Example sentences of "was think to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lamb is another minor casualty ; he is all right to bat , but he can only throw in underarm at the moment because of a niggle , which at first was thought to be a reaction to an inoculation , but is now believed to be a minor ligament problem . |
| 2 | Government ministers tried to stem the tide of mounting public expenditure : John Nott 's replacing Francis Pym at the Ministry of Defence in January 1981 was thought to be a pointer in this direction . |
| 3 | Her successor , John Major , was thought to be a pragmatist who would heal the split on Europe . |
| 4 | Until lately , Turkey 's worst fear was thought to be a vacuum in northern Iraq , leaving room for an autonomous Kurdish entity — which , in its turn , would be a beacon for the separatist movement on Turkish soil . |
| 5 | He went to see a young clergyman , seized by what was thought to be a dangerous illness : |
| 6 | One of the brown immigrants deliberately poured some of his coffee over the pale slab of sugar crusted fruit pie he was eating , and this was thought to be a brilliant piece of improvised humour . |
| 7 | Their name signified ‘ sons of Zadok ’ , the high priest at the time of David who was thought to be a descendant of the younger son of Aaron . |
| 8 | Rapid growth was thought to be a likely candidate so the researchers measured the expansion of cells in the trap leaves by marking leaves with evenly spaced ink dots . |
| 9 | The sudden onset of severe weather conditions was thought to be a frequent result of disturbance to a site . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He was laid low by what was thought to be a stomach bug during the club 's trip to Norway last week . |
| 12 | At the rear end of the bodywork was a curved projection ( tambour ) which , when the carriage was originally exhibited , was thought to be a ‘ sword case ’ ; however , it was only accessible from the left hand end , outside the carriage , and was too short for such a purpose . |
| 13 | Mistaken biological beliefs , such that the male alone was thought to be a full human being , underlay western culture , making this seem the more plausible . |
| 14 | In February 1991 E. was bruised and it was thought to be a non-accidental injury . |
| 15 | Now , Fiona was thought to be a suitable bride for my father-just the right age , pretty and vivacious enough it was thought to appeal to a man who was beginning to be known as a confirmed bachelor . ’ |
| 16 | Mrs Leather gave a similar instance of jading a horse from Herefordshire but without deducing anything from it except that the old woman concerned was thought to be a witch . |
| 17 | Even in London this was thought to be a drawback . |
| 18 | A second area of made ground was present to the east of Langloan and was thought to be a backfilled clay borrow pit . |
| 19 | Teachers felt that this text offered them many opportunities for the development of the understanding of parental roles and it was thought to be a book from which all sorts of related topic work could be derived . |
| 20 | In 1950 , when the Haskin 's Laboratory was set up at Yale University , it was thought to be a 5 year project to produce a box which could perform these two computations . |
| 21 | On June 14 , 1989 , the largest and most expensive US space booster , the Titan-4 , was launched from Cape Canaveral , Florida , successfully deploying what was thought to be a secret military satellite capable of providing early warning of nuclear attack . |
| 22 | The change was thought to be a direct consequence of the protest action taken by conscripts in May . |
| 23 | This ceasefire was reported to be holding on Oct 21 , although poor weather was thought to be a major factor . |
| 24 | At one time pouchitis was thought to be a serious complication of pouch construction and even an argument against resorative proctocolectomy . |
| 25 | A search for what was thought to be a body has been called off after police found an aircraft cargo net . |
| 26 | More specifically , the scholastic conception of scientia , or scientific knowledge , was thought to be an inappropriate model for empirical knowledge of nature . |
| 27 | One seen at Wittersham from 8–15 August 1974 was thought to be an escape from captivity . |
| 28 | I 'm , I 'm certainly as I was going to come on to explain and the way you will see ourselves working , is not people who sit in the Town Hall and just turn out reports , I mean the kind of work we do and the way we work means that were actually very much involved in the community groups , but I mean if it was , if it was thought to be an issue that we needed to have greater community involvement , i.e. to resurrecting that forum then that 's something that , you know , we may need to address , but I never saw it as operating like that anyway , I mean I saw it as it 's almost like in a cabinet of members mainly . . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | By the time of Ramesses IV in the Twentieth Dynasty , Amenhotep was worshipped as a dead king and was thought to be an intermediary between men and gods , particularly in relation to Amun , god of Thebes . |