Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] think [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was easy , however , to discount this evidence at a time when opinion polls were in their infancy , at least so far as credibility was concerned , and when it was universally thought that support would return to Churchill as soon as his formidable oratorical skills were thrown in on one side of the party contest . |
| 2 | At the time , as I recall , it was generally thought that Leavis had had the better of things , partly because he made his a personal attack , and dealt Snow 's reputation as a novelist , which was then high , a blow from which it has never really recovered . |
| 3 | But it was generally thought that the disposal of a children 's hearing would not be treated as a conviction . |
| 4 | His views on divisive issues such as abortion , crime and affirmative action were not clearly defined , however , and it was generally thought that this factor , together with his general pragmatism , would assist him in seeking to heal the current divisions within the Republican Party . |
| 5 | ‘ It was also thought that the system would provide more flotation in water , and provide better protection if the crew came down in desert or Artic conditions . |
| 6 | It was also thought that the presence of a WEA officer such as the tutor-organiser at branch AGMs and committee meetings was liable to bring improper influence to bear on behalf of the District Secretary . |
| 7 | It was also thought that there was a very static population in the area which would be helpful to research into the efficacy of the new services . |
| 8 | It was also thought that NSF coalition proposals might have been connected to rifts within its own movement between conservatives and reformers . |
| 9 | It was also thought that adequate facilities should be provided for the needs of tourists and visitors in the form of parking , signposts , information leaflets etc . |
| 10 | It was also thought that jobbers would stabilise prices through their short-term speculative activities . |
| 11 | It was previously thought that the tiny plants leached carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in creating their skeletons , taking it with them to the sea bed when they died . |
| 12 | It was previously thought that severance , where no shares are agreed , operated to create a tenancy in common in equal shares ( see Megarry and Wade , Real Property 5th edn , Stevens , 1984 , p430 and R v Porter [ 1990 ] 1 WLR 1260 where the Court of Appeal held that in a joint venture , in the absence of any evidence , the Court was entitled to assume equal sharing ) . |
| 13 | It was widely thought that the acceptance of sound broadcasting would soon weaken opposition to television . |
| 14 | Although no formal announcements were made , it was widely thought that the two leaders might meet twice more in the near future , to sign the CFE and the START treaties , planned for later in 1990 . |
| 15 | It was widely thought that discussions over his release had been the main obstacle in the talks between Meyer and Ramaphosa . |
| 16 | The only parts of the Home Support Project which were not clearly understood at first were ( a ) its method of obtaining clients ( it was sometimes thought that any dementia sufferer in the borough could be referred directly to the development officer ) , and ( b ) the fact that the development officers could not step in immediately the psychogeriatrician referred a client to the project , but had to wait until the research assessment had been carried out ( which would confirm the client 's eligibility for the project service ) . |
| 17 | But there was another idea behind it , surprising in that it stemmed from the pragmatic Roman mind : it was actually thought that the veterans would become model citizens whom the newly conquered barbarians could observe and emulate . |
| 18 | However , it was then thought that additional family payments could remove most married women from the labour market , thus protecting men 's jobs and strengthening the traditional family . |
| 19 | It was now thought that the roles of party and state would be more distinct . |
| 20 | It was always thought that if an investor ( or purchaser ) completed an agreement knowing that some of the warranties were untrue and that fact had not been disclosed , then he would not be prevented from bringing an action for breach of warranty , though the equitable remedy of rescission for misrepresentation would not be available as the investor could not satisfy the requirement to come to equity with clean hands . |
| 21 | It was once thought that the Chardonnay vine was brought to Champagne from Cyprus by knights returning from the Crusades , which might have provided some sort of answer , but this theory has since been discredited . |
| 22 | It was once thought that the cuckoo could change the colour and pattern of its eggs at will , allowing it to lay in a range of different nests . |
| 23 | It was once thought that tool users might have a more complex and sophisticated nervous system than other animals , and that by studying them we might find out something of significance about the human race itself . |
| 24 | It was once thought that the birds used it as though sucking up a drink through a straw . |
| 25 | It was long thought that a mere redistribution of duties without any reduction in the total number of employees required or the total amount of work to be done did not amount to redundancy . |
| 26 | It was originally thought that either coal or nuclear in combination , or coal alone , should be developed to meet 80% of total electricity production by the year 2000 , the remaining 20% being supplied by oil . |