Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] be think to be " in BNC.
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1 | Thus , in order to distance the law from the many preconceived cultural notions about rape , rapists and rape victims , a new terminology may be thought to be desirable . |
2 | Eliot may not have in his poem Kipling 's Greek slave on a galley out of Egypt , but he does give us a slightly earlier seafarer who sailed out of the Middle East and whose story might be thought to be specially appropriate to those clerks who work in the city — |
3 | The firm 's independence may be thought to be compromised because of the fee arrangements or because of the relationship with the client . |
4 | The firm 's independence may be thought to be compromised because of the fee arrangements or because of the relationship with the client . |
5 | As yet there is no other body to undertake this task , and even tentative moves to remove the problem from the cell block and into the detoxification centre foundered in the entrepreneurial 1980s ; for there is little immediate profit to be made from reclamation of this kind of scrap material ( although the long-term value of a humanitarian return might be thought to be well worth pursuing in a civilized society ! ) . |
6 | Except in larger firms , unanimity might be thought to be desirable in the interests of preventing further splits in the firm , and even where a majority decision is available , a genuine attempt to achieve unanimity should always be made : save in any but the clearest case , exercise of the power by a permitted majority without consultation with the remaining partners would be regarded as being in bad faith . |
7 | Change to the concretion may be thought to be extraordinarily difficult , for the imagery is built into the literature and thought structure which form the basis of the religion . |
8 | The most obvious reason why there is a greater concern with visual images than with the printed word may be thought to be the emergence of the new media — film , television and even the computer . |
9 | A salesman whose last two months ' returns fall below the required norm may be thought to be failing , until one knows that this is the first time that it has happened in five years . |
10 | The dominating sadist might be thought to be compensating for a feeling of sexual or personal inadequacy . |
11 | Their family reputation may be thought to be at stake ; the parents may fear lest care of the grandchild should become their responsibility ; the prospect of the girl 's becoming a " bad girl " may weigh heavily ; punishment — of the girl , the man concerned or both -may be a primary demand . |
12 | As long as one remains within a biblical and Christian tradition , the problem may be thought to be without solution . |
13 | On the other hand , its penalty structure might be thought to be preferable to that of New South Wales , for the maximum penalty for each category of offence is higher than in New South Wales and the ten-year maximum for simple sexual assault enables a heavier penalty to be imposed in serious cases which do not come within the higher categories . |