Example sentences of "it is think that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thought that the Government may soon double this fine . |
| 2 | The first fifty or so milliseconds of these waves are the most consistent for any particular stimulus and it is thought that they are almost entirely generated by the incoming stimulus , irrespective of any mental activity on the part of the subject . |
| 3 | Are those empirical credentials sufficient , however , to sustain the metaphysical implications it is thought that the laws have ? |
| 4 | It is thought that in January the Bank sold pounds nine months forward when it was engaged in the task of restraining the pound 's advance . |
| 5 | The Arts Council is holding a special meeting in November to discuss the funding crisis ; it is thought that it might decide to cut the number of bodies receiving grant if more government money is not forthcoming . |
| 6 | It is thought that form of insulin may not always give vital warnings of low blood sugar , such as hunger or sweating , and that patients may be at increased risk of slipping unawares into a coma . |
| 7 | If it is thought that there are some similarities between country A and country B in the market for microcomputers or car telephones or videocameras etc , a multinational company can analyse its market expenditures within both countries , comparing the effectiveness of these expenditures in each country . |
| 8 | If it is thought that this is one of the pleasanter , more protective aspects of male chauvinism , this is mistaken . |
| 9 | It is thought that this reacts with the woody tissue of the veins to produce trichlorophenol or TCP and that residual moulds feed on this , producing a ‘ corked ’ -smelling compound . |
| 10 | Out of 700 cases that the PPL took to court last year , it is thought that as many as 100 could have been brought against hotels or restaurants . |
| 11 | It is thought that the discounts could start next Saturday . |
| 12 | It is thought that members of the authority are divided on the issue . |
| 13 | It is thought that rice was first cultivated in India and Indo-China , but it is now grown extensively throughout the Far East . |
| 14 | It is thought that in the Gulf at the moment the GPS provides full cover only at night . |
| 15 | ‘ The terrorist group included a youth of about fifteen with bleached hair and it is thought that glimpses of this boy were used skilfully to support the terrorists ' claims . |
| 16 | It is thought that the potters had migrated from Malaga in response to the increasing pressure of the sea blockade of southern Spain by Christian ships . |
| 17 | It is thought that Charlotte Bronte was drawing upon her memories of her sisters , Maria and Elizabeth , who were consumptives . |
| 18 | On similar grounds , it is thought that the mitochondria ( see p. 63 ) are also descended from free-living prokaryotes which became symbiotic . |
| 19 | It is thought that Brent Walker 's Pubmaster and Devenish may be among the buyers . |
| 20 | It is thought that the right-handed molecule produced the therapeutic effect but the left-handed molecule produced the birth defects . |
| 21 | It is now known that many plants grow at temperatures as low as 0°C , albeit slowly , and it is thought that higher temperatures are more important in the earlier half of the year . |
| 22 | It is thought that a sum of about £5,000 will be needed to carry the scheme through successfully and that a membership of 300 would be needed to maintain it on a sound basis . |
| 23 | Of course , this is easier said than done , but it is thought that up to 50% of births of this type could be prevented by better standards of care . |
| 24 | It is thought that many of the jury became wealthy men , through bribes by both Blount and Dudley , so that they arrived at the same conclusion — a conclusion that ‘ After a searching enquiry , they could find no presumption of evil doing . ’ |
| 25 | Estimates vary but it is thought that in 1574 the population of Prague was 5 per cent Catholic . |
| 26 | It is thought that the first bitch to be imported was from England , Attila Bathsheba , who was imported in whelp to a good dog , Upend Gallant Alf . |
| 27 | If it is thought that there may be infection in the bladder ( cystitis ) or kidneys , a special sample needs to be taken for laboratory analysis . |
| 28 | It is thought that the cargo was destined for Crowland Abbey . |
| 29 | It is thought that those who occupied the Malvern hill forts may have herded their cattle down the Worcestershire drove-ways to pasture them on Longdon Marsh in the summers before the Roman conquest . |
| 30 | A few miles south from Brora , past the Duke of Sutherland 's monstrous French-château fantasy castle at Dunrobin , is the town of Golspie , whose name derives from the old gaelic word meaning the ‘ place of the strangers ’ and although evidence is sparse , it is thought that the strangers in question were Vikings . |