Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] thought to be " in BNC.
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| 31 | Like much of the Marcos story , at least some of the paintings are thought to be fakes . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | Another six families are thought to be suing the baby drinks firm this year because of its effect on their children 's teeth . |
| 34 | The official inquiry into the accident is now yet complete , but senior officers are thought to be satisfied that Flight Sergeant Pritchard was not at fault . |
| 35 | The Queen Mother 's strong beliefs are thought to be rooted in her intense disapproval of her brother-in-law Edward VIII 's decision in 1936 to abdicate for the love of American divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson . |
| 36 | Many Rottweilers are thought to be too soft when young and encouraged forward , forward , forward , in their defensive instinct . |
| 37 | In days of yore , such places were spattered with the blood of sacrificial victims to ensure good fortune in battle , and dunters are thought to be the spirits of these unhappy people . |
| 38 | Tipler 's description of a working time machine is a cylinder with the density of a neutron star , 100 km long and 10 km in radius , rotation twice every millisecond ( New Scientist , vol. 87 , p 654 ) , superficially , such an object would be a lot like a fast pulsar , since pulsars are thought to be rotation neutron stars , but the fastest pulsar known when Tipler made his calculations was the Crab pulsar , with a period of 30 milliseconds . |
| 39 | The problems posed by authors changing their names are thought to be very limited . |
| 40 | The problems posed by authors changing their names are thought to be very limited . |
| 41 | One hundred and twenty people are thought to be dead and more than fifty are injured in what 's thought to be China 's worst air disaster . |
| 42 | Although government figures show adult illiteracy rates continuing to fall to below 30 per cent , the real rates are thought to be far higher than this . |
| 43 | Some of the representations are thought to be actual portraits . |
| 44 | Animal rights activists are thought to be behind the incendiary device , found by police on the doorstep of Burlington Publishing , in Sheet Street , Windsor , Berkshire , shortly before 11am . |
| 45 | Judges who thumb their noses at presidents are thought to be good for democracy . |
| 46 | Humpbacks are thought to be mostly solitary creatures , though such songs indicate that close physical proximity is by no means necessary for social contact of a vocal nature . |
| 47 | Although creeks are thought to be largely areas of non-deposition rather than areas of erosion , the scour of the tide along them may cause some lateral erosion and water draining at times of very high tides from areas behind the zone of creeks may plunge into the heads of the creeks and so cause a certain amount of headward erosion . |
| 48 | In both cases , the breccias are thought to be exclusively developed in the Z1 Carbonate , although it is possible that the upper part of the reservoir in Auk may represent a collapsed portion of the Z2 Carbonate . |
| 49 | The tears are thought to be caused by her pain as she looks at the sins of the world , and are meant to inspire the watchers to repent and to set an example to others . |
| 50 | Most mammals apart from man are thought to be unaware of colour , or the differentials between wavelengths in the light to which their eyes are sensitive . |
| 51 | Set for the fourth quarter , prices are thought to be in the $200,000 range . |
| 52 | Higher level reservoirs are thought to be charged from the same source by migration through faults or fault contacts . |
| 53 | Rules of interpretation are thought to be effective in the orderly ascription of meaning to objects and events . |
| 54 | The differences are thought to be functional differences in the nervous system . |
| 55 | But its members are thought to be waiting to see what its British equivalent comes up with . |
| 56 | On the basis of data such as the following , younger mothers are thought to be particularly at risk . |
| 57 | His attackers are thought to be in their 20s . |
| 58 | Around 800,000 children are thought to be affected , and even those living 200 miles north of the reactor still receive constant , dangerous doses . |
| 59 | Front runners for this project are thought to be ICL Plc , Data General Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co . |
| 60 | Front runners for this project are thought to be ICL Plc , Data General Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co . |