Example sentences of "[pron] be think to [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was thought to be getting above myself because I refused to sight read a scene . |
| 2 | The aim : to persuade countries to reduce their output of greenhouse gases , which are thought to be warming the world faster than ever before . |
| 3 | As well as being aesthetically pleasing , trees absorb carbon dioxide which is thought to be making holes in the ozone layer . |
| 4 | The tensions of wartime could easily turn anger against refugees who were thought to be getting privileged treatment . |
| 5 | And , for hundreds of years , workers who were thought to be failing in their duties were subjected to imprisonment and other penalties . |
| 6 | Certainly Luke , who is thought to be writing for Gentiles , omits the story , probably out of respect for his Gentile readers . |
| 7 | He replaced seven ministers , most of whom were thought to be planning to stand as candidates in the legislative elections due in the first half of 1992 . |
| 8 | It 's thought to be preparing to market an Intel Corp 80486 ( or alike ) -based accelerator board that runs in an Sbus slot which would greatly improve the performance of personal computer applications . |
| 9 | It is precisely because it is thought to be binding that it can serve as an expression of identification . |
| 10 | It is thought to be exploring how insurance risks compare and fit in with the other financial risks it already manages routinely for customers . |
| 11 | He says he 's thought to be carrying a pump action shotgun and may now be a traveeling criminal . |
| 12 | Now the police are looking for him again — he 's thought to be heading back to Milton Keynes after running away on a visit to court in London . |
| 13 | He had difficulty ‘ sounding ’ because of this , and it was thought to be affecting his progress in learning to read . |
| 14 | He was thought to be reacting to a resolution passed by the European Parliament on March 12 which deplored the " unacceptable repression " of opposition in the country . |
| 15 | The appellant was however described as flat and detached , with no signs of remorse for his offences : he was thought to be developing a personality disorder . |
| 16 | Two years ago , when he was in London , Ontario , he was thought to be spreading the disease through promiscuous sex . |
| 17 | But one criticism made later in the same commentary drew attention to what was thought to be missing " above all , two things : one of them a sense of history , both a broad and more local framework within which the achievement of these schools can be placed and evaluated ; the other a sense of the actual texture of the schools themselves " ( Tizard et al. |