Example sentences of "be often think to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is an omnivorous poet , quite as comfortable in the world of technology as in that of animals , plants and other country matters , which are often thought to be the more proper subjects of poetry . |
| 2 | In general , Beccaria 's philosophy exhibits what could be regarded as a curious combination of concern with the rights of the individual under the social contract on the one hand , and utilitarian reductivism on the other — curious because rights theory and utilitarianism are often thought to be philosophically incompatible . |
| 3 | Eyes : Rolling eyes that show the whites are often thought to be a sign of viciousness — in fact , they are an indication of wariness and suspicion , which is only occasionally accompanied by aggression . |
| 4 | Of the British playwrights , Pinter is often thought to be on the edges of ‘ absurdism ’ and you could also read N.F. Simpson 's One Way Pendulum and Cresta Run . |
| 5 | Yet , because the pineapple is usually shown without its crown of pointed leaves , it is often thought to be a pine cone , the original confusion continuing . |
| 6 | His self portrait with his dog is often thought to be the inspiration for John Bull and his bulldog . |
| 7 | The simplest form of reading is often thought to be children ‘ looking at pictures ’ , but children need to bring a number of skills to the task of reading picture-books if they are to read the pictures with understanding . |
| 8 | For example , attention is often thought to be directed particularly to information which is inconsistent with the currently active schema ( e.g. G.R.Loftus & Mackworth , 1978 ) . |
| 9 | Mr Heseltine , its chief architect , was one of the first to dump it , especially when he fought the proposal of Consortium Development to build a town whose name was as instant an invention as its community would have been : Stone Bassett , like Consortium 's Tillingham Hall before it , was turned down by Mr Ridley , who was not the permissive planning minister he was often thought to be . |