Example sentences of "who [verb] this to be " in BNC.

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1 And on the third day , some men who thought this to be a favourable sign went forth to water the bumpouses and to bring them to their maturity and wholesomeness .
2 There are some observers who think this to be admirable ; but there are others who believe that in such cases the basic obligations that should keep such enthusiasts at home have been obscured by pretension and sentimentality .
3 Some doctors have interpreted this broadly , since an unwanted pregnancy can be catastrophic to the life of a woman , so that abortion is granted to any woman who considers this to be the case .
4 Such expansions of police power were forecast by E. P. Thompson ( 1980 ) , who considered this to be a period which has no equal .
5 However , I do not know any other human being who believes this to be possible in principle .
6 Martin Anderson is one conservative insider who believes this to be a misconception .
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