Example sentences of "generally thought [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first document , Curriculum 11–16 , was generally thought to be useful . |
| 2 | Two people who think they are disagreeing may , in fact , be talking about different things and would n't disagree if they were talking about the same thing , but it 's important to recognise that when the university and colleges talk about what they want to do about sexual harassment , they certainly imagine that a range of different forms of response are going to be appropriate to this range of different forms of behaviour , ranging from on the one hand education , encouraging people to think they have a right to protest and answer back , to giving them access to erm people who may mediate and persuade another person who they 're not making an impact on that their behaviour is unreasonable , to the most extreme disciplinary procedures against someone who 's behaving in a way which is generally thought to be unacceptable and who 's not prepared to desist . |
| 3 | Bezymianny was a rather obscure volcano ( the name itself means ‘ no name ’ ) before the eruption and was generally thought to be extinct . |
| 4 | Rational thought and behaviour are generally thought to be dependent in some ways upon an ability to reason logically . |
| 5 | Apparently , Halsbury then ‘ conceived the idea that the case should be re-argued before an enlarged body of Law Lords and that , in addition , the House should adopt once more the practice of summoning the High Court judges to advise ’ , a practice generally thought to be obsolete . |
| 6 | I certainly had a good time and judging by the sweat on everyone 's brow as they worked to perfect their routines I think it was generally thought to be enjoyable and worthwhile . |
| 7 | We build our description on a survey of biographical and autobiographical publications of a number of well-known leaders generally thought to be visionary , including Lee Iacocca of Chrysler , Jan Carlzon of SAS , Edwin Land of Polaroid , René Lévesque of the Parti Quebécois , and Steven Jobs , formerly of Apple Computer . |
| 8 | The source of the mineralising fluids is generally thought to be Carboniferous shale basins adjacent to the carbonate plat-forms which host the mineralisation . |