Example sentences of "be thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talking to him gave Jane the idea ( obvious , as most good ideas seem , once they 're thought of ) of producing a guide to the firm 's products , loose-leaf for updating , to be distributed to doctors and clinics . |
| 2 | And it surprises me that they took him into the Force , 'cos he 's made no secret of it an' you know yourself how they 're thought about . ’ |
| 3 | They 're thought to be from an old church , and are helping archeologists to piece together a picture of life in medieval times . |
| 4 | Other northern Malawians arrested between February and May 1989 are thought to be among those set free . |
| 5 | Action , power , are thought to be contrasted , in Babel 's stories , with learning , devotion , resignation , suffering — those Jewish things . |
| 6 | The controversy surrounding the interpretation of Aristotle 's conception of form is unending , but , on all interpretations , his objective is to give forms as great an affinity with particulars as is possible , consistent with their retaining a sort of generality which is , so to speak , released in the intellect when they are thought . |
| 7 | Ferranti 's naval and avionics businesses are thought to have a turnover of about £500m . |
| 8 | Both Virgin and Thorn EMI are thought to be vying for the lucrative Jobete in Detroit , which controls the publishing rights to a catalogue of 15,000 Motown titles . |
| 9 | Frequently they have involved celebrities , who are thought , because they have fame and money , to have commensurately vulnerable reputations . |
| 10 | September trade figures , due on 24 October , are thought critical for sterling 's fortunes . |
| 11 | The moves to stem wildcat stoppages , condemned by unions and the Labour Party and the independent Industrial Society — are thought to be the first time ministers have sought to legislate against the individual . |
| 12 | HERSCHEL WALKER , the Dallas Cowboys running back , is wanted by the Minnesota Vikings , who are thought to have offered running backs Darrin Nelson and Allen Rice , cornerback Carl Lee. , two No. 1 draft picks and a No. 2 draft pick in exchange . |
| 13 | Some of the water authorities are thought likely to attract predatory interest . |
| 14 | Northumbrian , Wessex , Southern and Yorkshire are thought to be vulnerable . |
| 15 | Wessex and Yorkshire are thought possible targets for Compagnie Generale des Eaux and Southern could eventually fall prey to Saur , which owns most of the private water companies in its area . |
| 16 | They are thought to be from south China . |
| 17 | If there are thought to be sufficient similarities between the markets in two or more countries , comparisons can be made of selected statistics from each . |
| 18 | As judicial proceedings are thought to have been held at prominent landmarks , legal decisions could have been held at prominent landmarks , legal decisions could have been made in the vicinity of Loyal centuries ago . |
| 19 | Individual gens are linked with one another , in that their ancestors are thought of as related , thereby creating an obligation between the members of these gens . |
| 20 | When a child gets out of line in assembly and the teacher shouts ‘ Do n't you understand English or are you just stupid ’ , or when Indian parents who do come to speak to teachers are laughed at or rebuffed , children both black and white learn just how Indians are thought of by people who matter . |
| 21 | Levy and Calvet , both long-time advocates of a five-year acclimatisation period for Europe after 1992 , are thought to have agreed to press the European Commission to deny the Japanese unhindered access to Europe until 2002 , and only then if it 's reciprocated . |
| 22 | The magic ingredients in breastmilk which are thought to strike the germs responsible for causing urine infections , are a group of sugars , called oligosaccharides . |
| 23 | Established British companies had exploited the first whiff of pop vitality , with ABPC putting the saccharine personality of Cliff Richard through his paces in The Young Ones ( 1961 ) , a let's-have-a-show musical where all possibility of an interesting inter-generation clash is defused by the fact that its hero works for , and adores , his father , the property developer who wants to destroy the youth club ; and Summer Holiday ( 1962 ) , in which Cliff and the Shadows drive a London bus to Rome , pursued by the mother of the teen star they are thought to have kidnapped . |
| 24 | Crystal Palace have offered £1 million for Martyn , named in England 's B squad on Monday , while Watford have had a £500,000 offer for Penrice rejected but are thought to be considering a higher bid . |
| 25 | In the Khyber agency , where 100 heroin labs are thought to operate , the mood is angry . |
| 26 | Of the four partners in the EFA project , Britain , Italy and Spain are thought to favour the Ferranti consortium — which also includes West Germany 's Siemens — but the West German government prefers the Telefunken option . |
| 27 | Of the four partners in the EFA project , Britain , Italy and Spain are thought to favour the Ferranti consortium — which also includes West Germany 's Siemens — but the West German government prefers the Telefunken option . |
| 28 | Twelve people are thought to have been killed and 20 wounded since Thursday , including two militiamen killed by Syrian troops yesterday . |
| 29 | Children are believed to be more vulnerable than adults , who are thought to have built up an immunity after a similar , but much less virulent virus appeared last year . |
| 30 | They are thought to introduce too many complications . |