Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv] think [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The employee 's estimate of £100,000 in savings was accordingly thought to be too conservative . |
| 2 | Whereas Kazakhstan was already thought to be a springboard for additional territorial acquisitions , Siberia , as yet , was not . |
| 3 | Radical change by Government edict was not thought to be appropriate in England , where teachers had for long seen themselves as equal partners in the process of educational development and change . |
| 4 | That the signing of Nafta was now thought to be unlikely until after the November 1992 US presidential elections was a serious political setback for Salinas , who had invested considerable political capital in reaching an accord . |
| 5 | Air pollution was not thought to be responsible . |
| 6 | There had been no improvement in productivity , retail prices went up by 1.5 per cent ( although the real level of inflation was widely thought to be at least double that ) , and wages remained static in real terms . |
| 7 | Behaviour on the terraces was also thought to be deteriorating in the 1930s and crowd incidents — involving pitch invasions , attacks on referees and players , and occasional confrontations between spectators and the police — were exciting the same interest . |
| 8 | In some circumstances adversity was even thought to be a desirable proof of God 's favour , as in the cases of the Old Testament heroes , Job and Jeremiah . |
| 9 | Most of the damage to trees was not thought to be permanent . |
| 10 | The skeleton was originally thought to be female and was called the ‘ Red Lady of Paviland ’ because the bones had been dyed with the red ochre of a ritual burial . |
| 11 | This pathway was originally thought to be important only in those tissues lacking ADH , such as the heart , but a recent study has shown in vivo formation of FAEEs in the liver and pancreas during ethanol exposure . |
| 12 | At that time , the adoption of floating exchange rates was also thought to be advantageous since the constraints of the gold standard could be abandoned . |
| 13 | Originally designated as a Phrygian nature-goddess of caves and waterways , Cybele was later thought to be RHEA , the wife of CRONUS and therefore the mother of the Olympian gods . |
| 14 | The sliding scale for the disposal of large items was also thought to be unreasonable . |
| 15 | In contributing towards the creation of the properly trained worker , adaptability was also thought to be an indispensable element in the struggle to reduce unemployment , ( what Sadler called ‘ human waste ’ ) , though its direct impact was the subject of some discussion . |
| 16 | Indeed Ranter writing was not thought to be a proper subject for literary inquiry . |
| 17 | The UK government was also thought to be contemplating using such a camp for the screening of possible future refugees to reduce the flow into Hong Kong . |
| 18 | The provision restricting investment income was also thought to be of dubious constitutionality . |
| 19 | Drinking coffee from bowls was universally thought to be charming , but other eccentricities did not go down so well . |
| 20 | A verdict of accidental death was recorded in 31 of the 150 paracetamol deaths where an overdose was taken but death was not thought to be the intention . |
| 21 | The northern manor house was formerly thought to be secondary to the Norman one , but it now seems that they were originally a pair . |