Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] think to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deal with Malaysia 's Proton Cars is thought to be worth £50,000 . |
| 2 | The earliest in the series of brooches is thought to be that from the cemetery at Chessell Down ; the various combinations of the design elements on the other examples in the series make it possible to suggest the sequence in which they were manufactured . |
| 3 | A ‘ due diligence ’ investigation by accountants is thought to be already under way . |
| 4 | A team of burglars is thought to be operating in the Chester Road area of Hartlepool . |
| 5 | The initial step of this migration through basement membranes is thought to be the adhesion of tumour cells , which is mainly mediated through binding of extracellular matrix components to tumour cell surface receptors . |
| 6 | Biting the metal bars is thought to be an attempt to gather nesting material . |
| 7 | Considering the nature of the ailment it will come as no surprise that one of the major causes is thought to be constipation and , again , the straining involved in evacuating a hard faecal mass . |
| 8 | The amount of energy carried by the electrons is thought to be spread smoothly across a spectrum . |
| 9 | As noted by Kelsall ( 1979 ) , if the development of appreciative faculties is thought to be an important goal of art education then ‘ … approaches to achieving this goal by means other than those based exclusively on the productive aspects of art need to be developed ’ . |
| 10 | The presence of this second pair of cords is thought to be the secret behind the extraordinary purring mechanism that permits the animal to produce the soft , rumbling sound for minutes and even hours on end , without any effort and without opening the mouth . |
| 11 | If the price asked by the discount houses is thought to be too high , the Bank will refuse to purchase them . |
| 12 | Its own-branded apricot skincare is selling well in the 1800-strong US drugstore chain , K-Mart , though a deal to supply Euro Disney hotels is thought to be suffering from low bookings . |
| 13 | This form of predation by Egyptian vultures is thought to be a significant source of egg loss for many ostriches . |
| 14 | Quaternary variation in carbonate and silica abundance in deep sea sediments is thought to be largely determined by the balance between the surface production of calcium carbonate and its dissolution in the undersaturated deep waters . |