Example sentences of "thought [prep] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PROPERTY stocks and high interest rates are not thought to be a good combination . |
| 2 | This might be thought to be a good thing . |
| 3 | These unmarried women were thought to be a good influence on the girls and good role models . |
| 4 | He is thought to be a good economist , but a back-room boy . |
| 5 | Lee Brown , the former New York police chief who was appointed as ‘ drug tsar ’ by Bill Clinton on April 28th , is thought to be a good appointment . |
| 6 | This was widely thought to be a good omen . |
| 7 | In February 1991 E. was bruised and it was thought to be a non-accidental injury . |
| 8 | Giardia was , until recently , thought to be a harmless member of the gut flora , because it was sometimes found in the intestines of apparently healthy people . |
| 9 | When he led the England A side in Pakistan , early last year , he was still thought to be a limited captain , possibly through limited self-belief . |
| 10 | These troops , clearly oblivious to danger , were at first thought to be a Dutch contingent , and had come so close that the Bren gunner could fire only two magazines before grenades knocked out his weapon . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He went to see a young clergyman , seized by what was thought to be a dangerous illness : |
| 13 | Even the Member of Parliament , Jim Wallace , has been unable to obtain a copy of what is thought to be a damning indictment of Orkney Islands Council Social Work Department . |
| 14 | The buyer was not identified , but is thought to be a private collector . |
| 15 | Because work is still considered a male role , leisure , similarly , is thought to be a male preserve . |
| 16 | Now , Fiona was thought to be a suitable bride for my father-just the right age , pretty and vivacious enough it was thought to appeal to a man who was beginning to be known as a confirmed bachelor . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Originally thought to be a separate species , the quagga was hunted to extinction last century , but its genes appear to have survived , dispersed among plains zebra . |
| 19 | Anil Gadre , vice president of systems product marketing at Sun told Unigram a couple of weeks ago that a Sparc version of Novell 's Portable NetWare would arrive soon : meanwhile it 's thought the two will shortly announce NetWare SunLink to run on top of Sun 's Solaris 2.0 for Intel Corp platforms , which is thought to be a key part of Sun 's bid to capture a share of the Unix-on-Intel market . |
| 20 | At one time pouchitis was thought to be a serious complication of pouch construction and even an argument against resorative proctocolectomy . |
| 21 | Locally this area is known as the ‘ hard muir ’ , with the term ‘ Macbeth 's Hillock ’ thought to be a Victorian fancy . |
| 22 | This ceasefire was reported to be holding on Oct 21 , although poor weather was thought to be a major factor . |
| 23 | The sudden onset of severe weather conditions was thought to be a frequent result of disturbance to a site . |
| 24 | Thus , its growth rate is thought to be a useful guide to the future rate of inflation . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Ours is thought to be a multi-faith , multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society , one in which diversity of life-style flourishes and which tolerates and fosters social and individual differences . |
| 27 | The desire to achieve success at work , and to be recognised as doing so , is thought to be a powerful source of motivation . |
| 28 | The change was thought to be a direct consequence of the protest action taken by conscripts in May . |
| 29 | The word ‘ mithra ’ was also used to describe a friend , and this god was thought to be a true friend of man , protecting and warming him in life and death . |
| 30 | Indeed Ranter writing was not thought to be a proper subject for literary inquiry . |