Example sentences of "[noun] is thought to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deal is thought to be worth £1m over eighteen months to two years . |
| 2 | The deal is thought to be worth 1m over eighteen months to two years . |
| 3 | The total represents a three-fold increase on the previous decade , but the real death toll is thought to be far higher . |
| 4 | The programme is thought to be less successful in Zimbabwe , since the denser vegetation means that poachers may not be able to see that the animal has no horn until they have already shot it . |
| 5 | Faulty circulation is thought to be the root cause of the disorder . |
| 6 | Persistent aggression is a deviation not only from social convention , but from the way people ‘ naturally ’ are , since the mind is thought to be properly in control of the soul ( cf. |
| 7 | When taken together with walking , cycling is thought to be between ten and forty times as energy efficient , as motorised transport ( Figure 9.1 ) . |
| 8 | The chapter is thought to be the first on this subject in a text of this type . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ( It should be made clear that , in the vast majority of cases , the poison is so aged that its potency is thought to be negligible . ) |
| 11 | Energy use in industry is thought to be around 50 per cent less efficient than in the West . |
| 12 | The font is thought to be medieval . |
| 13 | It should also be remembered that if an SRO is thought to be acting inappropriately , i.e. if it is subject to regulatory capture , then the SIB can simply revoke its status . |
| 14 | The latter figure is thought to be between 63,000 and 65,000 . |
| 15 | It has not been revealed how much money the Bulgers have been paid for the interview , but the figure is thought to be in the five-figure bracket . |
| 16 | Its mode of action is thought to be its ability to potentiate the defensive barriers of gastrointestinal mucosa . |
| 17 | This enhancement is thought to be associated with the extraction of additional information about the stimuli in the attended ear . |
| 18 | The deal with Malaysia 's Proton Cars is thought to be worth £50,000 . |
| 19 | And fashion store Etam is thought to be on the brink of signing a letting agreement involving its switch from its Northgate store into the Cornmill . |
| 20 | Food chain Tescos is thought to be interested in taking over the imposing building . |
| 21 | Floors needing strengthening are simply replaced , and because fine old panelling is thought to be infested with every imaginable beetle permission is obtained to strip it out and replace it in replica . |
| 22 | The vehicle is thought to be a Ford Escort but police say they can not be certain . |
| 23 | Bar work is thought to be transitory , undemanding and unskilled . |
| 24 | Another option is migration , whether to the urban areas where work is thought to be available — though this is often an illusion — or to South Africa and Botswana . |
| 25 | The active ingredient in garlic is thought to be the compound alliin . |
| 26 | The mode of genetic inheritance is thought to be more complex than for bipolar depression , partly because the morbidity risk for relatives of affected individuals is much lower ( Akiskal , 1979 ) . |
| 27 | NEGOTIATING a settlement acceptable to both sides has proved difficult but a divorce is thought to be imminent . |
| 28 | If human error is thought to be particularly important then expert advice should be sought . |
| 29 | Unlike Western governments , which have been careful to avoid giving the appearance of fomenting unrest in eastern Europe , the Norwegian Nobel committee is thought to be ready to try to advance the cause of democracy in a country which has shown only the most rudimentary signs of change . |
| 30 | Its main action appears to be not one of erosion , but merely one of transport : it is the mechanism by which much debris is thought to be moved from the foot of the uplands across the gentle slopes that often border them in deserts . |