Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [be] think [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , in order to distance the law from the many preconceived cultural notions about rape , rapists and rape victims , a new terminology may be thought to be desirable . |
| 2 | Eliot may not have in his poem Kipling 's Greek slave on a galley out of Egypt , but he does give us a slightly earlier seafarer who sailed out of the Middle East and whose story might be thought to be specially appropriate to those clerks who work in the city — |
| 3 | The firm 's independence may be thought to be compromised because of the fee arrangements or because of the relationship with the client . |
| 4 | The firm 's independence may be thought to be compromised because of the fee arrangements or because of the relationship with the client . |
| 5 | As yet there is no other body to undertake this task , and even tentative moves to remove the problem from the cell block and into the detoxification centre foundered in the entrepreneurial 1980s ; for there is little immediate profit to be made from reclamation of this kind of scrap material ( although the long-term value of a humanitarian return might be thought to be well worth pursuing in a civilized society ! ) . |
| 6 | Discussion of the benefits to the manufacturer of vertical separation and of imposing restraints on downstream firms reminds us that one way the whole issue can be thought of is as a principal-agent problem of delegation . |
| 7 | Except in larger firms , unanimity might be thought to be desirable in the interests of preventing further splits in the firm , and even where a majority decision is available , a genuine attempt to achieve unanimity should always be made : save in any but the clearest case , exercise of the power by a permitted majority without consultation with the remaining partners would be regarded as being in bad faith . |
| 8 | Change to the concretion may be thought to be extraordinarily difficult , for the imagery is built into the literature and thought structure which form the basis of the religion . |
| 9 | The most obvious reason why there is a greater concern with visual images than with the printed word may be thought to be the emergence of the new media — film , television and even the computer . |
| 10 | A salesman whose last two months ' returns fall below the required norm may be thought to be failing , until one knows that this is the first time that it has happened in five years . |
| 11 | The dominating sadist might be thought to be compensating for a feeling of sexual or personal inadequacy . |
| 12 | Their family reputation may be thought to be at stake ; the parents may fear lest care of the grandchild should become their responsibility ; the prospect of the girl 's becoming a " bad girl " may weigh heavily ; punishment — of the girl , the man concerned or both -may be a primary demand . |
| 13 | As long as one remains within a biblical and Christian tradition , the problem may be thought to be without solution . |
| 14 | On the other hand , its penalty structure might be thought to be preferable to that of New South Wales , for the maximum penalty for each category of offence is higher than in New South Wales and the ten-year maximum for simple sexual assault enables a heavier penalty to be imposed in serious cases which do not come within the higher categories . |