Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [be] thought [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a sense this may be thought to contradict what I said in chapter 1 , where the emphasis was on the evident synchroneity of particular deposits , particularly carbonates . |
| 2 | This may be thought to give some substance to the notion of representation , which otherwise remains remarkably vague and undemanding in the Burkean version . |
| 3 | Secondly , it will be examined why , granted the profit maximisation objective , the profits should accrue to the shareholders , as opposed , for example , to the employees : if considerations of efficiency underscore the shareholders ' current position of preeminence , then this may be thought to provide a justificatory foundation for shareholder rights within a public interest framework . |
| 4 | The merit of separate qualified defences is that they focus the evidence and the legal argument , giving the jury ( in contested cases ) an opportunity to assess the defence , and giving the judge fairly precise guidance on the basis for sentencing : this might be thought to ensure that each defendant is dealt with more fairly , but the risk of confusing the jury in a contested case might tend to erode that protection . |
| 5 | This might be thought to throw into disarray our grounds for specifying what animals see , hear , and otherwise sense . |
| 6 | Any estate owner who achieved this might be thought to have made a notable bargain . |
| 7 | While this might be thought to have a major impact , the effects would have been lessened if the cremating was carried out at dispersed homes . |
| 8 | The fact that three quarters of those prescribed medication thought it to have been very or fairly effective may be thought to vindicate this as a first line approach , but side effects from anticholinergic drugs are common , and important diagnoses ( for example , a neurological condition ) may be delayed . |
| 9 | Often , the vomiting of good may be thought to point to the presence of a simple , partial mechanical obstruction to gastric emptying . |
| 10 | However , just as the latter might be thought to have an intuitive grasp of affairs automotive which ought to be taken into account by anyone prone to theorising about the motor car , so it is conceivable that the way theoretical physicists regard the objects of their study might be a factor to be taken into account in assessing their significance . |
| 11 | Core Rule 28 may be thought to restrict the firm 's business unduly . |
| 12 | A very famous ‘ proof ’ of God 's existence , the so-called ‘ Ontological Argument ’ associated with St Anselm , defines God as ‘ that than which nothing greater can be thought to exist ’ . |