Example sentences of "which be thought to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 33% of our patients had sweat chloride concentrations of less than 60 mmol/L , which is thought to be normal . |
| 32 | On the basis that Scottish Amicable was not prepared to take a majority stake or play a more active role in the Bank of Edinburgh 's affairs — which is thought to be what the Bank of England wanted — then this was a circle that was unlikely ever to be squared . |
| 33 | A committee is to consider a recommendation from the region 's education director , David Semple , which is thought to be the first in Scotland to reject even special smoking areas within schools . |
| 34 | In 1951 a well-documented eruption of this kind took place on Mt Lamington in Papua , another of those volcanoes which was thought to be extinct until something nasty happened . |
| 35 | At Lourdes , Bernadette Soubirous saw what she described as ‘ that thing ’ , which was thought to be the ghost of a local girl . |
| 36 | Kilburn had a charter dating from the reign of Charles II which was thought to be in the possession of a family who had the local pub , but they — and it — have disappeared , much to the chagrin of the locals who have tried to trace it . |
| 37 | West of our site was the Caducius which was thought to be fairly easy to locate as it was marked on the Admiralty Chart . |
| 38 | This committee was set up to review the Youth Service , which was thought to be demoralised and unprepared to deal with the increasing demand from the ‘ baby boom ’ children who were reaching adolescence . |
| 39 | Such questions have become much harder to answer as a consequence of the Government 's astonishing success in closing the north-south divide , which was thought to be wholly irremediable when they came to office . |
| 40 | In April 1989 a series of houses were raided in West Germany and bomb-making equipment was found , which was thought to be associated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command ( PFLP-GC ) . |
| 41 | He made good progress until February 1992 when he was readmitted with a febrile illness and a tender mass in the right side of his neck , which was thought to be infective , but had not resolved despite treatment with flucloxacillin . |
| 42 | Direct compression of the ureters was not the cause of the obstruction , which was thought to be because of enzymatic degradation of the ureters . |