Example sentences of "it [was/were] thought [that] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it were thought that other clubs would try to copy them , their example might , I am afraid , be unfortunate . |
| 2 | Previously it was thought that all coins were struck from separate dies , but the increasing sophistication of photography in the late nineteenth century enabled scholars to appreciate that die links could be found , and the first full die study of the coins of a Greek city was published in 1906 . |
| 3 | As a result of the considerable experience with percutaneous cholecystolithotomy , it was thought that these problems could be rapidly solved and the technique established to replace percutaneous cholecystolithotomy as it could be performed under local anaesthaesia by the transhepatic route and a postprocedural drain could be avoided . |
| 4 | Until very recently , it was thought that these symphonies , unlike almost all Mozart 's other music , were written for no specific occasion , but as the result of an inner impulse . |
| 5 | Until recently , however , it was thought that these laws did not apply to the beginning of the universe . |
| 6 | At one time it was thought that high-fibre diets containing bran would be successful , but this has not proved to be the case . |