Example sentences of "they [was/were] think to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | They were thought to be suitable for working on any part of the system . |
2 | Respectable people rejected the movies because they were thought to be trivial but also because they were thought to be corrupting and immoral . |
3 | For many years they were thought to be adult creatures , given a special name , ammocoete , and classified as obvious relatives of the lancelet . |
4 | Until recently they were thought to be primitive primates but now science has put them firmly among the insectivores . |
5 | Respectable people rejected the movies because they were thought to be trivial but also because they were thought to be corrupting and immoral . |
6 | ( Because they were thought to be able to change their form at will , the accused were branded ‘ shape shifters ’ ) . |