Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] thought to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | in pairs are thought to be clever dicks , sorry . |
| 2 | Interestingly these regions of the mouse genome are thought to be paralogous or ancestrally related ( 71 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Kestrels breeding in Sussex are thought to be resident , but winter status needs further and more exact investigation ; some changes may have occurred since 1938 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Oct-2 proteins are thought to be effectors of octamer-dependent immunoglobulin gene transcription and certain cytokine genes [ 7 ] . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Prospects for new work are thought to be good . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | About 16 billion tonnes are thought to be lost every year . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The ‘ tails ’ of these Phromnia rosea nymphs are thought to be unpalatable to predators . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The bags of fertiliser are thought to be similar to those found at Fallswater Street in west Belfast last week . |
| 17 | About 200-300 Awa Guajá are thought to be left alive , of whom about 150 have had no contact with outside society . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Cuts in benefits and a public sector pay freeze are thought to be likely . |
| 21 | The Pele Tower and the gallery are thought to be 14th Century . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | However , several copies of the record are thought to be in circulation carrying the original Reception logo . |
| 24 | Northumbrian , Wessex , Southern and Yorkshire are thought to be vulnerable . |
| 25 | The HAPCs are thought to be the manometric equivalent of the mass movements seen during radiological studies although not all HAPCs are associated with mass movements . |
| 26 | Investigators are thought to be in possession of a tape recording of the alleged incident . |
| 27 | Enhanced inputs of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides due to this process are thought to be contributing to acidification ( Blackie and Newson 1986 ) . |
| 28 | Some dogs are thought to be genetically susceptible to it , but diet always seems to get the blame . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Pesticides washed from farms and gardens into creeks and ponds are thought to be responsible . |