Example sentences of "[noun] [be] think to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in pairs are thought to be clever dicks , sorry . |
| 2 | Interestingly these regions of the mouse genome are thought to be paralogous or ancestrally related ( 71 ) . |
| 3 | The Kestrels breeding in Sussex are thought to be resident , but winter status needs further and more exact investigation ; some changes may have occurred since 1938 . |
| 4 | Strategically , we need to understand what the clients are thinking to be able to deliver the services which they want . ’ |
| 5 | If , however , further safeguards were thought to be necessary , it would be open to the Director to reserve such decisions to himself . |
| 6 | ( It should be made clear that , in the vast majority of cases , the poison is so aged that its potency is thought to be negligible . ) |
| 7 | The font is thought to be medieval . |
| 8 | Food chain Tescos is thought to be interested in taking over the imposing building . |
| 9 | For all these reasons the future was thought to be uncertain . |
| 10 | It was not that ruffianism was thought to be funny , but the radical and socialist press wished to place a different emphasis on the criminal question which took full account of the social and material circumstances of working-class life . |
| 11 | The date of these vessels was thought to be late second century ( although , as I write this , a more accurate date is from c . |
| 12 | Prospects for new work are thought to be good . |
| 13 | The ‘ tails ’ of these Phromnia rosea nymphs are thought to be unpalatable to predators . |
| 14 | The bags of fertiliser are thought to be similar to those found at Fallswater Street in west Belfast last week . |
| 15 | Shetlanders are afraid that they might be excluded from this market — with their higher salaries and various company safeguards , incomers are thought to be willing to make higher bids for scarce pieces of land . |
| 16 | Cuts in benefits and a public sector pay freeze are thought to be likely . |
| 17 | Painful bowel movements were thought to be present if the child complained of pain during defecation or when the child exhibited screaming or crying in anticipation of , or during , defecation , if the parent reported blood on the stool or if the child had an anal fissure present at the time of examination . |
| 18 | This was an attempt to retain some of the advantages of the gold standard , since stable rates of exchange were thought to be beneficial to the conduct of trade and other international transactions , and yet adjustments in the exchange rate were deemed desirable for a country facing a permanent payments imbalance . |
| 19 | Another option is migration , whether to the urban areas where work is thought to be available — though this is often an illusion — or to South Africa and Botswana . |
| 20 | Bar work is thought to be transitory , undemanding and unskilled . |
| 21 | NEGOTIATING a settlement acceptable to both sides has proved difficult but a divorce is thought to be imminent . |
| 22 | Unlike Western governments , which have been careful to avoid giving the appearance of fomenting unrest in eastern Europe , the Norwegian Nobel committee is thought to be ready to try to advance the cause of democracy in a country which has shown only the most rudimentary signs of change . |
| 23 | The reason why at present independence is thought to be achievable only by involving a different force is that investigations of police operations typically involve suspicion of malpractice . |
| 24 | A loop was thought to be possible and there were those who claimed to have seen one . |
| 25 | Stool withholding was thought to be present if the child exhibited a certain behaviour at the time of defecation , often termed ‘ the duty dance ’ . |
| 26 | The evident SOC retreat from the more moderate stance of December was thought to be due to the influence of a hardline faction which feared that the peace plan would open the way to systematic Khmer Rouge infiltration under unwitting UN protection . |
| 27 | SCO , whose revenues are thought to be double USL 's and whose board reportedly wants to cash out , makes no secret of the fact that it has been contemplating its own initial public offering ( IPO ) for some time . |
| 28 | Northumbrian , Wessex , Southern and Yorkshire are thought to be vulnerable . |
| 29 | Given that membership of the school was universally perceived as a privilege , social and disciplinary problems were minimal and few special arrangements for pastoral care or counselling were thought to be necessary . |
| 30 | Thus the observer looking for evidence of ‘ knowledge , skills , or expertise ’ in the activities of the specialist team might see it in their tendency , relative to the generic team , to visit more and to recommend and provide a wider range of services ; to make fewer offers of service that are refused ; and to encounter fewer occasions on which re-assessment is thought to be necessary . |