought to be male , all men may have some potential to commit sexual abuse . |