Example sentences of "[be] thought [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally it has been thought that meteorites were formed at the same time as the solar planets , and the composition of them was used as a ‘ fossil guide ’ to the make-up of the planets . |
| 2 | It has been thought that damage of the tight junctions is morphologically represented by focal discontinuities and veriability in the numbers of tight junctional strands . |
| 3 | IT has long been thought that conditions at the boundary between the core and mantle influence the Earth 's magnetic field , but the supporting evidence is rather indirect . |
| 4 | It has been thought that caeruloplasmin lacks para-phenylenediamine-oxidase activity because of loss of copper binding ability . |
| 5 | It had previously been thought that pollution posed the greatest threat to inshore marine mammals . |
| 6 | It has been thought that aircraft maintenance problems i.e. planning/scheduling activities , aircraft system/equipment failure diagnosis , etc. , are too large and complex to be tackled successfully with computers . |
| 7 | It has been thought that Freud was assuming that there can be inheritance of acquired characteristics , an idea shown to be fallacious in modern biology . |
| 8 | It had been thought that Mr Prescott would replace Bryan Gould , the trade and industry spokesman . |
| 9 | Until now it has been thought that interferon can do little to prevent the initial entry of viruses into a cell . |
| 10 | It used to be thought that bonds should be included in a definition of the net worth of the private sector , but this has been challenged by R. J. Barro ( 1974 ) , who has argued that bonds should not be regarded as part of the net worth of the private sector since the non-monetary liabilities of the government are a burden on this generation and on future generations . |
| 11 | It should not be thought that Unionists enjoyed such a situation , for they certainly did not , but nor can it be suggested that they saw any real alternative , for in truth the basis of agreement on which parliamentary government " rested had all but broken down . |
| 12 | However , it should not be thought that Type I systems are non-problematic from the point of view of planning for the health ( care ) needs of a population . |
| 13 | It also used to be thought that pillow lavas could form only at great depths below the surface . |
| 14 | At a first glance , it may be thought that methods for script and speech recognition would be the same , because both are attempting to process natural language . |
| 15 | However , in light of what has been said earlier , it should not be thought that data materials , to call them that , are always restricted to one study , or that the study which originally produced them is their only home . |
| 16 | Though it used to be thought that internationalism was the preserve of the large , private corporation , today they have been joined by small firms and many state enterprises . |
| 17 | It might be thought that combinations of restraints would help to solve the problem . |
| 18 | Erm , I I think it 's less a problem to be thought that men hate women so much it is alright to be rude about women . |
| 19 | And if it be thought that Mr Hunte retains a soft spot for Pakistan ever since he and Garry Sobers had a stand of 446 against them at Sabina Park 34 years ago , we have ascertained that he made clear to the 1992 management that any further offence would be met with punishment noticeably more severe . |
| 20 | It 's thought that badgers can pass tuberculosis to cattle , but until now the only known test for TB involved killing the badger first . |
| 21 | It 's thought that badgers may transmit the disease , and now new tests may be introduced to try to combat the problem . |
| 22 | It 's thought that children are repsonsible for some of the thefts , but there 's evidence that enthusiasts are stealing newts to boost their private collections . |
| 23 | It 's thought that LSI wo n't be the chosen foundry this time around . |
| 24 | In the Century/Hutchinson/Arrow/Legend grouping , it is thought that Kate Parkin ( currently publishing director of Century ) will be appointed to the new position of publisher for Century and Arrow . |
| 25 | It is thought that bitches of breed with a tendency to be dominant will often become worse after they are spayed . |
| 26 | It is thought that Allen undermines the rationale behind s.3 . |
| 27 | Although it is thought that translation of a polymer chain proceeds by means of a series of segmental jumps involving short kinetic units , which may each consist of between 15 and 30 chain atoms , the complete movement of a chain can not remain unaffected by the surrounding chains . |
| 28 | It is thought that rice was first cultivated in India and Indo-China , but it is now grown extensively throughout the Far East . |
| 29 | However , when it is thought that attitudinism renders ethics irrational , the usual point is that ethical conclusions can not be inferred in any rational manner from premisses which are purely factual . |
| 30 | It is thought that members of the authority are divided on the issue . |