Example sentences of "think to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is thought to be a mite higher than the brewery workers in Hartlepool will draw on the dole even if the management buyout of Cameron 's Brewery is successful . |
| 2 | Only this August , an Arab extremist thought to be a member of Hizbollah died in a London hotel while strapping a bomb to his body . |
| 3 | PROPERTY stocks and high interest rates are not thought to be a good combination . |
| 4 | This might be thought to be a good thing . |
| 5 | Lamb is another minor casualty ; he is all right to bat , but he can only throw in underarm at the moment because of a niggle , which at first was thought to be a reaction to an inoculation , but is now believed to be a minor ligament problem . |
| 6 | Government ministers tried to stem the tide of mounting public expenditure : John Nott 's replacing Francis Pym at the Ministry of Defence in January 1981 was thought to be a pointer in this direction . |
| 7 | It was her research that showed how close we are in evolutionary terms to the apes : how they communicate with each other , use tools ( hitherto thought to be a strictly human activity ) and develop lifelong bonds of family and friendship . |
| 8 | ABOUT one in every four of Romania 's 23 million population is thought to be a member of the security service , the Securitate . |
| 9 | Thought to be a Risso 's dolphin , he would meet steamers with faithful regularity , joining and leaving at a particular spot , and then bow riding at speeds up to 15 knots and rubbing his body against the ship 's hull . |
| 10 | Who would have thought that the Oakland As , celebrated by Mr Will and thought to be a collection of giants , would have been blown away in the World Series by a bunch of journeymen from Cincinnati ? |
| 11 | Her successor , John Major , was thought to be a pragmatist who would heal the split on Europe . |
| 12 | Naming rape victims without their permission is thought to be a bad thing . |
| 13 | Until lately , Turkey 's worst fear was thought to be a vacuum in northern Iraq , leaving room for an autonomous Kurdish entity — which , in its turn , would be a beacon for the separatist movement on Turkish soil . |
| 14 | In the end , the mother had sent for an old lady from the Isle of Anglesey , thought to be a witch . |
| 15 | He went to see a young clergyman , seized by what was thought to be a dangerous illness : |
| 16 | This was once thought to be a productive and praiseworthy way to make the best of almost useless land ; but now environmental groups point out how this practice can involve the destruction of important wet-land and wilderness . |
| 17 | One of the brown immigrants deliberately poured some of his coffee over the pale slab of sugar crusted fruit pie he was eating , and this was thought to be a brilliant piece of improvised humour . |
| 18 | Yet , because the pineapple is usually shown without its crown of pointed leaves , it is often thought to be a pine cone , the original confusion continuing . |
| 19 | The buyer was not identified , but is thought to be a private collector . |
| 20 | Archbishop Romero , although thought to be a moderate when he took up the Archbishopric , proved himself to be a zealous proponent of Liberation Theology , broadcasting his masses , which included political messages , to the people throughout the country , by radio . |
| 21 | The tiborium itself is thought to be a masterpiece of Renaissance art , although it hardly seems to be in the same class as that on Santa Maria delle Grazie . |
| 22 | The mill occupies what is thought to be a Domesday site ; however , the present building dates partially from 1655 , when it was rebuilt . |
| 23 | The bulls supporting the baldaquin are thought to be a reference to the peasant background of Queen Libuše 's husband and co-ruler , the first Přemysl . |
| 24 | Just before it joins the urethra , the vas sprouts a small sac , the seminal vesicle , once thought to be a store for spermatozoa but now believed to be simply another gland which adds its secretion to the ejaculate . |
| 25 | Their name signified ‘ sons of Zadok ’ , the high priest at the time of David who was thought to be a descendant of the younger son of Aaron . |
| 26 | Homelessness is often not thought to be a rural problem but there are some unemployed whose job searches in the city have failed and who would rather be unemployed in the countryside . |
| 27 | As for the infrequency with which it is celebrated , this may be thought to be a reaction against the daily sacrifice of the Mass and the emphasis that grace comes dear and difficult not cheap and daily . |
| 28 | The desire to achieve success at work , and to be recognised as doing so , is thought to be a powerful source of motivation . |
| 29 | Unfortunately one did not survive , but the second , thought to be a female , responded well to her mother Simone 's loving care and is now an extremely healthy and lively young sea-lion . |
| 30 | The feature is thought to be a former Cimmerian high block which has suffered inversion in the Cretaceous ( see Profile 1 , Fig. 8 ) . |