Example sentences of "[am/are] think [prep] [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ethnic-minority children who are thought by their teachers to be having difficulties at school are being assessed with tests which are thought to be fundamentally flawed . |
| 2 | Humpbacks are thought to be mostly solitary creatures , though such songs indicate that close physical proximity is by no means necessary for social contact of a vocal nature . |
| 3 | The matter is further complicated by the fact that the disclosure letter will almost always say the disclosures are made by reference to the warranty to which they are thought to be most applicable , but they also apply to all warranties . |
| 4 | Many Rottweilers are thought to be too soft when young and encouraged forward , forward , forward , in their defensive instinct . |
| 5 | This Astra was stolen by 5 teenagers , some of whom are thought to be as young as 13 . |
| 6 | A development which starts from the humane desire to prevent severe handicap could lead to demands by parents for genetic interventions to produce traits which are thought to be culturally desirable , such as maleness and fair skin . |
| 7 | Some dogs are thought to be genetically susceptible to it , but diet always seems to get the blame . |
| 8 | The problems posed by authors changing their names are thought to be very limited . |
| 9 | The problems posed by authors changing their names are thought to be very limited . |
| 10 | The risks are thought to be very small : ( 1 ) because the balance of the natural environment is primarily controlled by the species already present which appear to operate to the detriment of new introductions ; and ( 2 ) because in new releases of microorganisms to date , all very closely monitored , there has been no evidence of any of them getting out of control or adversely affecting the environment . |
| 11 | So I think that er to put parental investment theory centre stage is more reliable and better than the rather old-fashioned biological approach which in talking about sex emphasise things like sex chromosomes and hormones , so that a sex chromosome in a mammal for instance was something that a male had but a female did n't and this gave rise to hormonal effects like those of testosterone erm which are thought to be very important . |
| 12 | Bank loans carrying fixed interest payments over specific periods , are thought to be more constraining in contrast to the flexibility gained by varying stockholders dividends in line with company performance . |
| 13 | If this be thought to be disingenuously restrictive , an attempt to define away the opposition , then consider the alternative . |