Example sentences of "it [is] thought " in BNC.
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1 | It 's thought that immediately after orgasm , a sedative chemical floods through a man 's brain — making him very sleepy , unless he fights against it . |
2 | It 's thought , in fact , that they represent areas where ‘ midocean ’ ridges once formed below the continents , in the late stages of continental rifting , but before an ocean proper had opened ( cf. chapter one ) , so in a sense the kind of volcanic activity that is typical of oceanic areas in fact took place on dry land . |
3 | It 's thought that the morning , when people are a bit lively , is a good time for therapy-type activities — perhaps have a half-hour reminiscence group over a coffee at 9.30 or 10.00 am . |
4 | It 's thought bad manners not to offer a visitor a night of passion after tramping round the icy far north . |
5 | It 's thought by many to be the most beautiful of the Cuillin corries and takes the hillwalker in among the most impressive peaks . |
6 | It 's thought Sun Microsystems Inc 's long-awaited Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) wholly-owned subsidiary based in Moscow will be formally announced at the beginning of the company 's financial year in August ( UX No 424 ) : headed by Robert Hall , the four-strong team is awaiting phone lines and the refurbishment of offices it has leased in the Russin capital — they 're working out of their own apartments at the moment . |
7 | It 's thought to have picked Tuesday May 19th to do that . |
8 | It 's thought to be preparing to market an Intel Corp 80486 ( or alike ) -based accelerator board that runs in an Sbus slot which would greatly improve the performance of personal computer applications . |
9 | It 's thought that LSI wo n't be the chosen foundry this time around . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | My police contacts say it 's thought she was the victim of a random attack by a thief . ’ |
12 | It 's thought both deaths may be drug-related . |
13 | The bodies have not yet been identified , but it 's thought they 're Linda Bohlen and Stefan Mohr who 've been missing since the end of September . |
14 | It 's thought they 're two missing German tourists . |
15 | It 's thought the blaze may have been caused by a spark from a firework used in a stage act getting into the air heating system . |
16 | It 's thought the blaze may have been caused by a spark from a firework used in a stage act getting into the air heating system . |
17 | It 's thought to have cost the Dickens and Jones department store £100,000 in lost business . |
18 | It 's thought around 70 travellers have been living on the site for several weeks . |
19 | It 's thought he 'd been incontinent and tried to wash himself . |
20 | In humans it 's thought to stimulate the body 's own natural painkillers . |
21 | It 's thought that the fire had been caused by a welders spark . |
22 | It 's thought to be the first time the species has been bred in captivity . |
23 | The Home Office does n't comment on individual cases , but it 's thought Whitehall was concerned that the Capons ' marriage was one of convenience , which would break up , allowing Mae to stay here . |
24 | It 's thought the attacker is white , five feet 8 , and slim with a London accent . |
25 | It 's thought a fault in an electric fire set light to the downstairts bedroom — when the twins father Mark Bettinson smelt smoke flames had already begun to creep towards the twins cots . |
26 | It 's thought the driver was a girl just twelve years old . |
27 | The school will serve a residential development , dubbed by planners the Haydon Sector , which it 's thought will be the largest of its kind in Europe . |
28 | Meanwhile the police are continuing their investigation into the cause of the fire , which it 's thought was started deliberately . |
29 | It 's thought the Government could take charge of at least half that amount . |
30 | The only useable machinery left in the workshops has been wrecked … and it 's thought industrial saboteurs could be to blame . |