Example sentences of "[conj] [is] thought [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Saturday 's attendance against Partick Thistle was 15,536 , or just over half the crowd that is thought necessary at each home game to meet the club 's weekly costs and overdraft repayments .
2 It may , for example , be necessary to undertake more home visiting than is thought usual , at least until the time when the bereaved person feels more able to go out and face the world again .
3 Conversely , if the rate of interest is low and is thought likely to rise , the speculative demand is likely to be very high .
4 The planning authority , the Highland Regional Council , has supported development of the Flow Country , and is thought likely to approve the application , on the grounds of bringing employment to the area .
5 But once the jury had asked , in their innocence , to hear them , it seems obvious that the parties should be present when the tape is played , so that any material which comes to light and is thought worthy of comment can be dealt with .
6 Microsoft Corp is said to be reconsidering the floor-level pricing it considered for NT , and is thought unlikely to go with a $100 price .
7 But surely Stevenson greatly underestimates the place which the attitude theory can allow for rationality in ethics of much the same sort as is thought desirable in science , history or philosophy .
8 The planning decisions of the authority can be one of three kinds : unconditional permission , permission subject to such conditions as is thought fit , or refusal .
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