Example sentences of "[Wh det] [am/are] think to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim : to persuade countries to reduce their output of greenhouse gases , which are thought to be warming the world faster than ever before . |
| 2 | There is no doubt that Shetlanders ' images of social class vary extensively from individual to individual ( typically in relation to the ‘ things ’ which are thought to ‘ give ’ people their class , and the elements which are thought to be consequence of class membership ) . |
| 3 | This section provides a brief overview of those social abilities which are thought to be development precursors to the emergence of spoken language . |
| 4 | The activity posited by Brentano , secondly , is common not only to seeing and other perception , thinking in the sense of deliberating or judging , and also remembering , intending , and deciding , all of which are ordinarily thought to be in different ways active , but also pain and other sensations , dreaming , experiencing an emotion , and being subject to a mood , all of which are thought to be in different ways passive . |
| 5 | It has been argued that supply is more likely to show a positive response to relative price increases which are thought to be temporary than those that are thought to be permanent . |
| 6 | But this does not rule out a high response to real wage changes which are thought to be temporary : for example , suppliers of labour may well want to take advantage of a temporarily high real wage by supplying more labour , taking leisure ( that is , supplying less labour ) when the real wage has fallen back . |
| 7 | In the earth sciences this has resulted in decisions to reduce the number of departments offering Ph D degrees , and to concentrate funding in the remaining centres , which are thought to be centres of excellence . |
| 8 | Propagated contractions , which are thought to be predominantly under voluntary control , were detected more often in the proximal oesophagus whereas non-propagated contractions prevailed in the mid and distal esophagus . |
| 9 | So I think that er to put parental investment theory centre stage is more reliable and better than the rather old-fashioned biological approach which in talking about sex emphasise things like sex chromosomes and hormones , so that a sex chromosome in a mammal for instance was something that a male had but a female did n't and this gave rise to hormonal effects like those of testosterone erm which are thought to be very important . |
| 10 | A development which starts from the humane desire to prevent severe handicap could lead to demands by parents for genetic interventions to produce traits which are thought to be culturally desirable , such as maleness and fair skin . |
| 11 | Speaking at the UN , he also said that the agency is developing procedures to carry out surprise inspections at nuclear plants which are thought to be engaged in illicit research . |
| 12 | Ethnic-minority children who are thought by their teachers to be having difficulties at school are being assessed with tests which are thought to be fundamentally flawed . |
| 13 | The stones consist of a pair of burr stones for corn grinding and a set of what are thought to be Peak stones used for animal feed . |
| 14 | The chemical scheme combines what are thought to be the most important O x , NO x , HO x , ClO x , BrO x , CHO x and SO x ( ref. 17 ) reactions with the recommended kinetic data . |
| 15 | The word ‘ model ’ implies a physical description that does not attempt to be complete or accurate in detail but that encapsulates what are thought to be the central features of the phenomenon . |