Example sentences of "[adj] be think to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of these , 371,000 were thought to be Protestant , 271,000 Catholic and 5,000 Jews . |
| 2 | A casting session is then arranged and the location viewed if this is thought to be necessary . |
| 3 | Head Office can draw up a general set of specimen job descriptions for all posts , if this is thought to be helpful . |
| 4 | This is thought to be widespread , and is causing institutional investors , big holders of junk from the late 1980s , to complain that they are getting a raw deal . |
| 5 | This was thought to be due to the fact that the smaller wheels were leading , but the Metropolitan Electric tramways which had some similar cars on almost identical bogies , turned the bogies round on one of their cars ( No. 25 ) and it made no appreciable difference . |
| 6 | This was thought to be due to the lack of the acid neutralising effect of the saliva . |
| 7 | Eventually this was thought to be precarious and the landowners were bought out by the Bishop 's Castle Railway Defence Trust to which my father had to contribute five hundred pounds . |
| 8 | The fear must be that Clinton might unpick some of the deals , such as the one on agriculture , but this was thought to be unlikely , given his commitment to moving out of recession . |
| 9 | At one time , two-pipe house drainage systems were designed to keep waste water and soil water completely separate until they entered the underground drains and to prevent ‘ drain air ’ entering the house : in Victorian times this was thought to be responsible for all manner of ills . |
| 10 | At least 80% of heart attacks in men under 45 are thought to be due to cigarette smoking [ 5 ] . |
| 11 | Dicta to the contrary in McPhail v Persons Unknown [ 1973 ] 3 All ER 393 are thought to be applicable only if in the High Court . |
| 12 | If these are thought to be appropriate for the person you are going to be in touch with , then the local Christian bookshop will undoubtedly stock a range . |
| 13 | Identification with the community is even consistent with hostility to its laws , if those are thought to be oppressive or unfair . |
| 14 | No detailed analysis has been conducted on the geographical distribution of the responses , since the likelihood of being able to extrapolate reliable trends on the basis of the information available was thought to be slight . |
| 15 | Most are thought to be harmless , but about a dozen appear to be toxic . |
| 16 | Some patients had voiced initial apprehension about their continuing to receive medication , but most were thought to be neutral about fundholding . |