Example sentences of "thought that [art] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was long thought that a mere redistribution of duties without any reduction in the total number of employees required or the total amount of work to be done did not amount to redundancy . |
| 2 | It is also thought that a proper coupling of electrical and metabolic activity is a prerequisite for the generation of pacemaker activity . |
| 3 | It might be thought that the present generation of ‘ younger ’ retired women have , by virtue of improved access to occupational pension benefits , greatly reduced their risk of poverty in old age , which for women officially begins five years earlier than men at the ‘ pensionable age ’ of 60 . |
| 4 | I should have thought that the present requirement of the whole civilised world is relatively simple . |
| 5 | If it is thought that the exclusive jurisdiction of the visitor has outlived its usefulness , which I beg to doubt , then I think that it should be swept away by Parliament and not undermined by judicial review . |
| 6 | I had thought that the ghastly images of that awful day had been burned forever in the minds of anyone who saw them . |
| 7 | Obviously he had thought that the mere sight of them would frighten her into standing quietly and listening , but he was wrong . |
| 8 | Unless you happen to have a racetrack in your back gardens , I would have thought that the sheer frustration of never really being able to stretch a car like this is one of the main drawbacks to owning one . |
| 9 | It used to be argued that turbulence was necessary to ensure the oxygenation of the water and the continuation of the food supply , but it is now thought that the main role of turbulence is in getting rid of excess carbon dioxide . |
| 10 | It might have been thought that the massive level of population decline experienced by Britain 's cities since the 1960s , principally affecting their inner areas as it did , would have helped to reduce these problems . |
| 11 | You would have thought that the natural reaction of the teacher would have been that we ought to contact the father — better him than the nutty grandmother . |
| 12 | But for 15 minutes before the curtains went up the audience must have thought that the obnoxious Sheriff of Nottigham was sitting immediately behind me … |
| 13 | It might still be thought that an entire disc of music for solo viol could be a daunting prospect . |