Example sentences of "were [adv] think [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the nineteenth century , the effects of economic development , colonialism and capitalism were widely thought to be wholly favourable to women . |
| 2 | Marriage and the family were only thought to be relevant in considering young women 's careers , not young men 's . |
| 3 | Although proposals for secret ballots and annual elections came to nothing , a Triennial Bill was passed into law in 1694 , whilst in 1696 Acts were passed to prevent electoral charges and expenses ( to keep the price of a contest within the gentry 's means ) and to prevent local changes in the established franchise ( which were generally thought to be made to the Court 's advantage ) . |
| 4 | After two days of almost non-stop rain , the first day was washed out completely , since the lakes dotted around the ground were not thought to be conducive to good cricket . |
| 5 | The remaining two pups were not registered with the AKC , as they were not thought to be of high enough merit . |
| 6 | Honey had been the only sweetener ; sugar had been as expensive as cinnamon or cloves and it could be taxed as a luxury in the firm belief that this would not make life harder for the working classes who were not thought to be consumers of sugar , though this was clearly changing in the eighteenth century . |
| 7 | The three men , two of whom were subsequently found to have been carrying replica guns , were not thought to be IRA members but had known records of delinquency . |
| 8 | Police said two adults and three children were taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital but their injuries were not thought to be serious . |
| 9 | City : Property without solid foundations Bricks and mortar were once thought to be be as good as money in the bank . |
| 10 | They were once thought to be very dangerous indeed and believed to steal infants for the Devil to torment in Hell . |
| 11 | Although many of the stories are exaggerated accounts , and were once thought to be only legends , there is now proof that giant squid do exist . |
| 12 | Psychological and cultural differences were still thought to be grounded in biology ; indeed , Geddes and Thompson believed sex differences to be physiologically based , which held out even less possibility for change than did Spencer 's explanation based on evolution . |
| 13 | According to official figures 150 people , the majority of them youths and students , received prison sentences ranging from one month to seven years ; at least 450 others were still thought to be awaiting trial . |
| 14 | Some gods , while keeping their usual forms , were also thought to be manifest in a living sacred animal , who was regarded as the Ba or power of god and was a cult image , herald and intermediary . |
| 15 | The building blocks of matter are the atoms which were originally thought to be indivisible . |
| 16 | The Foreign Office has now issued a warning to tourists about terrorist activity in Egypt , and says the reason it was n't given out sooner is because British tourists were n't thought to be at risk . |
| 17 | In early 1945 I went with U Kyaw Min to Ceylon to talk to British forces which were then thought to be waiting for a seaborne invasion of Burma . |
| 18 | He carried out experiments on the propagation of short and ultra-short radio waves , which were then thought to be unusable . |
| 19 | Many inscriptions on monuments that were previously thought to be purely calendrical are now known to commemorate specific events of historical significance , but the only three Maya books that have survived are all devoted to astronomy . |