Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] think to " in BNC.
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| 1 | in pairs are thought to be clever dicks , sorry . |
| 2 | These solutes are thought to be the origin of cements within the subsurface , either as quartz overgrowth cements ( e.g. Sibley & blatt , 1976 ) or as calcite cements . |
| 3 | The risks are thought to be very small : ( 1 ) because the balance of the natural environment is primarily controlled by the species already present which appear to operate to the detriment of new introductions ; and ( 2 ) because in new releases of microorganisms to date , all very closely monitored , there has been no evidence of any of them getting out of control or adversely affecting the environment . |
| 4 | ( Meliaceae ) but durian seeds are so damaged that ground-walking animals are thought to be the principal effective agents possibly sun-bears , or even tigers . |
| 5 | As well as the writs issued against the two men , 12 writs were obtained by the army 's solicitors , Slaughter & May — mostly to gain access to confidential documents or accounts where funds are thought to be held . |
| 6 | The Oct-2 proteins are thought to be effectors of octamer-dependent immunoglobulin gene transcription and certain cytokine genes [ 7 ] . |
| 7 | Strategically , we need to understand what the clients are thinking to be able to deliver the services which they want . ’ |
| 8 | 4.20 Where clients are thought to be or are known to be a risk or danger to themselves , other clients or other people and are admitted to a residential or day care facility , their progress must be explicitly monitored by the officer in charge who should keep the line manager informed . |
| 9 | No German warships were thought to be in the immediate area and only some four squadrons of fighters and bombers — an estimated 37 planes — were flying from Herdia , Stavanger , and Trondheim . |
| 10 | Key variables were thought to be the size of the selected area , the population characteristics and the traffic structure . |
| 11 | These savings were thought to be of the order of £0.5 million at the most . |
| 12 | The earlier stations were not as successful as their British counterparts but later designs were thought to be an improvement . |
| 13 | If , however , further safeguards were thought to be necessary , it would be open to the Director to reserve such decisions to himself . |
| 14 | The deal with Malaysia 's Proton Cars is thought to be worth £50,000 . |
| 15 | The date of these vessels was thought to be late second century ( although , as I write this , a more accurate date is from c . |
| 16 | About 16 billion tonnes are thought to be lost every year . |
| 17 | Agility , speed , muscular power , sharpness of reflex , accuracy of judgment , these I presume to be some of the attributes with which blacks are thought to be born . |
| 18 | The ‘ tails ’ of these Phromnia rosea nymphs are thought to be unpalatable to predators . |
| 19 | The major age accelerators are thought to be stress , inactivity , chemical pollution , exposure to harmful sun-rays , cigarette smoking , alcohol and a deficiency of the essential nutrients . |
| 20 | Many of Japan 's largest and most famous corporations , including Matsushita Electric , Hitachi and Nippon Steel , have reported major drops in profits while nearly a third of the country 's medium-sized companies are thought to be losing money . |
| 21 | Shetlanders are afraid that they might be excluded from this market — with their higher salaries and various company safeguards , incomers are thought to be willing to make higher bids for scarce pieces of land . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Because of these common anatomical and behavioural features lampreys and hagfishes were thought to be most closely related to one another among the modern fauna and were recognized as cyclostomes ( Fig. 2A , a ) . |
| 24 | SCO , whose revenues are thought to be double USL 's and whose board reportedly wants to cash out , makes no secret of the fact that it has been contemplating its own initial public offering ( IPO ) for some time . |
| 25 | Investigators are thought to be in possession of a tape recording of the alleged incident . |
| 26 | Some dogs are thought to be genetically susceptible to it , but diet always seems to get the blame . |
| 27 | In Los Angeles , another place where non-Hispanic whites are a dwindling minority , a 62-year-old white businessman is in a run-off for the mayor 's office against the young Asian-American who has for years been thought to be one of California 's most personable Democrats . |
| 28 | MORE than 80 banks are thought to be studying final proposals for the £1.4 billion debt refinancing plan to rescue the property and trading group , Heron . |
| 29 | The earliest in the series of brooches is thought to be that from the cemetery at Chessell Down ; the various combinations of the design elements on the other examples in the series make it possible to suggest the sequence in which they were manufactured . |
| 30 | A period of three years was thought to be necessary for census-taking and drawing up electoral rolls . |