Example sentences of "thought [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To an observer Wexford might be thought only to be sitting , like many other inhabitants of Kingsmarkham , waiting for the storm to break . |
| 2 | The genes in question seem to be very similar in prokaryotes which in other respects are not very alike , and which are thought not to be closely related . |
| 3 | There is , however , one level of classification , the species , which is thought not to be wholly arbitrary . |
| 4 | Competition in the professions was thought not to be in the public interest because of the specialised and personal nature of the services provided , which often affect the health , safety and well-being of the public . |
| 5 | Increasingly candidates thought able enough were entered for O and even A levels ( and rightly , because there was at first no other examination for them to take ) and when the CSE examination was introduced for those thought not to be up to O level , the top grade of CSE was soon deemed to count as an O level , and thus itself to aspire to the academic . |
| 6 | One theoretical possibility which is thought not to be found in actual practice would be for the plaintiff , in a state of origin which regarded service as a matter for the parties to handle , to be allowed to make a direct approach to the Justice Ministry or other central authority of the state of destination . |
| 7 | That this is the case may be thought not to be chance . |
| 8 | All had been continuously resident for two months , had shown persistent disability , and were thought not to be able to look after themselves . |
| 9 | What she must not ask , but at the same time must n't be thought not to be asking , was what would happen when Harry came next . |
| 10 | The consultants are thought still to be some way off publishing their preferred route options for the M12 scheme . |
| 11 | Sir Brynmor Jones said jocularly : " The teacher who can be replaced by a teaching machine or any audio-visual aid deserves to be ( 1968 : 281 ) and this might be thought also to be true of replacement by ancillaries . |
| 12 | Our model , although it requires more than one site of learning , accounts for data from multiple laboratories and reconciles observations that had been thought previously to be contradictory . |
| 13 | Planting it outside the backdoor was a sure way of keeping witches out of the house , and it was thought never to be struck by lightning ; cutting it brought bad luck , and traditionally it was the wood the Cross of Calvary . |