Example sentences of "is think [prep] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little information is available on the developmental cycle of this genus , but it is thought to be similar to that of the genus Trichonema . |
| 2 | Wimpey refused to quantify the additional charge it has taken for its involvement in the Channel Tunnel project , but it is thought to be similar to the £8 million announced by its fellow Chunnel contractor , Balfour Beatty , recently . |
| 3 | This trophy , whose origin is unknown but is thought to be contemporary with the arrow , was presented by the Society of Gentlemen Archers of Darlington in 1830 . |
| 4 | Drugs evaluated by this method include D-cycloserine which is thought to be involved in the formation of memory . |
| 5 | The enzyme progastricsin , is present in 30–40% of gastric adenocarcinomas and is thought to be useful in differentiating between colonic and gastric adenocarcinomas . |
| 6 | Ulster is thought to be distinctive within both the United Kingdom and the island of Ireland . |
| 7 | Ps. livingstonii and Ps. elegans are both members of the Maylandia subgenus which also includes the rock dwelling Ps. zebra and its close relatives , and Ps. elegans is thought to be close to the ancestor of the ‘ Ps. zebra complex ’ ( Konings 1989 ) . |
| 8 | The System/36 market is thought to be prime for rightsizing . |
| 9 | The reason for this is not known but is thought to be due to infection by the virus itself . |
| 10 | The anomalous heat is thought to be due to solar energy , which penetrates the surface ice in spring and warms the depths . |
| 11 | The etiology is unknown , but is thought to be due to the dissolution and aspiration of dead or dying worm material into the alveoli . |
| 12 | The Butler Committee argued that relatively minor mental disorders may be regarded as falling within section 2 simply because this outcome is thought to be preferable to mandatory life imprisonment . |
| 13 | This is because this analysis excludes the effect of changes in basal acid secretion , which is thought to be independent of gastrin dependent . |
| 14 | A HOODED man who raped a 19-year-old student is thought to be responsible for at least six other sex attacks over the past two years . |
| 15 | Alcohol is thought to be responsible for 40,000 premature deaths a year , as well as 60pc of suicide attempts , 50pc of murders , 54pc of fires and 30pc of domestic accidents . |
| 16 | Food chain Tescos is thought to be interested in taking over the imposing building . |
| 17 | In many situations the male is thought to be superior to the female , but not in all ; in some situations an object or person can be profane , in others sacred . |
| 18 | The loss of the conserved Arg525 in patient A could prevent substrate recognition because this residue is thought to be important in the substrate-specific domain . |
| 19 | Maternal responsiveness is thought to be important in cognitive development and for secure mother-infant attachment : thus infants of mothers with chronic schizophrenia are at risk of disrupted bonding and its sequelae of impaired social behaviour and problem solving . |