Example sentences of "[pers pn] is thought [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus George Harrison 's song " My Sweet Lord " was alleged to have infringed an earlier song " He 's so Fine " , but it is thought that the evidence required to support this proposition would have to be quite strong . |
| 2 | Like the established economic torts , this is a tort of intention and it is thought that the conduct of the defendant must have the plaintiff as its target though it need not be the predominant purpose in the sense that the defendant needs to be activated by malevolence : the pursuit of self-interest by unlawful means is actionable . |
| 3 | It is thought that the head secretes a substance which is capable of breaking down the outer layer of the ovum . |
| 4 | It is thought that the Government may soon double this fine . |
| 5 | It is thought that the government will follow the Iraqi cause , but the country depends on US and French aid to an extent which makes it hard to believe that the government will take any action to prejudice its continuance . |
| 6 | It is thought that the work may have been presented to the Queen by her Privy Councillor and Ambassador , Sir James Melville ( whose signature appears on the title-page ) , perhaps following a visit he made to Italy . |
| 7 | It is thought that the cargo was destined for Crowland Abbey . |
| 8 | It is thought that the separation of children from poor parents , the keeping of children apart from parents and the removal of parental rights are undertaken too readily by these agencies . |
| 9 | It is thought that the platelet is necessary for the maintenance of normal vascular integrity in that patients with thrombocytopaenia show a generalised haemorrhagic tendency and bruising when the platelet count falls below about 5 × 10 9 /1 , spontaneous bruising and more severe bleeding being possible as the platelet count falls below 20 × 10 9 /1 . |
| 10 | It is thought that the panda once roamed over much of China but due to human development the areas where they can exist have been greatly reduced . |
| 11 | It is thought that the side-chain inter-reacts with poly-unsaturated fatty acids in the membrane , leaving the hydroxyl group in a position to scavenge free radicals and so maintain the integrity of the cell . |
| 12 | It is thought that the defence is most relevant in the context of take-overs where a merchant bank may build up a stake in a target company for a prospective bidder . |
| 13 | It is thought that the consultancy may be a cost-cutting exercise due to the current slump in the UK car market . |
| 14 | Generally , it is thought that the cheese took its name from Dunlop village or parish but it could have been from Mrs. Barbara Dunlop ; we will never know . |
| 15 | It is thought that the Panel considered that the accounts breached the true and fair spirit of the Companies Act , rather than a specific rule . |
| 16 | ‘ In the Empire it is thought that the history of mankind goes back about five million years . ’ |
| 17 | This subsection does not , of course , affect any liability for negligence which the defendant may incur qua occupier of the premises or keeper of the animal , but it is thought that the keeping of guard dogs is consistent with the occupier 's duty to trespassers , provided at least some warning of their presence is given . |
| 18 | However , it is thought that the boundary layer vortices derive their vorticity originally from the viscous sub-layer ( which has , of course , no counterpart in a wake ) ; this is then advected and stretched by a combination of the mean shear and the turbulent fluctuations to give the hairpin shape . |
| 19 | It is thought that the style originated somewhere in the far East , and was introduced in to France by sailors . |
| 20 | The book is not confined to the needs of the conveyancing practitioner , however ; it is thought that the divorce practitioner should also have knowledge of the different types of conveyance which may be ordered by the court or agreed between the parties and the points which should be taken into account at that time , the protective measures that might be taken before the conveyance is concluded and the documentation that may be required in dealing with life policies . |
| 21 | It is thought that the mechanism whereby all the genes in the chromosome are inactivated is a chemical modification of the DNA . |
| 22 | Here it suffices to say that the aim is to ensure that a company is required to do so when it is thought that the matter is one that the public needs to know . |
| 23 | It is thought that the sound of the approaching steam train and the prevailing gale prevented him from being aware of the electric train 's presence . |
| 24 | It is thought that the tobacco industry 's trade body could increase its marketing budget from £300,000 to £2 million . |
| 25 | It is thought that the complex could have lost 1000 m by erosion and that only the basal sections of the mineralisation are preserved ( Harris and others , 1988 ) . |
| 26 | Persian values also made themselves felt at native satrapal courts : a recently published Greek verse inscription from Lycian Xanthos , put up by a local dynast , echoes Persian educational ideals ( ‘ riding , shooting and speaking the truth ’ , Hdt. i. 136 ) when it speaks of : The dynast in question is called Arbinas : he is certainly a Lycian but it is thought that the form of the name is Persian . |
| 27 | It is thought that the answer in each case should be ‘ no ’ because , quite apart from the practical consequences of thus multiplying liability , it would be a travesty of history to unify these disparate wrongs under one heading of tort . |
| 28 | It is thought that the presumption contained in subs ( 3 ) in relation to the purchase of land would be applied by analogy in the event of a dispute over the ownership of other assets purchased in similar circumstances . |
| 29 | On similar grounds , it is thought that the mitochondria ( see p. 63 ) are also descended from free-living prokaryotes which became symbiotic . |
| 30 | Thus it is thought that the fact that some human beings are of the opposite sex to Christ is not of importance . |