Example sentences of "[noun] be think [prep] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should also be remembered that if an SRO is thought to be acting inappropriately , i.e. if it is subject to regulatory capture , then the SIB can simply revoke its status . |
| 2 | James Butterworth followed the hooligan careers of similar boys — ‘ Sam Smiler ’ and ‘ Thomas Tiddler ’ — along with the apprenticeship of ‘ Tiddler Junior ’ , because the British hooligan was thought to be getting younger in his time , as in ours : |
| 3 | Just where he was now and where he was heading was uncertain , this possibly having much to do with the non-arrival of Murray and the Steward , since both would be coming from the West Country and Balliol was thought to be marching southwards down the middle of the land . |
| 4 | Soldiers wiped out a village in south Sumatra 's Lampung province in 1989 because a zealot was thought to be preaching fundamentalism ( it has emerged he was just griping about land ownership ) . |
| 5 | Sir Geraint was thought to be making a good recovery in hospital after suffering a minor heart attack at his home near Aberystwyth . |
| 6 | Many of Japan 's largest and most famous corporations , including Matsushita Electric , Hitachi and Nippon Steel , have reported major drops in profits while nearly a third of the country 's medium-sized companies are thought to be losing money . |
| 7 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
| 8 | Enhanced inputs of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides due to this process are thought to be contributing to acidification ( Blackie and Newson 1986 ) . |
| 9 | MORE than 80 banks are thought to be studying final proposals for the £1.4 billion debt refinancing plan to rescue the property and trading group , Heron . |
| 10 | The behaviour of the crowds — vulgar , noisy and violent — immediately excited considerable apprehension , and the excesses of the transfer market and professionalism were thought to be ruining the native traditions of ‘ fair play ’ and sportsmanship . |
| 11 | Now that commercial whaling has stopped , the grey whale population is thought to be increasing steadily each year . |
| 12 | Another six families are thought to be suing the baby drinks firm this year because of its effect on their children 's teeth . |
| 13 | A team of burglars is thought to be operating in the Chester Road area of Hartlepool . |
| 14 | But its members are thought to be waiting to see what its British equivalent comes up with . |
| 15 | Spurred by the competitive market , Intel is thought to be pitching the first P5 boxes at $6,000 : the company has reportedly priced the P5 at around $700 in 1,000 quantities versus the 80486DX which goes for $536 , according to Computer Reseller News . |
| 16 | Internally , Intel is thought to be finding it much harder and certainly more costly to produce new iterations of its iAPX-86 series than it expected . |
| 17 | DEC is thought to be preparing to announce its next generation of Alpha RISC systems — including Flamingo — in October . |
| 18 | If the value is ACTIVE , the user is thought to be navigating and if INACTIVE ( from the navigation perspective ) performing an initial search to locate a record on content prior to navigation . |
| 19 | That Hewlett-Packard Co is thought to be lining up for a piece of Taligent ( UX No 425 ) , should come as no real surprise . |
| 20 | That Hewlett-Packard Co is thought to be lining up for a piece of Taligent , should come as no real surprise . |
| 21 | To date , 52 people had been confirmed shot dead but 400 others were thought to be missing . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The 28-year-old is thought to be working at a vineyard in Teviso . |
| 24 | Both Virgin and Thorn EMI are thought to be vying for the lucrative Jobete in Detroit , which controls the publishing rights to a catalogue of 15,000 Motown titles . |