Example sentences of "not [be] think [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It surely can not be thought coincidental that these precise geometric patterns have been set out in the Wiltshire countryside . |
| 2 | He informs Fleming that he had had to put them to work elsewhere and hopes that it will not be thought strange that the men are taken away . |
| 3 | Natural philosophy should not be thought deficient because we are ignorant of the ultimate causes of the characteristic properties and regular behaviour of things . |
| 4 | First , where the conduct would not be thought indecent by any right-minded observer , indecent assault could not be committed . |
| 5 | Because they are so pervasive , and because their subordinate terms remain so powerfully denigrated , the erotics of active/passive should not be identified as coextensive with masculine/feminine , and should not be thought identical across the hetero/homosexual divide . |
| 6 | It may not be thought satisfactory to control and regulate non-governmental bodies which exercise ‘ public ’ functions just by applying private law rules and concepts to their activities . |
| 7 | Wilson was immediately worried that the rooms she had ready would not be thought adequate , that indeed she did not know if she herself thought they were adequate , and that she would be unable to prepare meals in her feeble condition , but Miss Blagden laid to rest all her anxieties . |
| 8 | It is , however , possible that the experimental data would not be thought conclusive either ; most of the experiments that have been done of this type have been rather artificial ( Marsh 1985a ) . |