Example sentences of "[was/were] think to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most instances the contexts were thought to be appropriate to pupils in schools in different locations . |
| 2 | Large integrated securities houses were thought to be necessary as an average size broker without a market-maker could feasibly find itself advising on equities , yet the business of transactions could easily be carried out elsewhere . |
| 3 | The TUC was not prepared to abandon its sectional interest if measures to secure full employment were thought to be contrary to the interests of the unions . |
| 4 | Although the Cabinet was composed of members of the ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea ( PDGE ) , some members were thought to be close to the opposition . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They were thought to be suitable for working on any part of the system . |
| 7 | Some patients had voiced initial apprehension about their continuing to receive medication , but most were thought to be neutral about fundholding . |
| 8 | Modern farming methods , particularly in arable crop fields , were thought to be responsible for the declines . |
| 9 | Difficulties determining whether or not the gall bladder was clear of stones were encountered ; indeed , four patients were thought to be free of stones at the end of the procedure only to have fragments found on the 10th day . |
| 10 | Many sections of the army leadership were thought to be hostile towards Aristide , however , because , in response to United States pressure , he had begun to act to stop drug trafficking from which they were known to benefit . |
| 11 | The species difference between animals and human beings can give rise to quite different reactions , as in the case of penicillin , digitalis , and aspirin , and with drugs which were thought to be safe after pre-clinical tests upon animals , such as thalidomide , clioquinol , osmosin , opren , and eraldin , the results were human death and tragedy . |
| 12 | It mentioned that he lived with his mother , Lady Ursula Berowne , and his second wife in one of the few extant houses built by Sir John Soane and that he had one child by his first marriage , 24-year-old Sarah Berowne , who was active in left-wing politics and who was thought to be estranged from her father . |
| 13 | A period of three years was thought to be necessary for census-taking and drawing up electoral rolls . |
| 14 | The name is taken from the Greek reuo , to set free , because it was thought to be effective in so many ailments . |
| 15 | Securing a job in Digital , opened in the recession-free days of the early 70s , was thought to be akin to getting a position in the civil service : once in , there forever . |
| 16 | An announcement by the FPR-LZ in April 1991 that it was willing to demobilize was thought to be conditional on the government agreeing to electoral and legal reforms . |
| 17 | The ore in God 's Blessing was thought to be rich in gold ! |
| 18 | Less than three months after his appointment Chaovalit resigned after a Cabinet colleague , Chalerm Yubamrung ( who was thought to be close to Chatichai ) , accused him of corruption . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | All the food available to animals and man was thought to be due to the rain which fell from the heavens , the arrival of which was dependent on the will of the god Ba'al . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | This was thought to be due to the lack of the acid neutralising effect of the saliva . |
| 23 | The impasse between the Army and Bhutto increased speculation that President Ghulam Ishaq Khan , who was thought to be sympathetic to the Army 's demands , might dismiss the central and provincial governments and call a fresh general election . |
| 24 | Initially a meter was thought to be desirable for accurate monitoring , but now there are available test strips which do not require a meter and are sufficiently accurate for the purpose if correctly used ( Ferguson & Prosser , 1980 ) . |
| 25 | Such provision was thought to be important in a borough where the majority of housing is in local authority estates with little provision for single people . |
| 26 | The chief of staff was believed to be Colonel Lee Hwal , who had been educated in Japan ; he was thought to be responsible for the organisation of the North Korean air force . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The RAF was thought to be responsible for 32 murders over 20 years , the most recent being that in April 1991 of Detlev Rohwedder , head of the Treuhand privatization agency [ see p. 38155 ] . |
| 29 | Because it is also present in some beverages histamine was thought to be responsible for the acid secretory capacity of the beverages . |
| 30 | The possibility of permission being granted for such a hunt was thought to be instrumental in persuading Japan not to break ranks with the IWC . |