Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] think to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Linear chains of oceanic volcanoes , such as the Hawaiian and Society Islands , that occur when lithospheric plates drift over a ‘ hotspot ’ , are now widely thought to be the surface manifestation of mantle plumes , columns of hot rock that rise buoyantly from the deep mantle . |
| 2 | Fish , too , often incorrectly thought to be incommunicative and largely undemonstrative creatures , even ‘ sing ’ , like birds , and communicate territorial , sexual and social signals in the realm of low-frequency sound . |
| 3 | Homelessness is often not thought to be a rural problem but there are some unemployed whose job searches in the city have failed and who would rather be unemployed in the countryside . |
| 4 | Male dysfunction due to fear or anxiety about such a condition is much more likely to be responsible ; and female dysfunction or dissatisfaction is often mistakenly thought to be due to it when the true causes lie elsewhere . |
| 5 | In these circumstances , divorce is often popularly thought to be the preferable alternative . |
| 6 | The end-Ordovician regression is indeed widely thought to be the result of the growth of a Saharan ice sheet . |
| 7 | A particular substance , tetra-hydro. iso-quinolone ( THIQ ) , was thought at one time to be the active chemical " cause " of addiction but this is no longer thought to be precise cause . |
| 8 | There was a clear preference amongst the subordinates for the consultative style of leadership but managers were most commonly thought to be exercising the ‘ tells ’ or ‘ sells , style . |
| 9 | There is a famous line by another Irishman , Yeates , a line too often thought to be transparent ‘ Romantic Ireland 's dead and gone ’ . |