Example sentences of "it [is] thought [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only useable machinery left in the workshops has been wrecked … and it 's thought industrial saboteurs could be to blame . |
| 2 | It 's thought both deaths may be drug-related . |
| 3 | It 's thought militant muslim terrorists were responsible . |
| 4 | It 's thought most of its 330 employees will agree to make the nine-mile move . |
| 5 | It 's thought bad manners not to offer a visitor a night of passion after tramping round the icy far north . |
| 6 | It is thought that merchant bank Warburg , adviser to British Land , will work on a new scheme to distribute more to shareholders . |
| 7 | Alternatively , expressions like ‘ it is thought that ’ or ‘ there are good grounds for saying that ’ or ‘ it follows from the authorities that ’ can be used . |
| 8 | It is thought one pin may have failed on the El Al flight , causing an engine to tear free of its mountings and hit the second engine as it fell . |
| 9 | The proposal for monitoring by silent , closed-circuit television cameras , he said , would be implemented as recommended , but the one to allow a prisoner the right to consult a solicitor every forty-eight hours would be curtailed to the extent that ‘ where it is thought necessary ’ a senior police officer would be present . |
| 10 | At some point it is thought necessary to confine them to pushchairs , later to backpacks . |
| 11 | You will probably find that much of what they offer is excellent , but that something is missing ; certain aspects of movement are neglected — it is thought necessary to know about them or try to communicate them through teaching . |
| 12 | It is thought possible that , when the Universe came into existence , there was by chance a little more matter than antimatter ; most of the matter destroyed itself by interaction with the antimatter , but that still left some over — the matter which makes up the Universe around us . |
| 13 | It is thought impolite to accuse voters , sometimes called people , of having in any way failed . |
| 14 | Marketing chief Peter Sadler was unavailable to comment on the launch plans , but it is thought four agencies have been lined up to pitch for the business . |
| 15 | The company is reviewing its advertising account , held by Euro RSCG 's below-the-line subsidiary KLP , and it is thought new work may attempt to recruit new cardholders . |
| 16 | It is thought certain that Mr Ward will fight extradition proceedings , which as a result could take up to two years to bring to a conclusion . |
| 17 | About 5.5 million public-sector employees have had a 1.5pc ceiling imposed on pay awards by the Government , but it is thought lower interest-rates may have encouraged people to spend . |
| 18 | If you have already made an application to the tribunal , perhaps to obviate the risk of missing a crucial time limit should negotiations collapse , the detailed terms might , if it is thought appropriate , be set out in a separate document while you withdraw your claim on form COT 4 . |
| 19 | A investment overview may be enclosed if it is thought appropriate . |
| 20 | What is more difficult to predict into the middle of the next century is the proportion of the total population that this older group will constitute , because that depends upon the birth-rate , and the latter , if past experience is anything to go on , shifts unpredictably with transient social circumstances — such as the level of unemployment or whether or not there is a war — as well as with unstable social attitudes to child-bearing and the age at which it is thought suitable for women to bear children . |
| 21 | It is thought this idea was prompted by the PGA Championship performances of Jeff Maggert and Gene Sauers . |
| 22 | The proposed amendment to the Articles of Association contained in Resolution 10 will enable the Company to introduce summary financial statements in 1991 or subsequently , if it is thought desirable to do so . |
| 23 | ‘ if it is thought desirable that debentures in their popular meaning may be made irredeemable , it would seem to be both absurd and inconsistent to forbid a company to make its ordinary mortgages of land also irredeemable . ’ |
| 24 | But the spokesman said : ‘ In other cases it is thought desirable that they should no longer stay in this country . ’ |
| 25 | It is thought likely that more than this have been bred and not registered , simply used as guard dogs by the booming security industry in South Africa . |
| 26 | It is thought likely that both press and TV would be central to a campaign . |
| 27 | It is thought likely that Cussons will drop ABM 's creative strategy , which featured actress Julie Walters in spoof Noel Coward-style TV ads . |
| 28 | If it is thought likely that an approach will be made from radio or TV , organise factual material and brief the Director/Chairman . |
| 29 | But while details of the police operation are being kept under wraps , it is thought likely that armed officers will be on standby . |
| 30 | When it is thought vital that members or creditors should receive notice , the Act requires them to be given notice by the company ; in relation to the general public the best that can be done is to require publication in newspapers . |