Example sentences of "[noun sg] is think [prep] [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 | The latter figure is thought to be between 63,000 and 65,000 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Its mode of action is thought to be its ability to potentiate the defensive barriers of gastrointestinal mucosa . |
16 | This enhancement is thought to be associated with the extraction of additional information about the stimuli in the attended ear . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | The vehicle is thought to be a Ford Escort but police say they can not be certain . |
20 | Bar work is thought to be transitory , undemanding and unskilled . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | The active ingredient in garlic is thought to be the compound alliin . |
23 | 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 ) . |
24 | NEGOTIATING a settlement acceptable to both sides has proved difficult but a divorce is thought to be imminent . |
25 | If human error is thought to be particularly important then expert advice should be sought . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
29 | The reason why at present independence is thought to be achievable only by involving a different force is that investigations of police operations typically involve suspicion of malpractice . |
30 | Voting on the issue is thought to be too close to call . |