Example sentences of "was [adv] think to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government found itself derided for its failure to stand up for Serbia , assert Russian interests in the Straits — the focal point of nationalist aspiration — and face the confrontation between Slav and Teuton which was widely thought to be inevitable . |
| 2 | Bezymianny was a rather obscure volcano ( the name itself means ‘ no name ’ ) before the eruption and was generally thought to be extinct . |
| 3 | The first document , Curriculum 11–16 , was generally thought to be useful . |
| 4 | I certainly had a good time and judging by the sweat on everyone 's brow as they worked to perfect their routines I think it was generally thought to be enjoyable and worthwhile . |
| 5 | The northern manor house was formerly thought to be secondary to the Norman one , but it now seems that they were originally a pair . |
| 6 | The sliding scale for the disposal of large items was also thought to be unreasonable . |
| 7 | At that time , the adoption of floating exchange rates was also thought to be advantageous since the constraints of the gold standard could be abandoned . |
| 8 | Behaviour on the terraces was also thought to be deteriorating in the 1930s and crowd incidents — involving pitch invasions , attacks on referees and players , and occasional confrontations between spectators and the police — were exciting the same interest . |
| 9 | The skeleton was originally thought to be female and was called the ‘ Red Lady of Paviland ’ because the bones had been dyed with the red ochre of a ritual burial . |
| 10 | This separating layer is undoubtedly mainly a protein and was originally thought to be similar to keratin which is the protein in hair . |
| 11 | This pathway was originally thought to be important only in those tissues lacking ADH , such as the heart , but a recent study has shown in vivo formation of FAEEs in the liver and pancreas during ethanol exposure . |
| 12 | That the signing of Nafta was now thought to be unlikely until after the November 1992 US presidential elections was a serious political setback for Salinas , who had invested considerable political capital in reaching an accord . |
| 13 | Drinking coffee from bowls was universally thought to be charming , but other eccentricities did not go down so well . |