Example sentences of "[noun sg] is think to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It should be made clear that , in the vast majority of cases , the poison is so aged that its potency is thought to be negligible . ) |
| 2 | The font is thought to be medieval . |
| 3 | Another option is migration , whether to the urban areas where work is thought to be available — though this is often an illusion — or to South Africa and Botswana . |
| 4 | Bar work is thought to be transitory , undemanding and unskilled . |
| 5 | NEGOTIATING a settlement acceptable to both sides has proved difficult but a divorce is thought to be imminent . |
| 6 | Unlike Western governments , which have been careful to avoid giving the appearance of fomenting unrest in eastern Europe , the Norwegian Nobel committee is thought to be ready to try to advance the cause of democracy in a country which has shown only the most rudimentary signs of change . |
| 7 | The reason why at present independence is thought to be achievable only by involving a different force is that investigations of police operations typically involve suspicion of malpractice . |
| 8 | Thus the observer looking for evidence of ‘ knowledge , skills , or expertise ’ in the activities of the specialist team might see it in their tendency , relative to the generic team , to visit more and to recommend and provide a wider range of services ; to make fewer offers of service that are refused ; and to encounter fewer occasions on which re-assessment is thought to be necessary . |
| 9 | The Butler Committee argued that relatively minor mental disorders may be regarded as falling within section 2 simply because this outcome is thought to be preferable to mandatory life imprisonment . |
| 10 | The organism is thought to be protozoan , and almost always affects immunocompromised people , invading the alveoli and forming fluid-filled cysts that inflame the lung tissue , causing impaired gas exchange . |
| 11 | In Malaysia , a single tiger whisker ground up in the animal 's flesh or bone is thought to be powerful enough to kill an enemy . |
| 12 | An informal survey of guests in residence reveals that the standards of the cooking and service are admitted to be high , but that the menu is thought to be unimaginative , the wine list extensive but inappropriate , and the hours inflexible . |
| 13 | 6.3 Centres are being asked to engage in consultation ( and , if consortium development is thought to be possible , in consultation with other centres ) and to complete the proforma showing the session in which the centre will be ready to enrol candidates for the new-style course . |
| 14 | The sociology of Freud is built on his analysis of instincts , and has usually been given little serious consideration within sociology precisely because the concept of instinct is thought to be unsociological . |
| 15 | A HOODED man who raped a 19-year-old student is thought to be responsible for at least six other sex attacks over the past two years . |
| 16 | Alcohol is thought to be responsible for 40,000 premature deaths a year , as well as 60pc of suicide attempts , 50pc of murders , 54pc of fires and 30pc of domestic accidents . |
| 17 | Maternal responsiveness is thought to be important in cognitive development and for secure mother-infant attachment : thus infants of mothers with chronic schizophrenia are at risk of disrupted bonding and its sequelae of impaired social behaviour and problem solving . |
| 18 | The whole operation is thought to be loss-making , though the Leeds does not disclose its results . |
| 19 | The loss of the conserved Arg525 in patient A could prevent substrate recognition because this residue is thought to be important in the substrate-specific domain . |
| 20 | The cause is thought to be infective and while ‘ Whipple 's bacillus ’ has never been cultured , it has recently been identified by a molecular genetic approach . |
| 21 | Similarly , if the rule about strict performance in delivery is thought to be unjust , it is overcome by invoicing back . |
| 22 | Where domiciliary care is thought to be impracticable , however , it still remains unclear who is going to pay for ‘ institutional ’ care . |
| 23 | In many situations the male is thought to be superior to the female , but not in all ; in some situations an object or person can be profane , in others sacred . |
| 24 | A simplified leaflet to be made available to the public will concentrate on procedures for making a complaint and the follow-up action which can be taken if the initial response is thought to be unsatisfactory . |
| 25 | Shoreditch wishes Mr Love good luck over any polling card litigation ; but surely it 's a sad day when the suggestion that a socialist opposes mass slaughter is thought to be libellous ? |
| 26 | Indeed , capital movements may offset the current account deficit if speculators think that the exchange rate will recover to its former level in the near future , as could be the case if the current account deficit is thought to be temporary . |
| 27 | Loading doses are used , and , because of the large variability in half life , even when renal function is thought to be normal we think that that is sensible . |
| 28 | Whether a particular occurrence amounts to an act of God is a question of fact , but the tendency of the courts nowadays is to restrict the ambit of the defence , not because strict liability is thought to be desirable but because increased knowledge limits the unpredictable . |
| 29 | The Open Software Foundation is trying to figure out how to import object orientation into its Distributed Computing Environment , but is having trouble getting a handle on it , although part of its problem is thought to be attitudinal : it desperately needs an architectural and communications model and has been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk . |
| 30 | The Open Software Foundation is trying to figure out how to import object orientation into its Distributed Computing Environment , but is having trouble getting a handle on it though part of its problem is thought to be attitudinal . |