Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [is] [adv] thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | This phenomenon was termed polar wandering and is now thought to arise from the movements of the continents themselves rather than from any significant shift in the location of the magnetic pole itself . |
| 2 | Emperor Tetras are a quiet , peaceful fish and not as delicate as is sometimes thought . |
| 3 | It 's made the committee larger than is usually thought effective has n't it ? |
| 4 | The traditional " straight " view of the homosexual relationship as a kind of cheap imitation of that which typifies male-female interaction , while true of some couples , is much less generally applicable than is popularly thought . |
| 5 | A WOMAN aged 22 who fell from a bridge in the dark and fractured her skull is still unconscious and is also thought to have a fractured spine . |
| 6 | This article analyses the constitutional aspects behind the formation of the first and second National Governments , examining in particular the role of the king in the formation of the two governments — a role which , as will be seen , was rather more important than is usually thought . |
| 7 | The gap between rich and poor countries is smaller than is generally thought |
| 8 | However , although these disanalogies were fundamental , Darwin 's theorizing had not taken him out of the causal , lawful , deterministic Newtonian universe , into one as irreducibly acausal and absolutely probabilistic as is sometimes thought implicit in quantum mechanics . |
| 9 | Political commercials might not be as persuasive as is commonly thought , but there are few doubts as to the importance of candidate appearances on ‘ free ’ news broadcasts . |
| 10 | However , the creature 's capacity to change colour at will in order to blend into its surroundings is not as extensive as is popularly thought . |