Example sentences of "they [be] think to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often the attraction of broader approaches like counselling is that they are thought to be able to tackle many massive problems at the same time . |
| 2 | Therefore , they are thought to be important regulators of brain development ( reviewed in [ 12 ] ) . |
| 3 | What is wrong , however , is the comparison which places universities at the top because they are thought to be concerned with the abstract and academic , polytechnics below , because of their more technological emphasis ( which is itself , as often as not , a myth ) , and which deems schools to be worth considering only if they are seen as primarily devoted to academic ‘ standards ’ , imposed from above by the universities themselves . |
| 4 | Although no one is completely sure how , they are thought to be hereditary . |
| 5 | They were thought to be suitable for working on any part of the system . |
| 6 | Respectable people rejected the movies because they were thought to be trivial but also because they were thought to be corrupting and immoral . |
| 7 | For many years they were thought to be adult creatures , given a special name , ammocoete , and classified as obvious relatives of the lancelet . |
| 8 | Until recently they were thought to be primitive primates but now science has put them firmly among the insectivores . |
| 9 | Respectable people rejected the movies because they were thought to be trivial but also because they were thought to be corrupting and immoral . |
| 10 | ( Because they were thought to be able to change their form at will , the accused were branded ‘ shape shifters ’ ) . |