Example sentences of "this [was/were] think to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was thought to be due to the fact that the smaller wheels were leading , but the Metropolitan Electric tramways which had some similar cars on almost identical bogies , turned the bogies round on one of their cars ( No. 25 ) and it made no appreciable difference . |
| 2 | This was thought to be due to the lack of the acid neutralising effect of the saliva . |
| 3 | Eventually this was thought to be precarious and the landowners were bought out by the Bishop 's Castle Railway Defence Trust to which my father had to contribute five hundred pounds . |
| 4 | The fear must be that Clinton might unpick some of the deals , such as the one on agriculture , but this was thought to be unlikely , given his commitment to moving out of recession . |
| 5 | At one time , two-pipe house drainage systems were designed to keep waste water and soil water completely separate until they entered the underground drains and to prevent ‘ drain air ’ entering the house : in Victorian times this was thought to be responsible for all manner of ills . |