Example sentences of "[is] think to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's thought to be preparing to market an Intel Corp 80486 ( or alike ) -based accelerator board that runs in an Sbus slot which would greatly improve the performance of personal computer applications . |
| 2 | It 's thought to be the first time the species has been bred in captivity . |
| 3 | Just a few hundred yards from West Mercia police HQ in Worcester and the first of what 's thought to be 28,000 drivers in this area with no tax disc , is pulled in . |
| 4 | Officers from two police forces are now hunting the attcker who 's thought to be black , around thirty , six feet tall , of muscular build . |
| 5 | He says he 's thought to be carrying a pump action shotgun and may now be a traveeling criminal . |
| 6 | This artist 's impression is said to be a good likeness of the attacker who 's thought to be in his late 30s and has a pot belly . |
| 7 | It 's thought to be that of a man last seen in May after a fight in a pub . |
| 8 | Eighty two staff at the Sainsbury 's supermarket on Tewkesbury Road in Cheltenham have contracted what 's thought to be a virus infection that causes fever , aches and vomiting.They 've all been sent home , and staff from other stores have been drafted in to keep the supermarket open.Tests are being carried out at the public health laboratory in the town to identify the illness.But Cheltenham 's Assistant Chief Environmental health officer says shoppers at the store should n't be worried about the outbreak : |
| 9 | Now the police are looking for him again — he 's thought to be heading back to Milton Keynes after running away on a visit to court in London . |
| 10 | The boy 's thought to be one of a hard core of 8 children , all under 15 , who are responsible for twelve per cent of all reported crimes in the Swindon area . |
| 11 | That 's thought to be part of a trans-european road network which will be debated in the European parliament on Monday . |
| 12 | A former Ministry of Defence worker , has been found guilty of accepting one and a half million pounds in backhanders from arms companies , in what 's thought to be the biggest ever corruption case . |
| 13 | The Sultan who 's thought to be the richest man in the world , is on a state visit to Britain . |
| 14 | The body 's thought to be that of an adult , and police are now interviewing residents of the house , and trying to trace people who stayed there recently . |
| 15 | And with so much theatre training available in the United States , New Zealand , Australia and Canada , it is interesting to ask why British theatre training is thought to be so beneficial . |
| 16 | This enhancement is thought to be associated with the extraction of additional information about the stimuli in the attended ear . |
| 17 | So the P300 is thought to be associated with the completion of stimulus identification and classification in preparation for a cognitive or motor response . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It claims to eliminate toxins from the body , to restore a normal potassium and sodium balance in cells ( which is thought to be disturbed in cancer patients ) , to boost liver function ( also affected by the disease ) and to reactivate certain enzymes . |
| 20 | The active ingredient in garlic is thought to be the compound alliin . |
| 21 | The whole operation is thought to be loss-making , though the Leeds does not disclose its results . |
| 22 | Unlike Western governments , which have been careful to avoid giving the appearance of fomenting unrest in eastern Europe , the Norwegian Nobel committee is thought to be ready to try to advance the cause of democracy in a country which has shown only the most rudimentary signs of change . |
| 23 | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has declared its intention of buying up to 15 per cent and is thought to be quietly picking up stock . |
| 24 | The company , which is one of the leading manufacturers of timber pallets in the UK , is thought to be planning the acquisition of a components manufacturer for about £700,000 . |
| 25 | He is thought to be Pol Pot 's effective deputy . |
| 26 | It is thought to be the largest British dairy farm to go green , and the conversion — for deeply held environmental reasons — is backed by sound economic logic . |
| 27 | In my trade this is thought to be par for the course . |
| 28 | It also suggests , paradoxically , that the less autonomous individuality is thought to be , the more it might be marked by a potentially subversive agency . |
| 29 | Bar work is thought to be transitory , undemanding and unskilled . |
| 30 | The EFA radar contract is thought to be worth around £1.5billion to the consortium which wins the contract . |