Example sentences of "[adv] be think to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | All these feelings are normal and should not be thought to be ‘ wrong ’ . |
2 | A court might not be thought to be a particularly suitable body to make such a decision because , in many situations , the decision , whichever way it goes , will be politically highly contentious . |
3 | Again it may not be thought to be particularly helpful that God in God 's undifferentiated nature ( or indeed the Spirit in its rather vague nature ) are to be understood as ‘ female ’ , while ‘ divine energies ’ ( sic ) , that which is clearly differentiated and self-determining , is to be seen as ‘ male ’ . |
4 | Those who do might also be thought to be insincere , but some policemen showed real regret and disappointment when they were unable to provide the service they felt they should , whether because of the nature of the call or because of unrealistic public expectations ( such as finding lost budgies , preventing sheep-worrying , or reconciling warring spouses and quarrelsome neighbours ) . |
5 | It might additionally be thought to be undesirable that trivial assaults have to be prosecuted with an offence carrying the heavy maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment . |
6 | In these circumstances , rape by a husband might very well be thought to be more disturbing in its effects than rape by that classic stranger leaping from the shadows . |
7 | The structure of the Act of 1986 may initially be thought to be one in which the categories of authorised person and exempted person are mutually exclusive categories . |
8 | He had been able to appear " normal " because he was abnormal , he was an outsider , he was mad , he saw and desired normality with a piercing vision of what it might ideally be thought to be . |