Example sentences of "[be] think [prep] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moves to stem wildcat stoppages , condemned by unions and the Labour Party and the independent Industrial Society — are thought to be the first time ministers have sought to legislate against the individual . |
| 2 | ( Meliaceae ) but durian seeds are so damaged that ground-walking animals are thought to be the principal effective agents possibly sun-bears , or even tigers . |
| 3 | The word ‘ model ’ implies a physical description that does not attempt to be complete or accurate in detail but that encapsulates what are thought to be the central features of the phenomenon . |
| 4 | The C2s ( skilled workers to lower management , broadly ) are courted , flattered and endlessly solicited for their opinions , since they are thought to be the deciding factor in the election . |
| 5 | The HAPCs are thought to be the manometric equivalent of the mass movements seen during radiological studies although not all HAPCs are associated with mass movements . |
| 6 | Pseudoaneurysms complicating pancreatitis are thought to be the most life threatening of all splanchnic artery aneurysms with death rate greater than 50% . |
| 7 | They are thought to be the youngest children in modern times to face charges of murder . |
| 8 | Beyond the brief : All three are prepared , indeed eager , to go beyond what might be thought to be the narrow design brief and comment on the nature and selection of the material they are asked to make attractive and intelligible on the page . |
| 9 | This may be thought to be the legal way to control force . |
| 10 | This might be thought to be the ulsterior motive surfacing ; but if so , it has to be balanced by Lewis 's unconquerable distaste for hymns ( not a markedly Protestant trait ) . |
| 11 | In practice , moreover , treatments for such patients tend to be chosen empirically and worked through on a trial and error basis , whatever might be thought to be the underlying pathophysiology . |
| 12 | The Divisional Court , and the majority of their lordships in the House of Lords , were struck with what might be thought to be the obvious purpose of the Act , which was clearly passed with a view to assisting the police in the detection and prevention of crime . |
| 13 | Until recently , UVB rays were thought to be the only ones which caused serious sun damage . |
| 14 | It 's thought to be the first time the species has been bred in captivity . |
| 15 | The Sultan who 's thought to be the richest man in the world , is on a state visit to Britain . |
| 16 | A former Ministry of Defence worker , has been found guilty of accepting one and a half million pounds in backhanders from arms companies , in what 's thought to be the biggest ever corruption case . |
| 17 | Among the objects to be sold are what is thought to be the only signed painting by Petrus Troueil , the portrait of Sir Francis Ottley and his family ( est. £40–60,000 ) , Sir Joshua Reynolds 's ‘ Admiral Cotes ’ ( est. £15–20,000 ) and other paintings by John Hoppner , James Ward , Michael Dahl and Sir Godfrey Kneller . |
| 18 | Then people will do the environmentally ‘ correct' thing , not because it is thought to be the moral , but rather the practical , thing to do . ’ |
| 19 | This is thought to be the protective effect of oestrogen , which lowers the level of the ‘ bad ’ cholesterol ( low-density lipoprotein ) and raises the level of the ‘ good ’ ( high-density lipoprotein ) . |
| 20 | It is thought to be the largest British dairy farm to go green , and the conversion — for deeply held environmental reasons — is backed by sound economic logic . |
| 21 | Six miles north of Barnstaple the Braunton Burrows is thought to be the largest area ( 2000 acres ) of sand dunes in the country . |
| 22 | Roy Clements wanted it for his collection which is thought to be the largest in Britain . |
| 23 | This sense of the maverick is coupled with a talent for making complex , lyrical films which possess the depth and artistry that is thought to be the sole province of European and art house directors . |
| 24 | Most modern text-writers state it with some slight , hesitant reservation ( and this is thought to be the correct view ) . |
| 25 | The killing of the bird caused dismay to the RSPB because it was released in Scotland and is thought to be the first to have made its way to southern England from a release programme . |
| 26 | This is thought to be the first such judgment on a privatised water company . |
| 27 | The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments . |
| 28 | El Greco 's ‘ Disrobing ’ ( estimate £1.5–2.5 million ) is thought to be the first of the two small autograph versions of the famous altarpiece in the Toledo Cathedral baptistery , dating from 1577–80 . |
| 29 | The chapter is thought to be the first on this subject in a text of this type . |
| 30 | The case is thought to be the first test of the obligation under the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 to provide new land of " equal advantage " where public open space is lost through a compulsory purchase . |