Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] think to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all these reasons the future was thought to be uncertain . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A loop was thought to be possible and there were those who claimed to have seen one . |
| 5 | Stool withholding was thought to be present if the child exhibited a certain behaviour at the time of defecation , often termed ‘ the duty dance ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The ore in God 's Blessing was thought to be rich in gold ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Because it is also present in some beverages histamine was thought to be responsible for the acid secretory capacity of the beverages . |
| 11 | Those envisaged under the previous Asylum Bill were thought to be inoperable . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I can even remember when Finnegans Wake was thought to be incomprehensible and the gentleman sitting on my right , George Craig , is almost , but not quite , my contemporary at this university and I was genuinely delighted when he agreed to take on the herculean task of giving a lecture a centenary lecture on James Joyce . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Until recently , Pipeline was thought to be unrideable . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The Committee of 2 April 1848 had been set up partly because his ministry was thought to be soft . |
| 19 | It was they who caused a reluctant minister to accept , in 1963 , the introduction of an examination at 15 + other than O level ( the CSE examination ) specifically designed for the next 40 per cent of the ability range below the 20 per cent for whom 0 level was thought to be appropriate . |
| 20 | The viability of the buy-back option was thought to be dependent on the availability of new loans especially from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , both of which had expressed support for the agreement , and also from the Japanese Export-Import Bank and the Spanish government . |