Example sentences of "[noun sg] may 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 | The firm 's independence may be thought to be compromised because of the fee arrangements or because of the relationship with the client . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As long as one remains within a biblical and Christian tradition , the problem may be thought to be without solution . |