Example sentences of "[Wh det] [is] think to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It claims to eliminate toxins from the body , to restore a normal potassium and sodium balance in cells ( which is thought to be disturbed in cancer patients ) , to boost liver function ( also affected by the disease ) and to reactivate certain enzymes . |
| 2 | The drift-net catch of juvenile in 1988–89 was estimated at between 29,000 and 49,000 tonnes , which is thought to be unsustainable . |
| 3 | Drugs evaluated by this method include D-cycloserine which is thought to be involved in the formation of memory . |
| 4 | This may be compared with the conception rate for Down 's Syndrome , which is thought to be one in 200 . |
| 5 | In providing reasonable access to a representative range of published material , a librarian is required to take note of the needs and interests of the public as a whole ; from time to time pressures , which this Association would feel to be undue , have been brought to bear on a librarian to discontinue the acquisition and display of material , which is thought to be unacceptable and which thus might prohibit the service to certain minorities whose interests the libraries are equally supposed to serve . |
| 6 | If the nodule develops into something resembling a small cauliflower then it could be lymphocystis , which is thought to be caused by a virus and is somewhat akin to warts . |
| 7 | Paired activation of the parallel and climbing fibre inputs results in long-term depression of the parallel fibre-Purkinje cell synapse , which is thought to be mediated through the mGlu receptor that is coupled to InsP 3 formation ( Box 1 ) . |
| 8 | SNI 's data dictionary is based upon the US Information Resource Dictionary System model , which is more suited to development , according to Informix , than the European Portable Common Tools Environment dictionary model , which is thought to be stronger at run-time . |
| 9 | Anil Gadre , vice president of systems product marketing at Sun told Unigram a couple of weeks ago that a Sparc version of Novell 's Portable NetWare would arrive soon : meanwhile it 's thought the two will shortly announce NetWare SunLink to run on top of Sun 's Solaris 2.0 for Intel Corp platforms , which is thought to be a key part of Sun 's bid to capture a share of the Unix-on-Intel market . |
| 10 | The Criminal Justice Act 1988 provides for a similar Attorney-General 's reference where a sentence which is thought to be too lenient is imposed . |
| 11 | Roy Clements wanted it for his collection which is thought to be the largest in Britain . |
| 12 | As well as being aesthetically pleasing , trees absorb carbon dioxide which is thought to be making holes in the ozone layer . |
| 13 | This is because this analysis excludes the effect of changes in basal acid secretion , which is thought to be independent of gastrin dependent . |
| 14 | As is well known , the superoxide radical can interact with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of iron to generate the hydroxyl radical , which is thought to be the most toxic reactant and to abstract methylene hydrogen atoms from polyunsaturated fatty acids , which initiates lipid peroxidation . |
| 15 | These observations suggest that the rectal contractile response , which is thought to be a spinal reflex and the internal sphincter relaxation , an enteric reflex , are both normally suppressed by descending inhibitory pathways . |
| 16 | 33% of our patients had sweat chloride concentrations of less than 60 mmol/L , which is thought to be normal . |
| 17 | On the basis that Scottish Amicable was not prepared to take a majority stake or play a more active role in the Bank of Edinburgh 's affairs — which is thought to be what the Bank of England wanted — then this was a circle that was unlikely ever to be squared . |
| 18 | A committee is to consider a recommendation from the region 's education director , David Semple , which is thought to be the first in Scotland to reject even special smoking areas within schools . |
| 19 | Just a few hundred yards from West Mercia police HQ in Worcester and the first of what 's thought to be 28,000 drivers in this area with no tax disc , is pulled in . |
| 20 | Eighty two staff at the Sainsbury 's supermarket on Tewkesbury Road in Cheltenham have contracted what 's thought to be a virus infection that causes fever , aches and vomiting.They 've all been sent home , and staff from other stores have been drafted in to keep the supermarket open.Tests are being carried out at the public health laboratory in the town to identify the illness.But Cheltenham 's Assistant Chief Environmental health officer says shoppers at the store should n't be worried about the outbreak : |
| 21 | A former Ministry of Defence worker , has been found guilty of accepting one and a half million pounds in backhanders from arms companies , in what 's thought to be the biggest ever corruption case . |
| 22 | The mill occupies what is thought to be a Domesday site ; however , the present building dates partially from 1655 , when it was rebuilt . |
| 23 | Even the Member of Parliament , Jim Wallace , has been unable to obtain a copy of what is thought to be a damning indictment of Orkney Islands Council Social Work Department . |
| 24 | Shortly before the joint statement was issued , Coopers & Lybrand became what is thought to be only the second US firm to file a countersuit against a former client . |
| 25 | An aviation archaeologist in Normandy has dug up the remains of what is thought to be a Seafire , naval version of the Spitfire fighter , buried some 20 feet deep in a maize field near Rauville-la-Place . |
| 26 | In all of these cases special considerations , which I have elaborated , serve to limit what is thought to be appropriate treatment ; but in none of them do we consult the recipient 's point of view , for there is no such view to be had . |
| 27 | The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments . |
| 28 | Detectives and uniformed officers went to an address in Victor Road on Friday evening and seized a quantity of what is thought to be cannabis resin . |
| 29 | Among the objects to be sold are what is thought to be the only signed painting by Petrus Troueil , the portrait of Sir Francis Ottley and his family ( est. £40–60,000 ) , Sir Joshua Reynolds 's ‘ Admiral Cotes ’ ( est. £15–20,000 ) and other paintings by John Hoppner , James Ward , Michael Dahl and Sir Godfrey Kneller . |
| 30 | The matter has a long history and is illustrative of how law can lag behind what is thought to be economically desirable . |