Example sentences of "was thought that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thought that amending legislation would be introduced ( Practical Lawyer , June 1990 , p11 ) but until it is , in addition to the risk of the conveyance or transfer with respect to the matrimonial home being set aside , the wife may find it difficult to sell the property ( although the Law Society takes the view that there is " very little risk that a Court would exercise its powers to deprive an innocent owner of his title . " |
| 2 | It described how there had been a fifty percent increase in food poisoning cases in district year and then it went on to say that it , it was largely , it was thought that that increase was largely because of the increased publicity which the council had been given hygiene training , and saying how many people had been trained , and how the Health Committee was being asked to provide more resources so there could more courses even , even more courses in the following year . |
| 3 | Previously it was thought that all coins were struck from separate dies , but the increasing sophistication of photography in the late nineteenth century enabled scholars to appreciate that die links could be found , and the first full die study of the coins of a Greek city was published in 1906 . |
| 4 | At one time it was thought that all chemical reactions were exothermic . |
| 5 | It was thought that many of the problems of criterion-referencing would be highlighted by the particular topics selected . |
| 6 | When Henry V died in Normandy in 1422 mos teutonicus was employed , as it was thought that conventional embalming would not hold out for the journey back to England . |
| 7 | Originally it was thought that this question might provide some useful insights into possible cover to allow people to attend courses . |
| 8 | It was thought that this might best be achieved by reconstructing the village , with each building standing on its original site and being used , wherever possible , for its original purpose . |
| 9 | It was thought that this would stimulate our divinity students in being close to the university and so involved in contact with university students who would in future years be leaders of the nation , just as we hoped the divinity students would become leaders of the Church . |
| 10 | For a long time it was thought that this Gospel was written by Matthew the Apostle . |
| 11 | At one time it was thought that this was because the dunnock was a recent cuckoo host , but Chaucer 's reference in The Parlement of Foules makes it clear that the dunnock was a popular cuckoo host as long ago as the 14th century . |
| 12 | Occasionally the proprietors of some of the quality houses would comment on the successful inclusion of travel films in the programme as it was thought that this would impress the casual respectable trade but far more common was the exhibitor who reported a hostile response to short films dealing with ‘ industrial ’ subjects . |
| 13 | The air raids of 1917–18 had resulted in a casualty ratio of sixteen per ton of German bombs dropped ( it was thought that this would be nearer fifty per ton for London ) , but after the Luftwaffe attacks on Barcelona in March 1938 the figure was uprated to seventy-two per ton . |
| 14 | Hitherto it was thought that natural selection is standing still , or merely weeding out the more harmful defects . |
| 15 | Of the 750 men who had originally walked out , 450 were still in Edinburgh ; of these 200 were still unemployed a week later and it was thought that full absorption would take up to six months ; in fact by early April , only 20 strikers were still without work . |
| 16 | Until very recently , it was thought that these symphonies , unlike almost all Mozart 's other music , were written for no specific occasion , but as the result of an inner impulse . |
| 17 | Until recently , however , it was thought that these laws did not apply to the beginning of the universe . |
| 18 | As a result of the considerable experience with percutaneous cholecystolithotomy , it was thought that these problems could be rapidly solved and the technique established to replace percutaneous cholecystolithotomy as it could be performed under local anaesthaesia by the transhepatic route and a postprocedural drain could be avoided . |
| 19 | At one time it was thought that high-fibre diets containing bran would be successful , but this has not proved to be the case . |
| 20 | From information received it was thought that some illegal activity was afoot off the Teign estuary so Venturous and Valiant were detailed to keep watch on the movements of local vessels early in August , 1964 . |
| 21 | It was thought that some people might have changed their views . |
| 22 | For long it was thought that wet spraying turned the buds to a wet mash , and therefore dusting each individual bud was necessary . |