Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [be] thought to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not that ruffianism was thought to be funny , but the radical and socialist press wished to place a different emphasis on the criminal question which took full account of the social and material circumstances of working-class life . |
| 2 | The conditions of mass unemployment certainly helped to support the feeling of leniency , in that crime was thought to be an inevitable consequence of poverty , so that there was an active sympathy for the young unemployed whose miserable condition was further highlighted in a perceived increase of suicides among the young . |
| 3 | This enhancement is thought to be associated with the extraction of additional information about the stimuli in the attended ear . |
| 4 | Enhanced inputs of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides due to this process are thought to be contributing to acidification ( Blackie and Newson 1986 ) . |
| 5 | The Butler Committee argued that relatively minor mental disorders may be regarded as falling within section 2 simply because this outcome is thought to be preferable to mandatory life imprisonment . |
| 6 | Another factor was thought to be disillusionment with the country 's political leaders , with the internal rivalry between the two wings of Solidarity , as represented by Walesa and Mazowiecki , and with the acrimonious tone of a campaign which became increasingly personalized . |
| 7 | The word ‘ mithra ’ was also used to describe a friend , and this god was thought to be a true friend of man , protecting and warming him in life and death . |
| 8 | The loss of the conserved Arg525 in patient A could prevent substrate recognition because this residue is thought to be important in the substrate-specific domain . |
| 9 | Once massive amyloid dposits occur in the muscularis propria , this myopathy is thought to be an irreversible change because of the difficulty of elimination of this insoluble protein . |
| 10 | Front runners for this project are thought to be ICL Plc , Data General Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co . |
| 11 | Front runners for this project are thought to be ICL Plc , Data General Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co . |
| 12 | This feature is thought to be related to the reproductive cycle . |
| 13 | This vasodilatation is thought to be the mechanism triggering the activation of neurohumoral factors contributing to sodium retention , extracellular fluid volume expansion and ascites formation . |
| 14 | Such provision was thought to be important in a borough where the majority of housing is in local authority estates with little provision for single people . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In addition , some were convinced that family allowances would result in lower wages , although the danger of that happening was thought to be considerably less if they were financed by the state and not by employers ' contributions . |
| 17 | The latter figure is thought to be between 63,000 and 65,000 . |
| 18 | One , in Heaton Norris , was not seriously considered , as that area was thought to be too near to Manchester Grammar School . |