Example sentences of "it [was/were] thought [that] [adj] [noun] " 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 | 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 . " |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For long it was thought that wet spraying turned the buds to a wet mash , and therefore dusting each individual bud was necessary . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 . |
| 7 | Hitherto it was thought that natural selection is standing still , or merely weeding out the more harmful defects . |