Example sentences of "[be] think have [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are thought to have developed from small differences in the density of the early universe from one region to another . |
| 2 | By the ninth century the Burgundians were thought to have come from Scandinavia . |
| 3 | According to sources from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) , 500,000 refugees were thought to have fled from the conflict in Liberia to the neighbouring countries — some 300,000 to Guinea , 120,000 to Côte d'Ivoire and 80,000 to Sierra Leone . |
| 4 | She is thought to have fallen from an eighth floor window . |
| 5 | However , N. lapillus is thought to have arisen from one of the Pacific species and not the other way round ( see p. 338 ) , so the 13 form probably arose from a 30 form by reduction . |
| 6 | This feature , which is thought to have developed from a desire for an apse and altar both for abbot and his monks at the east end , and for the bishop and laity at the west , gave no opportunity for masons and sculptors to decorate a deeply moulded western porch , as was usual in France or England . |
| 7 | Phytophthora cinnamomi is thought to have spread from New Guinea , largely through human activities , and is now attacking hundreds of species throughout the world , including chestnut and fruit trees in the North America , eucalyptus in Australia , and oaks in Eastern Europe . |
| 8 | The domestic dog is thought to have evolved from the wolf , yet wolves and other wild dogs bark about as often as they appear at Crufts . |
| 9 | Christmas pudding is thought to have originated from a type of medieval porridge or pottage , which was made of meat , cornmeal , dried fruit , nuts , sugar and spices . |
| 10 | The mineralisation is thought to have originated from barium-rich formation waters or remobilisation of sedimentary baryte concentrations in Devonian — Carboniferous sequences ( Gallagher and others , 1982 ) . |
| 11 | An ivory furniture inlay showing a sphinx at Mallia is thought to have come from Egypt , as are two ivory figurines of boys found at Palaikastro . |
| 12 | It retains the font from the old priory church and the bell is thought to have come from the priory refectory . |
| 13 | This is thought to have resulted from a prolonged period of subaerial exposure in response to a drop in sea-level prior to the deposition of the Z3 Anhydrite . |
| 14 | The bacillus was thought to have arrived from Asia and to have proliferated in waters polluted by raw sewage pumped from the shore . |
| 15 | The only species to record an increase was the chaffinch , which was thought to have benefited from a heavy crop of beech mast . |
| 16 | Brahma was thought to have sprung from a golden egg floating in primeval waters , or ‘ brahman ’ . |
| 17 | Coatlique is often depicted with a child in her arms , and the first man was thought to have sprung from her as a result of divine conception . |