Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [be] think to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | According to US reports , Apple Computer Inc is planning to allow Macintosh users to upgrade their systems to RISC when the PowerPC begins shipping next year , and is negotiating with third parties to make upgrade boards available with from 50 MIPS to 100 MIPS performance depending on which version of the chip is used : prices are expected to start at $2,000 to $3,000 for Mac II users — a mid-range series of Apple PowerPC systems are thought to be in the works for next year withy prices starting at around $5,000 . |
| 3 | Sir Geraint was thought to be making a good recovery in hospital after suffering a minor heart attack at his home near Aberystwyth . |
| 4 | Mr Jones is thought to be aged 19 and to live locally . |
| 5 | The Mimicke Dog was thought to be raised by apes in Africa , from whence it was imported to England as a treasure for Queen Elizabeth I. |
| 6 | That Hewlett-Packard Co is thought to be lining up for a piece of Taligent ( UX No 425 ) , should come as no real surprise . |
| 7 | That Hewlett-Packard Co is thought to be lining up for a piece of Taligent , should come as no real surprise . |
| 8 | I can even remember when Finnegans Wake was thought to be incomprehensible and the gentleman sitting on my right , George Craig , is almost , but not quite , my contemporary at this university and I was genuinely delighted when he agreed to take on the herculean task of giving a lecture a centenary lecture on James Joyce . |
| 9 | Ps. livingstonii and Ps. elegans are both members of the Maylandia subgenus which also includes the rock dwelling Ps. zebra and its close relatives , and Ps. elegans is thought to be close to the ancestor of the ‘ Ps. zebra complex ’ ( Konings 1989 ) . |
| 10 | While New Zealand , Australia and the West Indies are thought to be ready to back the TCCB 's bid , the chances of South Africa and Zimbabwe doing so are remote . |
| 11 | The deal with Malaysia 's Proton Cars is thought to be worth £50,000 . |
| 12 | Its own-branded apricot skincare is selling well in the 1800-strong US drugstore chain , K-Mart , though a deal to supply Euro Disney hotels is thought to be suffering from low bookings . |
| 13 | Six miles north of Barnstaple the Braunton Burrows is thought to be the largest area ( 2000 acres ) of sand dunes in the country . |
| 14 | Santa Claus is thought to be derived from which saint ? |
| 15 | Until recently the Antikythera mechanism was thought to be the sole surviving example of mathematical gearing in the Hellenistic tradition . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Both Virgin and Thorn EMI are thought to be vying for the lucrative Jobete in Detroit , which controls the publishing rights to a catalogue of 15,000 Motown titles . |
| 18 | In addition to Praxis ' RS/6000 installer , versions for DEC 's Alpha AXP chip and Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA-RISC architecture are thought to be underway . |
| 19 | About 200-300 Awa Guajá are thought to be left alive , of whom about 150 have had no contact with outside society . |
| 20 | Reza Khan was thought to be pro-British and the British Minister in Teheran simply told the Qajar Shah that the must co-operate ; so he did , Ironside , who had by now left the country , noted in his diary , " I fancy that all the people think I engineered the coup d'etate . |
| 21 | At least two IRA cells are thought to be active on the mainland . |