Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] thought [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The species difference between animals and human beings can give rise to quite different reactions , as in the case of penicillin , digitalis , and aspirin , and with drugs which were thought to be safe after pre-clinical tests upon animals , such as thalidomide , clioquinol , osmosin , opren , and eraldin , the results were human death and tragedy . |
| 2 | In 1951 a well-documented eruption of this kind took place on Mt Lamington in Papua , another of those volcanoes which was thought to be extinct until something nasty happened . |
| 3 | He made good progress until February 1992 when he was readmitted with a febrile illness and a tender mass in the right side of his neck , which was thought to be infective , but had not resolved despite treatment with flucloxacillin . |
| 4 | This committee was set up to review the Youth Service , which was thought to be demoralised and unprepared to deal with the increasing demand from the ‘ baby boom ’ children who were reaching adolescence . |
| 5 | In addition to dealers , other objects of anger were farmers who were thought to be withholding grain from the market and thus creating an " artificial " scarcity ; merchants who attempted to buy up corn to move it from the district in which it had been grown at times when local markets were under-supplied ; and millers who were considered to be either bulk buying and hoarding corn or else charging the poor too much for grinding grain . |
| 6 | Less than three months after his appointment Chaovalit resigned after a Cabinet colleague , Chalerm Yubamrung ( who was thought to be close to Chatichai ) , accused him of corruption . |
| 7 | It mentioned that he lived with his mother , Lady Ursula Berowne , and his second wife in one of the few extant houses built by Sir John Soane and that he had one child by his first marriage , 24-year-old Sarah Berowne , who was active in left-wing politics and who was thought to be estranged from her father . |
| 8 | The impasse between the Army and Bhutto increased speculation that President Ghulam Ishaq Khan , who was thought to be sympathetic to the Army 's demands , might dismiss the central and provincial governments and call a fresh general election . |
| 9 | They were thought to be suitable for working on any part of the system . |
| 10 | Respectable people rejected the movies because they were thought to be trivial but also because they were thought to be corrupting and immoral . |
| 11 | For many years they were thought to be adult creatures , given a special name , ammocoete , and classified as obvious relatives of the lancelet . |
| 12 | Until recently they were thought to be primitive primates but now science has put them firmly among the insectivores . |
| 13 | Respectable people rejected the movies because they were thought to be trivial but also because they were thought to be corrupting and immoral . |
| 14 | ( Because they were thought to be able to change their form at will , the accused were branded ‘ shape shifters ’ ) . |
| 15 | The name is taken from the Greek reuo , to set free , because it was thought to be effective in so many ailments . |
| 16 | It was thought to be good to have this led by an overseas person . |
| 17 | It was thought to be efficient to increase the yield to produce more than we need at a price which is more than we can pay and then dump the surplus on the world market , leaving the farmer with nothing . |
| 18 | Colin Blakemore was pilloried in 1987 and 1988 not just because his work was considered ( wrongly ) to be excessively cruel but also because it was thought to be useless . |
| 19 | It was thought to be important that Parliamentary and public opinion — and concern — should be reassured by having a comprehensive review carried out by such a body . |
| 20 | The chief of staff was believed to be Colonel Lee Hwal , who had been educated in Japan ; he was thought to be responsible for the organisation of the North Korean air force . |
| 21 | The use of files imposed limitations on the types of valid and reliable data that could be obtained ; data analysed represented a compromise between these limitations and what were thought to be useful indicators of the manner or style of assessment and service delivery . |
| 22 | Interpretations were not offered by these priests — rather , the dreams themselves were thought to be curative . |