Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] think [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Kestrels breeding in Sussex are thought to be resident , but winter status needs further and more exact investigation ; some changes may have occurred since 1938 . |
| 2 | Food chain Tescos is thought to be interested in taking over the imposing building . |
| 3 | The evident SOC retreat from the more moderate stance of December was thought to be due to the influence of a hardline faction which feared that the peace plan would open the way to systematic Khmer Rouge infiltration under unwitting UN protection . |
| 4 | Northumbrian , Wessex , Southern and Yorkshire are thought to be vulnerable . |
| 5 | While New Zealand , Australia and the West Indies are thought to be ready to back the TCCB 's bid , the chances of South Africa and Zimbabwe doing so are remote . |
| 6 | Ulster is thought to be distinctive within both the United Kingdom and the island of Ireland . |
| 7 | Reza Khan was thought to be pro-British and the British Minister in Teheran simply told the Qajar Shah that the must co-operate ; so he did , Ironside , who had by now left the country , noted in his diary , " I fancy that all the people think I engineered the coup d'etate . |
| 8 | Ps. livingstonii and Ps. elegans are both members of the Maylandia subgenus which also includes the rock dwelling Ps. zebra and its close relatives , and Ps. elegans is thought to be close to the ancestor of the ‘ Ps. zebra complex ’ ( Konings 1989 ) . |
| 9 | The RAF was thought to be responsible for 32 murders over 20 years , the most recent being that in April 1991 of Detlev Rohwedder , head of the Treuhand privatization agency [ see p. 38155 ] . |