Example sentences of "[be] now thought [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Several species of Australian amphibian , amongst them some of the most beautiful and interesting in the world , have died out and are now thought to be extinct .
2 Scientists have called for an urgent review of recently set government safety limits which are now thought to be inadequate .
3 As a consequence , tax rises are now thought to be inevitable by Whitehall sources .
4 Active aggression is now thought to be exceptional .
5 Darwin 's own account of the unrestrained ‘ law of battle ’ in animals readily fits in with the theory of natural selection ; therefore , as his account of the law of battle is now thought to be wrong , we are left with the problem of reconciling new observation and established theory .
6 Microsoft Corp is said to be reconsidering the floor-level pricing it was trying with NT , and is now thought to be unlikely to go with the $99 price .
7 However , the span of control is now thought to be dependent on :
8 That the signing of Nafta was now thought to be unlikely until after the November 1992 US presidential elections was a serious political setback for Salinas , who had invested considerable political capital in reaching an accord .
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