Example sentences of "[noun sg] be think to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly these regions of the mouse genome are thought to be paralogous or ancestrally related ( 71 ) . |
| 2 | ( It should be made clear that , in the vast majority of cases , the poison is so aged that its potency is thought to be negligible . ) |
| 3 | The font is thought to be medieval . |
| 4 | For all these reasons the future was thought to be uncertain . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Prospects for new work are thought to be good . |
| 7 | The bags of fertiliser are thought to be similar to those found at Fallswater Street in west Belfast last week . |
| 8 | Cuts in benefits and a public sector pay freeze are thought to be likely . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Another option is migration , whether to the urban areas where work is thought to be available — though this is often an illusion — or to South Africa and Botswana . |
| 11 | Bar work is thought to be transitory , undemanding and unskilled . |
| 12 | NEGOTIATING a settlement acceptable to both sides has proved difficult but a divorce is thought to be imminent . |
| 13 | Unlike Western governments , which have been careful to avoid giving the appearance of fomenting unrest in eastern Europe , the Norwegian Nobel committee is thought to be ready to try to advance the cause of democracy in a country which has shown only the most rudimentary signs of change . |
| 14 | The reason why at present independence is thought to be achievable only by involving a different force is that investigations of police operations typically involve suspicion of malpractice . |
| 15 | A loop was thought to be possible and there were those who claimed to have seen one . |
| 16 | Stool withholding was thought to be present if the child exhibited a certain behaviour at the time of defecation , often termed ‘ the duty dance ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Thus the observer looking for evidence of ‘ knowledge , skills , or expertise ’ in the activities of the specialist team might see it in their tendency , relative to the generic team , to visit more and to recommend and provide a wider range of services ; to make fewer offers of service that are refused ; and to encounter fewer occasions on which re-assessment is thought to be necessary . |
| 19 | The Butler Committee argued that relatively minor mental disorders may be regarded as falling within section 2 simply because this outcome is thought to be preferable to mandatory life imprisonment . |
| 20 | The organism is thought to be protozoan , and almost always affects immunocompromised people , invading the alveoli and forming fluid-filled cysts that inflame the lung tissue , causing impaired gas exchange . |
| 21 | The ore in God 's Blessing was thought to be rich in gold ! |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In Malaysia , a single tiger whisker ground up in the animal 's flesh or bone is thought to be powerful enough to kill an enemy . |
| 24 | An informal survey of guests in residence reveals that the standards of the cooking and service are admitted to be high , but that the menu is thought to be unimaginative , the wine list extensive but inappropriate , and the hours inflexible . |
| 25 | 6.3 Centres are being asked to engage in consultation ( and , if consortium development is thought to be possible , in consultation with other centres ) and to complete the proforma showing the session in which the centre will be ready to enrol candidates for the new-style course . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | Because it is also present in some beverages histamine was thought to be responsible for the acid secretory capacity of the beverages . |
| 28 | Should the offer be thought to be suitable , the tribunal examines the reasons why the employee has rejected it . |
| 29 | The sociology of Freud is built on his analysis of instincts , and has usually been given little serious consideration within sociology precisely because the concept of instinct is thought to be unsociological . |
| 30 | A HOODED man who raped a 19-year-old student is thought to be responsible for at least six other sex attacks over the past two years . |