Example sentences of "thought [prep] [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking at the UN , he also said that the agency is developing procedures to carry out surprise inspections at nuclear plants which are thought to be engaged in illicit research . |
| 2 | Hew was convicted on the basis of confessions he had made under torture and because he had read The Dogs of War , a novel about a coup in an imaginary country widely thought to be based on Equatorial Guinea . |
| 3 | Divine power which inspired fear and awe was thought to be manifested in certain creatures . |
| 4 | Its own-branded apricot skincare is selling well in the 1800-strong US drugstore chain , K-Mart , though a deal to supply Euro Disney hotels is thought to be suffering from low bookings . |
| 5 | During inhalation , the NO is absorbed by erythrocytes as they pass through the lungs and is thought to be inactivated by tight bonding to the haem , which is subsequently metabolised to methaemoglobin . |
| 6 | Now the police authorities a and the local authorities and the magistrates may be thought to be indulging in special preening , but I do assure Your Lordships that they really are not alone in expressing their anxieties er about the er er er this bill and what it proposes , for example , if I may , I would like to refer to a letter which I received from Justice , chaired by my Noble Friend Lord Alexander of and with his Vice-chairman er er Lord and er they say as an all-party human rights organisation , Justice considers that the composition of police authorities is an important constitutional issue effecting the independence of policing . |