Example sentences of "time it was think [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one time it was thought that the brain reached its peak of potential performance when the individual was between the ages of 18 and 25 years and that , from that time onwards , it began to deteriorate . |
| 2 | For a long time it was thought that this Gospel was written by Matthew the Apostle . |
| 3 | At one time it was thought that this was because the dunnock was a recent cuckoo host , but Chaucer 's reference in The Parlement of Foules makes it clear that the dunnock was a popular cuckoo host as long ago as the 14th century . |
| 4 | At one time it was thought that high-fibre diets containing bran would be successful , but this has not proved to be the case . |
| 5 | But at the time it was thought that the record had yielded up its secrets in sufficient quantities to allow confident assertions to be made about the character of the evolutionary mechanism . |
| 6 | At one time it was thought that the same applied to an incorporated company , except that the company itself held its assets as trustee for its members . |
| 7 | At one time it was thought that not many photographs were taken of the Bishop 's Castle Railway , especially of No 1 , the ex GWR Tank Locomotive , which shares the honours with ‘ Carlisle ’ as being the last two engines to work the line . |
| 8 | At one time it was thought that the only inspiration for pre-Romanesque Europe was Ancient Rome and Byzantium . |
| 9 | At one time it was thought that all chemical reactions were exothermic . |
| 10 | At one time it was thought that the section only applied to express agreements and not to an implied agreement . |