Example sentences of "thought that the [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thought that the Criminal Law Revision Committee , the Report of which formed the basis of the Theft Act , would not have wanted such a result but would have preferred the outcome to be theft ( para. 65 ) . |
| 2 | It is generally thought that the new Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , wants to review the Bill introduced by Kenneth Baker , his predecessor . |
| 3 | All in all she got herself in such a state that it was a distinct let-down when she was met by Mike Booker , the team manager , although why she should have thought that the reigning world champion would bother to come and meet a flight at Nice airport was a question she was n't too happy to answer . |
| 4 | It was thought that the common law duty to trespassers was unexcludable as a minimum standard below which the law would not go . |
| 5 | Furthermore it might have been thought that the compact microfilm system would have found its way from outreach extensions into busy bureaux to replace the cumbersome paper files but , as will be seen in Chapter 5 , it is in fact likely to remain purely a portable tool . |