Example sentences of "as [is] [adv] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the creature 's capacity to change colour at will in order to blend into its surroundings is not as extensive as is popularly thought . |
| 2 | Private property , as an institution , effects not a closer relationship between people and objects , as is often thought , but a greater separation than was hitherto possible . |
| 3 | However , although these disanalogies were fundamental , Darwin 's theorizing had not taken him out of the causal , lawful , deterministic Newtonian universe , into one as irreducibly acausal and absolutely probabilistic as is sometimes thought implicit in quantum mechanics . |
| 4 | Emperor Tetras are a quiet , peaceful fish and not as delicate as is sometimes thought . |
| 5 | Political commercials might not be as persuasive as is commonly thought , but there are few doubts as to the importance of candidate appearances on ‘ free ’ news broadcasts . |