Example sentences of "[be] [adv] think to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately for his thesis , women , who are normally thought to be more intuitive than men , have on average less spatial ability , while spatial ability is more important for scientific thinking than is verbal ability . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Brüggen directs hard-driven , almost consciously abrasive performances of these two symphonies that are generally thought to be among Beethoven 's more genial offerings . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Pupils here in the fifth year are generally thought to be dross . |
| 7 | Rational thought and behaviour are generally thought to be dependent in some ways upon an ability to reason logically . |
| 8 | Tacoma 's needle-exchange programmes are already thought to be showing results . |
| 9 | At the moment , Asahi Shinwa is officially only affiliated to AA International , but there are no obvious barriers to an eventual merger and the two firms are already thought to be holding discussions . |
| 10 | Parents that lack such feelings , and there are many , even if they do their duty ‘ for duty 's sake ’ are nonetheless thought to be morally deficient . |
| 11 | Engineers and ceremonial officers are usually thought to be solemn people . |
| 12 | Sales of mainframe systems are still thought to be earning the biggest profit . |
| 13 | However , as many as two dozen countries are still thought to be developing chemical weapons , and the treaty will not come into force until 1995 at the earliest . |
| 14 | A major chain of retailers has agreed to withdraw them from sale , but hundreds are still thought to be in use . |
| 15 | Look here , the there 's a programme on about er , Rembrandt here and it said of the ni , nine hundred and eighty eight Rembrandts in nineteen thirteen , only around three hundred are still thought to be genuine to a display of art |
| 16 | At least twelve prisoners are still thought to be inside the jail and refusing to give themselves up . |
| 17 | In other words , there is extensive support in Britain and many other western states for government welfare and economic programmes which help the ‘ deserving ’ poor , and are also thought to be credible and realistic . |
| 18 | As well as the low-end K2 boxes , Sequent will also be launching a series of high-end , Pentium-ready systems that are also thought to be NT-capable . |
| 19 | While regarded as able and industrious , senior staff are also thought to be remote , invisible , and above personal contact . |
| 20 | Moore has already been snubbed by her parents while other members of her family are also thought to be furious at her marriage to a loyalist murderer from Belfast 's Sandy Row . |
| 21 | The proximal colon and the small intestine are also thought to be dysfunctional in IBS . |
| 22 | There are also thought to be around 10,000 young homeless Scots in London at any given time . |
| 23 | Benefits are also thought to be in the firing line . |
| 24 | The Havelok text ( Bodleian MS Laud Misc 108 ) is one of those sources that has been traditionally thought to be the work of an Anglo-Norman scribe ( Sisam , 1915 ) on the grounds that the spelling is highly variable in the respects specified by Skeat and indeed in some other respects also . |
| 25 | He is an omnivorous poet , quite as comfortable in the world of technology as in that of animals , plants and other country matters , which are often thought to be the more proper subjects of poetry . |
| 26 | In general , Beccaria 's philosophy exhibits what could be regarded as a curious combination of concern with the rights of the individual under the social contract on the one hand , and utilitarian reductivism on the other — curious because rights theory and utilitarianism are often thought to be philosophically incompatible . |
| 27 | Eyes : Rolling eyes that show the whites are often thought to be a sign of viciousness — in fact , they are an indication of wariness and suspicion , which is only occasionally accompanied by aggression . |
| 28 | They are now thought to be the oldest planked boats built anywhere in the world outside Egypt . |
| 29 | There are various ways in which fibre-depleted foods are now thought to be linked with cancer of the large bowel . |
| 30 | Indeed HP and IBM are now thought to be working on much closer relationship ( UX No 430 ) . |