Example sentences of "[adv] think [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mission work to civilise the slaves and the extension of responsibilities to the labourers for their own work were only thought likely to be successful if they were cumulative experiences for the slaves . |
| 2 | It must have been discouraging that Adieu was not thought worthy to be given at Sadler 's Wells , and that the more handsome setting which Stevenson had designed for it was not used at that time . |
| 3 | Some still think this to be the case . |
| 4 | ( After quite a few months of use , I still think these to be the best settings for ploughed land . ) |
| 5 | Commenting on the thirty one thousand , er Mr 's erm er scenario , that the County Council would clearly think this to be erm unreasonable , it would clearly have regional implications er as I said earlier er in my opening remarks er the County Council would accept that it would n't be meeting its regional commitments , erm er it would be difficult in practice bearing in mind the level erm of commitment we 've got and there may well be local problems in in local housing markets with the level of er of growth er at that level . |
| 6 | The European Community ( EC ) sanctions ( imposed in 1986 ) , which included restrictions on the number of Libyan diplomats in EC countries [ see p. 34459 ] and banned the sale of military and high-technology equipment were also thought unlikely to be relaxed , especially following reports that Libya had breached the UN trade embargo on Iraq . |
| 7 | Thus , while almost all scientists are — at the time of writing — convinced from the evidence that change in climate is under way and that regional effects may be much greater than the global average , the magnitude of the latter is now thought likely to be about half of what was predicted only 5 years ago . |