Example sentences of "it [be] thought that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thought that high-mass X-ray binaries accrete primarily from a stellar wind escaping from the companion star whereas LMXBs accrete by means of Roche-lobe overflow into a disc ; a viable hypothesis is that QPOs are a generic feature of disc accretion , regardless of the precise nature of the compact object . |
| 2 | It is thought that sudden exposure to intense sunlight is a trigger to melanoma , and young office workers are typical victims . |
| 3 | It is thought that high sugar intakes and low chromium levels predispose to hardening of the arteries and raised cholesterol levels later in life . |
| 4 | It was thought that amending legislation would be introduced ( Practical Lawyer , June 1990 , p11 ) but until it is , in addition to the risk of the conveyance or transfer with respect to the matrimonial home being set aside , the wife may find it difficult to sell the property ( although the Law Society takes the view that there is " very little risk that a Court would exercise its powers to deprive an innocent owner of his title . " |
| 5 | Of the 750 men who had originally walked out , 450 were still in Edinburgh ; of these 200 were still unemployed a week later and it was thought that full absorption would take up to six months ; in fact by early April , only 20 strikers were still without work . |
| 6 | For long it was thought that wet spraying turned the buds to a wet mash , and therefore dusting each individual bud was necessary . |
| 7 | When Henry V died in Normandy in 1422 mos teutonicus was employed , as it was thought that conventional embalming would not hold out for the journey back to England . |
| 8 | Hitherto it was thought that natural selection is standing still , or merely weeding out the more harmful defects . |