Example sentences of "he [is] thought to be " in BNC.

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1 He is thought to be Pol Pot 's effective deputy .
2 So ‘ kempt ’ is he , in fact , that he is thought to be a guest at a formal reception held at the Taft Hotel on his first visit .
3 He is thought to be the GHOST of a good friar who hid golden candlesticks and chalices from marauding heathen tribes during the religious wars .
4 He is thought to be a good economist , but a back-room boy .
5 He is thought to be a man who is going to increase taxes , not one who is cutting the deficit .
6 The explanation for adult personality , in other words , is to be found in the individual 's first encounters with the world , at a time when he is thought to be in a highly impressionable state .
7 Police have yet to name the dead man but he is thought to be from the Grangetown area .
8 He is thought to be the first to be charged with the offence created by the Road Traffic ( Amendment ) Act 1991 .
9 He is thought to be armed with a handgun .
10 He is thought to be armed with a handgun .
11 He says he 's thought to be carrying a pump action shotgun and may now be a traveeling criminal .
12 Now the police are looking for him again — he 's thought to be heading back to Milton Keynes after running away on a visit to court in London .
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