Example sentences of "thought [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Christian mind which he revered was then and ever after the mind of William Temple , whom Hoskyns thought to be able but superficial . |
| 2 | Often the attraction of broader approaches like counselling is that they are thought to be able to tackle many massive problems at the same time . |
| 3 | ( Because they were thought to be able to change their form at will , the accused were branded ‘ shape shifters ’ ) . |
| 4 | Some of the inquiries amass substantial memoranda and take oral evidence from a wide range of witnesses , ministers , civil servants and other people thought to be able to make useful contributions . |
| 5 | Although the students had few problems in discerning a variety of viable strategies for presenting new lexis in such a way that learners might be thought to be able to perceive its meaning without the intervention of English , the areas of structure and discourse proved less tractable . |