Example sentences of "[be] think to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a story in which the case of Primo Levi , that of a dissident , gifted , magical , mustardly Jew , might at moments be thought to be implicated . |
| 2 | I would not wish here to be thought to be saying more than I am saying : my phrasing of the proposition is intended to stress the negotiation by which meanings are shared among us — not to presuppose some innate psycholinguistic stratum which can be laid bare by mere exposure to the ebb and flow of the dialectic . |
| 3 | If something had to be labelled with this vogue word ‘ citizenship ’ , they no doubt felt that the more they included in their responses , the better they would be thought to be discharging the task of citizenship education . |
| 4 | Now the police authorities a and the local authorities and the magistrates may be thought to be indulging in special preening , but I do assure Your Lordships that they really are not alone in expressing their anxieties er about the er er er this bill and what it proposes , for example , if I may , I would like to refer to a letter which I received from Justice , chaired by my Noble Friend Lord Alexander of and with his Vice-chairman er er Lord and er they say as an all-party human rights organisation , Justice considers that the composition of police authorities is an important constitutional issue effecting the independence of policing . |
| 5 | One example can be given to show how this attitude contains its own potentiality for tilting from implicit justification to explicit criticism , should the balance between cost and benefit be thought to be changed . |
| 6 | The firm 's independence may be thought to be compromised because of the fee arrangements or because of the relationship with the client . |
| 7 | The firm 's independence may be thought to be compromised because of the fee arrangements or because of the relationship with the client . |
| 8 | The dominating sadist might be thought to be compensating for a feeling of sexual or personal inadequacy . |
| 9 | Humanity could then as a whole be thought to be summed up in Christ . |
| 10 | A salesman whose last two months ' returns fall below the required norm may be thought to be failing , until one knows that this is the first time that it has happened in five years . |