Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] think to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , however , further safeguards were thought to be necessary , it would be open to the Director to reserve such decisions to himself . |
| 2 | The date of these vessels was thought to be late second century ( although , as I write this , a more accurate date is from c . |
| 3 | Painful bowel movements were thought to be present if the child complained of pain during defecation or when the child exhibited screaming or crying in anticipation of , or during , defecation , if the parent reported blood on the stool or if the child had an anal fissure present at the time of examination . |
| 4 | A period of three years was thought to be necessary for census-taking and drawing up electoral rolls . |
| 5 | Feelings were thought to be strong , on either side , about the sentence that was now to be carried out . |
| 6 | The very corpses were thought to be contagious ; in some parishes attempts were made to prevent their burial in consecrated ground , and it became necessary for the parson to conduct the service under cover of darkness . |
| 7 | Although corporacy and good relations were thought to be important , both sides acknowledged that conflicts of interest were bound to happen which had to be worked through by negotiation and bargaining . |
| 8 | Difficulties determining whether or not the gall bladder was clear of stones were encountered ; indeed , four patients were thought to be free of stones at the end of the procedure only to have fragments found on the 10th day . |
| 9 | Psychiatry was new and had only been in practice since 1879 ; neuroses and psychoses were thought to be untreatable . |
| 10 | Although the Cabinet was composed of members of the ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea ( PDGE ) , some members were thought to be close to the opposition . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly , in view of the public pressure , the police responded by adopting routine tactics of stopping and searching black people in the street , especially in areas where muggings were thought to be commonplace . |
| 12 | Overall , though the various criminal justice agencies were seen as differentially culpable with regard to racial discrimination , racially prejudiced attitudes were thought to be widespread . |
| 13 | Large integrated securities houses were thought to be necessary as an average size broker without a market-maker could feasibly find itself advising on equities , yet the business of transactions could easily be carried out elsewhere . |
| 14 | It was not just that degenerates were thought to be intelligent and gifted ; their intelligence manifested one of the most disturbing paradoxes of the perverse : a vitiating regression to the primitive from within an advanced cultural sophistication . |
| 15 | While the Danzig Poles were thought to be docile and largely invisible , it is clear that their slumbering sense of identity had been roused by anti-Polish policies . |
| 16 | Without a demand for services , no services were thought to be necessary . |
| 17 | The cultural value of all these activities was thought to be negligible but at least some useful qualities were being inculcated and above all their commercial basis bound them in to the mainstream organization and values of middle-class society . |
| 18 | In most instances the contexts were thought to be appropriate to pupils in schools in different locations . |