Example sentences of "[adv] think to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only as late as 1918 was it established — by a woman doctor — that the juice of lemons is more than twice as rich in anti-scorbutic vitamins as that of the lime , for long thought to be as or more effective than lemon juice in the prevention of scurvy . |
| 2 | Long thought to be a mystery , Coade stone is now known to be a ceramic body , and the British Museum research laboratory 's analysis in 1985 showed that it was a form of stoneware so resistant to the weather that it is as precise today as when it was originally made . |
| 3 | , A blind , underground-dwelling spider species long thought to be extinct , Troglodiplura lowryi , has been found alive and well under the Nullabor Plains desert in South Australia . |
| 4 | It was her research that showed how close we are in evolutionary terms to the apes : how they communicate with each other , use tools ( hitherto thought to be a strictly human activity ) and develop lifelong bonds of family and friendship . |
| 5 | Sceptics may be willing to concede on bees and lighthouses — and on many other examples hitherto thought to be market failures — but the case of clean air remains awkward . |
| 6 | The case was noteworthy for the fact that a section hitherto thought to be aimed only at espionage had been employed against peaceful protesters . |
| 7 | Marriage and the family were only thought to be relevant in considering young women 's careers , not young men 's . |
| 8 | It is not only thought to be so but it undoubtedly is so , and getting better in each and every part of the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | Similarly , Andrew Hargreaves , Member for Birmingham Hall Green , is rightly thought to be very ‘ balanced ’ in his views . |
| 10 | It is fundamentally important that these 12 Steps are actually worked rather than recited or merely thought to be nice in theory . |
| 11 | Coffee decaffeinated by chemicals is generally thought to be as harmful as the beans containing caffeine , so always look for the water processed decaffeinated coffee . |
| 12 | Provoked killings are generally thought to be less heinous than unprovoked killings , and provocation has long been accepted as a ground for reducing to manslaughter a killing which would otherwise fulfil the definition of murder . |
| 13 | I certainly had a good time and judging by the sweat on everyone 's brow as they worked to perfect their routines I think it was generally thought to be enjoyable and worthwhile . |
| 14 | Bezymianny was a rather obscure volcano ( the name itself means ‘ no name ’ ) before the eruption and was generally thought to be extinct . |
| 15 | The complex structures of the Gower Peninsula , and in particular the Cefn Bryn and Bishopston thrusts , are generally thought to be the continuation of the Front south of the South Wales coalfield . |
| 16 | The source of the mineralising fluids is generally thought to be Carboniferous shale basins adjacent to the carbonate plat-forms which host the mineralisation . |
| 17 | If a country 's exchange rate is generally thought to be overvalued , however , then the central bank concerned would face heavy losses of foreign currency if it attempted to maintain the exchange rate at its current value . |
| 18 | Brüggen directs hard-driven , almost consciously abrasive performances of these two symphonies that are generally thought to be among Beethoven 's more genial offerings . |
| 19 | We build our description on a survey of biographical and autobiographical publications of a number of well-known leaders generally thought to be visionary , including Lee Iacocca of Chrysler , Jan Carlzon of SAS , Edwin Land of Polaroid , René Lévesque of the Parti Quebécois , and Steven Jobs , formerly of Apple Computer . |
| 20 | The first document , Curriculum 11–16 , was generally thought to be useful . |
| 21 | This once-for-all improvement in the relative wage of women coincided with the implementation of the Equal Pay Act , and this is generally thought to be more than a coincidence ( see Zabalza and Tzannatos , 1985 ) . |
| 22 | Thus a government which while adhering to the rule of law narrowly defined , flouted all or most of the practices generally thought to be covered by the rule of law broadly defined would also give rise to doubts about its legitimacy . |
| 23 | They are generally thought to be striking at Hipparchos not shown , an interesting but rather surprising concept ; one might rather see them as defending themselves against the bodyguard which cut them down . |
| 24 | Apparently , Halsbury then ‘ conceived the idea that the case should be re-argued before an enlarged body of Law Lords and that , in addition , the House should adopt once more the practice of summoning the High Court judges to advise ’ , a practice generally thought to be obsolete . |
| 25 | Pupils here in the fifth year are generally thought to be dross . |
| 26 | In both shallow and deep water examples the origin of the overgrowth cement calcite is generally thought to be from aragonite dissolution during early diagenesis , although modifications of sea water chemistry with ocean depth and with shallow burial may be in part responsible . |
| 27 | Rational thought and behaviour are generally thought to be dependent in some ways upon an ability to reason logically . |
| 28 | Although proposals for secret ballots and annual elections came to nothing , a Triennial Bill was passed into law in 1694 , whilst in 1696 Acts were passed to prevent electoral charges and expenses ( to keep the price of a contest within the gentry 's means ) and to prevent local changes in the established franchise ( which were generally thought to be made to the Court 's advantage ) . |
| 29 | There were many more such households in the 1991 Census than in previous years ; this is generally thought to be because many people evaded the enumerators lest they be made to pay the Community Charge . |
| 30 | Two people who think they are disagreeing may , in fact , be talking about different things and would n't disagree if they were talking about the same thing , but it 's important to recognise that when the university and colleges talk about what they want to do about sexual harassment , they certainly imagine that a range of different forms of response are going to be appropriate to this range of different forms of behaviour , ranging from on the one hand education , encouraging people to think they have a right to protest and answer back , to giving them access to erm people who may mediate and persuade another person who they 're not making an impact on that their behaviour is unreasonable , to the most extreme disciplinary procedures against someone who 's behaving in a way which is generally thought to be unacceptable and who 's not prepared to desist . |