Example sentences of "it [be] thought [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's thought that a comet colliding with the earth may have caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs . |
| 2 | It 's thought that the morning , when people are a bit lively , is a good time for therapy-type activities — perhaps have a half-hour reminiscence group over a coffee at 9.30 or 10.00 am . |
| 3 | It 's thought that the fire had been caused by a welders spark . |
| 4 | It 's thought that the weather has something to do with the renewed joyriding . |
| 5 | It 's thought that the weather has something to do with the renewed joyriding . |
| 6 | It 's thought that the husband killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself after she told him she wanted a divorce Their bodies were found by their daughter . |
| 7 | It is thought that a sum of about £5,000 will be needed to carry the scheme through successfully and that a membership of 300 would be needed to maintain it on a sound basis . |
| 8 | It is thought that a team of six , either Q.T 's or experienced class members who can answer questions on our work , would be able to man the static displays without the task being too onerous . |
| 9 | It is thought that a deliberate refusal to put a victim 's mind at rest when the accused has unwittingly frightened him is an assault . |
| 10 | It is thought that a wound requires an assault : Taylor ( 1869 ) LR 1 CCR 194 , except perhaps in " extraordinary " circumstances : Savage ( CA ) , above , which the Lords approved . |
| 11 | There is a tendency to make sentences unnecessarily complex , perhaps because it is thought that a convoluted structure makes them seem more formal . |
| 12 | These cause more of a problem as it is thought that a scheme of arrangement under CA 1985 , s425 can not bind a member who did not have an opportunity to be present or represented at the court-ordered meeting . |
| 13 | Although Rule 2.3 does not say so , it is thought that a potential offeror ought not to have the responsibility for making an announcement before the target 's board is approached if rumour or speculation or an untoward price movement arises because the target 's board itself seeks potential offerors , or a shareholder seeks a purchaser for an interest of 30 per cent or more . |
| 14 | It is thought that a similar mechanism operates in the naturally occurring self-cure when large numbers of larvae mature to the infective stage on pasture after rain . |
| 15 | It is thought that a complete overtime ban will go ahead . |
| 16 | For example , if it is thought that an error of law or fact or a breach of natural justice should justify quashing only if it can be said that but for the error or breach the decision would have been different , this should be built into the definition of the relevant ground of review and not dealt with as a matter of remedial discretion . |
| 17 | It is thought that the Government may soon double this fine . |
| 18 | Are those empirical credentials sufficient , however , to sustain the metaphysical implications it is thought that the laws have ? |
| 19 | It is thought that the discounts could start next Saturday . |
| 20 | It is thought that the potters had migrated from Malaga in response to the increasing pressure of the sea blockade of southern Spain by Christian ships . |
| 21 | On similar grounds , it is thought that the mitochondria ( see p. 63 ) are also descended from free-living prokaryotes which became symbiotic . |
| 22 | It is thought that the right-handed molecule produced the therapeutic effect but the left-handed molecule produced the birth defects . |
| 23 | It is thought that the first bitch to be imported was from England , Attila Bathsheba , who was imported in whelp to a good dog , Upend Gallant Alf . |
| 24 | It is thought that the cargo was destined for Crowland Abbey . |
| 25 | A few miles south from Brora , past the Duke of Sutherland 's monstrous French-château fantasy castle at Dunrobin , is the town of Golspie , whose name derives from the old gaelic word meaning the ‘ place of the strangers ’ and although evidence is sparse , it is thought that the strangers in question were Vikings . |
| 26 | It is thought that the mechanism whereby all the genes in the chromosome are inactivated is a chemical modification of the DNA . |
| 27 | In skin absorption , it is thought that the essential oils , with their very fine aromatic molecules , pass through the hair follicles , which contain sebum , an oily liquid with which the essential oils have an affinity . |
| 28 | It is thought that the Romans were first to erect a beacon light on this treacherous stretch of coast where many ships have foundered . |
| 29 | It is thought that the small cholesteryl ester-poor HDL 3 particles are converted to HDL 2 as they acquire cholesterol and later apolipoprotein E , and that it is the HDL 2 which may release cholesterol in the liver ( Rothblat & Phillips , 1982 ; Gordon et al , 1983 ) . |
| 30 | It is thought that the platelet is necessary for the maintenance of normal vascular integrity in that patients with thrombocytopaenia show a generalised haemorrhagic tendency and bruising when the platelet count falls below about 5 × 10 9 /1 , spontaneous bruising and more severe bleeding being possible as the platelet count falls below 20 × 10 9 /1 . |