Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [be] think to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that membership of the school was universally perceived as a privilege , social and disciplinary problems were minimal and few special arrangements for pastoral care or counselling were thought to be necessary . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Its current scarcity and decreased egg laying in Wales and Galloway is thought to be the result of lack of appropriate food . |
| 4 | It is widely believed that the United Kingdom has a rising crime wave , and crime is thought to be more widespread in the United Kingdom than in other western countries . |
| 5 | One example can be given to show how this attitude contains its own potentiality for tilting from implicit justification to explicit criticism , should the balance between cost and benefit be thought to be changed . |
| 6 | The behaviour of the crowds — vulgar , noisy and violent — immediately excited considerable apprehension , and the excesses of the transfer market and professionalism were thought to be ruining the native traditions of ‘ fair play ’ and sportsmanship . |
| 7 | Divine power which inspired fear and awe was thought to be manifested in certain creatures . |
| 8 | All the food available to animals and man was thought to be due to the rain which fell from the heavens , the arrival of which was dependent on the will of the god Ba'al . |
| 9 | The half-life of nicotine and carboxyhaemoglobin is thought to be approximately two hours . |