Example sentences of "once think to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Hexham George Moore introduces Afton Express , once thought to be champion hurdle material , to fences in the Portman Bloodstock Novice Chase . |
| 2 | This was once thought to be a productive and praiseworthy way to make the best of almost useless land ; but now environmental groups point out how this practice can involve the destruction of important wet-land and wilderness . |
| 3 | As the pound slumped it fell below its ‘ effective ’ floor set by its relationship with the peseta but dealers say that the peseta constraint is no longer as important as it was once thought to be . |
| 4 | City : Property without solid foundations Bricks and mortar were once thought to be be as good as money in the bank . |
| 5 | Perhaps most significant , microbiologists now realise that plasmids , once thought to be exceptional , are so common as to be almost the rule among bacteria . |
| 6 | Hoatzin , primitive-looking birds once thought to be related to archaeopterix , flopped between branches , their ochre crests like Mohican head-dresses . |
| 7 | Just before it joins the urethra , the vas sprouts a small sac , the seminal vesicle , once thought to be a store for spermatozoa but now believed to be simply another gland which adds its secretion to the ejaculate . |
| 8 | Household waste , once thought to be harmless debris , is now recognised as being polluting and hazardous . |
| 9 | Mandrake comes from the same family as the potato ( once thought to be endowed with aphrodisiac powers itself ) . |
| 10 | They were once thought to be very dangerous indeed and believed to steal infants for the Devil to torment in Hell . |
| 11 | Nuclear power , once thought to be a way to buy time while fixing all of the above problems , has become discredited following the Chernobyl disaster . |
| 12 | The Col d'Aubisque is high , at 5,600 feet , and the views that you have from it are sumptuous , both back the way you have come , and now to the east as well , across to the prominent peak of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre , once thought to be the highest in the chain because it stands rather apart and closer to the plain , and before people took to actually measuring altitudes , the nearest peaks were mistaken for the tallest . |
| 13 | One of the attributes of a good witch was to be able to brew love potions on demand , and lovage acquired its name because it was once thought to be an aphrodisiac and was therefore an essential ingredient of such recipes . |
| 14 | It has been true in parts for a period of British politics but it is not the theoretical key to unlock the essence of things as was once thought to be the case . |
| 15 | 3 Elections and party politics are rather less significant in securing democracy and representative and responsible government than was once thought to be the case . |
| 16 | Although many of the stories are exaggerated accounts , and were once thought to be only legends , there is now proof that giant squid do exist . |
| 17 | His 1983 study of the composition history of The art of fugue , once thought to be Bach 's last work , showed that its composition spanned at least a decade , with a significant change of conception en route . |
| 18 | The Dark Ages , once thought to be of extensive duration lasting until Norman influence established itself or even beyond , are now becoming less ‘ dark ’ . |
| 19 | Once thought to be rare , anorexia nervosa has become an important public health concern in western countries . |