Example sentences of "[adj] be think to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greatest effect is in Indomalesia , where some 85 000 km 2 are thought to be lost each year . |
| 2 | Of these , 371,000 were thought to be Protestant , 271,000 Catholic and 5,000 Jews . |
| 3 | Many of her associates were intellectuals and artists ; some were thought to be liberals , even leftists . |
| 4 | This is thought to be a mite higher than the brewery workers in Hartlepool will draw on the dole even if the management buyout of Cameron 's Brewery is successful . |
| 5 | In my trade this is thought to be par for the course . |
| 6 | This is thought to be widespread , and is causing institutional investors , big holders of junk from the late 1980s , to complain that they are getting a raw deal . |
| 7 | This is thought to be the first such judgment on a privatised water company . |
| 8 | Most modern text-writers state it with some slight , hesitant reservation ( and this is thought to be the correct view ) . |
| 9 | This is thought to be the base of an old stone cross , and was found in a field higher up the hill which is still known as ‘ Stone Chair Close ’ . |
| 10 | The luxurious nature of the palace complex , of which this is thought to be only a wing , together with its spectacular position , led archaeologists as far back as 1976 to speculate that this was one of Herod 's palaces . |
| 11 | A casting session is then arranged and the location viewed if this is thought to be necessary . |
| 12 | Although this is thought to be long overdue by some of my colleagues , will there be a backlash at some point ? |
| 13 | Head Office can draw up a general set of specimen job descriptions for all posts , if this is thought to be helpful . |
| 14 | This is because the students will be dealing with this for the first time and this is thought to be a clearer presentation . |
| 15 | This is thought to be the protective effect of oestrogen , which lowers the level of the ‘ bad ’ cholesterol ( low-density lipoprotein ) and raises the level of the ‘ good ’ ( high-density lipoprotein ) . |
| 16 | If this be thought to be disingenuously restrictive , an attempt to define away the opposition , then consider the alternative . |
| 17 | One of the brown immigrants deliberately poured some of his coffee over the pale slab of sugar crusted fruit pie he was eating , and this was thought to be a brilliant piece of improvised humour . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Even in London this was thought to be a drawback . |
| 20 | In the long run , this was thought to be about 3 per cent per year . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This was thought to be the first time for nearly 70 years that police had fired on a white crowd in South Africa . |
| 24 | This was thought to be due to the lack of the acid neutralising effect of the saliva . |
| 25 | Erm the shot gun is preferable in these cases , the fact that er they are used generally as a support weapon erm should we ent encounter any problems in the area that I was covering , this was thought to be the best weapon capable of doing that job . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | At least 80% of heart attacks in men under 45 are thought to be due to cigarette smoking [ 5 ] . |
| 28 | Dicta to the contrary in McPhail v Persons Unknown [ 1973 ] 3 All ER 393 are thought to be applicable only if in the High Court . |
| 29 | President , the under twenty fives are thought to be particularly at risk . |
| 30 | If these are thought to be appropriate for the person you are going to be in touch with , then the local Christian bookshop will undoubtedly stock a range . |