Example sentences of "they are thought to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are thought to be from south China . |
| 2 | The manner in which the dolphin receives the returning echoes is also a mystery , but they are thought to be picked up by all parts of the body , to travel through the bones to the head . |
| 3 | The C2s ( skilled workers to lower management , broadly ) are courted , flattered and endlessly solicited for their opinions , since they are thought to be the deciding factor in the election . |
| 4 | What is wrong , however , is the comparison which places universities at the top because they are thought to be concerned with the abstract and academic , polytechnics below , because of their more technological emphasis ( which is itself , as often as not , a myth ) , and which deems schools to be worth considering only if they are seen as primarily devoted to academic ‘ standards ’ , imposed from above by the universities themselves . |
| 5 | Although no one is completely sure how , they are thought to be hereditary . |
| 6 | They are thought to be the Devil 's companions and to tempt men to death or illness by offering them bewitched foods . |
| 7 | They are thought to be under the aegis of the Soviet military . |
| 8 | Often the attraction of broader approaches like counselling is that they are thought to be able to tackle many massive problems at the same time . |
| 9 | The reality of women 's situation is daily constructed out of these attitudes : women are , in part , the way they are because of the way they are thought to be . |
| 10 | Therefore , they are thought to be important regulators of brain development ( reviewed in [ 12 ] ) . |
| 11 | The matter is further complicated by the fact that the disclosure letter will almost always say the disclosures are made by reference to the warranty to which they are thought to be most applicable , but they also apply to all warranties . |
| 12 | They are thought to be the victims of fishermen , who blame them for meagre fish stocks . |
| 13 | They are thought to be the youngest children in modern times to face charges of murder . |