Example sentences of "[be] thought that such " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must not be thought that such differences are mere matters of imagination , and that we take the sensations to be different because we represent each of them to ourselves as occupying a different place . |
| 2 | It might be thought that such policies spring from a desire , on the one hand , to ensure the free flowering of individual enterprise , and on the other , to guard against the tyrannies of " big business " . |
| 3 | The baton is , however , necessary at the Opéra , where large choruses are frequently sung in the wings … it must not be thought that such a distant group of singers can hear the orchestra , however numerous : each person sings in his neighbour 's ear , and I have sometimes surprised myself by singing off the beat and incorrectly conducting [ conduisant ] the chorus surrounding me . |
| 4 | It might be thought that such social constraints would be likely , simply by being social , to be culturally variable , and thus of no great interest to a general ( or universal ) pragmatic theory . |
| 5 | It might be thought that such tenets were unambiguous enough in a democracy to be assured the most rigorous defence . |
| 6 | And , if it is thought that such a state of affairs is , for whatever reason , undesirable , then it behoves those who argue for another approach to learn the lesson of political realities . |
| 7 | The significance of this observation is still unknown , but it is thought that such larvae may resume development if the adult hookworm population is removed by an anthelmintic or at times of stress such as lactation . |