Example sentences of "[be] thought [prep] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bags of fertiliser are thought to be similar to those found at Fallswater Street in west Belfast last week . |
| 2 | Particular approaches are thought to be supportive of commercial activity and are adopted with this end in view . |
| 3 | Efforts to identify the coeliac toxic amino acid sequence , which presumably acts as a T cell immunogen , have focussed on the wheat prolamin , gliadin , whose four subfractions α , Β , and γ , are thought to be toxic to patients with coeliac disease . |
| 4 | At least 80% of heart attacks in men under 45 are thought to be due to cigarette smoking [ 5 ] . |
| 5 | Judges who thumb their noses at presidents are thought to be good for democracy . |
| 6 | In the modelled docked structure , residues 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 of CsA protrude out into the solvent , and are thought to be involved in binding the effector protein , calcineurin . |
| 7 | Most mammals apart from man are thought to be unaware of colour , or the differentials between wavelengths in the light to which their eyes are sensitive . |
| 8 | If these are thought to be appropriate for the person you are going to be in touch with , then the local Christian bookshop will undoubtedly stock a range . |
| 9 | Rules of interpretation are thought to be effective in the orderly ascription of meaning to objects and events . |
| 10 | At least two IRA cells are thought to be active on the mainland . |
| 11 | What is wrong , however , is the comparison which places universities at the top because they are thought to be concerned with the abstract and academic , polytechnics below , because of their more technological emphasis ( which is itself , as often as not , a myth ) , and which deems schools to be worth considering only if they are seen as primarily devoted to academic ‘ standards ’ , imposed from above by the universities themselves . |
| 12 | Changes which are identified here are thought to be suggestive of changes which might take place in other areas of Shetland as the construction phase of the oil era winds down , and the oil production phase takes off in earnest . |
| 13 | Host factors are thought to be important in determining the severity of the response to this parasite . |
| 14 | The ‘ tails ’ of these Phromnia rosea nymphs are thought to be unpalatable to predators . |
| 15 | LAW and gospel have traditionally been thought to be opposed to one another . |
| 16 | Certain types of small bacteria , called mycoplasma or ureaplasma , have for a long time been thought to be responsible for some cases of NGU . |
| 17 | On the other hand , its penalty structure might be thought to be preferable to that of New South Wales , for the maximum penalty for each category of offence is higher than in New South Wales and the ten-year maximum for simple sexual assault enables a heavier penalty to be imposed in serious cases which do not come within the higher categories . |
| 18 | The first three of these are clearly concerned with the treatment of third-country nationals , and it is therefore of interest to note that the question of visa policy , which might be thought to be implicit in the second and third objectives mentioned above will fall within the scope of Community competence by virtue of the new Article 100C of the EEC Treaty introduced by the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 19 | Some of the landowning agencies that are most restrictive are those which might be thought to be answerable to the public , or have their best interests at heart : the Forestry Commission , the Ministry of Defence and sometimes even the National Trust come to mind . |
| 20 | Except in larger firms , unanimity might be thought to be desirable in the interests of preventing further splits in the firm , and even where a majority decision is available , a genuine attempt to achieve unanimity should always be made : save in any but the clearest case , exercise of the power by a permitted majority without consultation with the remaining partners would be regarded as being in bad faith . |
| 21 | In most instances the contexts were thought to be appropriate to pupils in schools in different locations . |
| 22 | Large integrated securities houses were thought to be necessary as an average size broker without a market-maker could feasibly find itself advising on equities , yet the business of transactions could easily be carried out elsewhere . |
| 23 | The TUC was not prepared to abandon its sectional interest if measures to secure full employment were thought to be contrary to the interests of the unions . |
| 24 | Although the Cabinet was composed of members of the ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea ( PDGE ) , some members were thought to be close to the opposition . |
| 25 | This was an attempt to retain some of the advantages of the gold standard , since stable rates of exchange were thought to be beneficial to the conduct of trade and other international transactions , and yet adjustments in the exchange rate were deemed desirable for a country facing a permanent payments imbalance . |
| 26 | They were thought to be suitable for working on any part of the system . |
| 27 | Some patients had voiced initial apprehension about their continuing to receive medication , but most were thought to be neutral about fundholding . |
| 28 | Modern farming methods , particularly in arable crop fields , were thought to be responsible for the declines . |
| 29 | Difficulties determining whether or not the gall bladder was clear of stones were encountered ; indeed , four patients were thought to be free of stones at the end of the procedure only to have fragments found on the 10th day . |
| 30 | Many sections of the army leadership were thought to be hostile towards Aristide , however , because , in response to United States pressure , he had begun to act to stop drug trafficking from which they were known to benefit . |