Example sentences of "thought that a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some senior managers had thought that a major change in BP Oil 's portfolio might solve some of the problems . |
| 2 | It was long thought that a mere redistribution of duties without any reduction in the total number of employees required or the total amount of work to be done did not amount to redundancy . |
| 3 | It must never be thought that a convicted criminal can buy his way out of imprisonment . |
| 4 | I was n't deceived , for Nour had been kind when I had been what he called ‘ good ’ , and I had thought that a new Nour had been born who was made for me , designed for all my needs and desires , and we would be unchangingly happy together until the end of time . |
| 5 | One would have thought that a deep incompatibility should have become apparent to them between what they believed about the equality of human beings and the misogynist , or at least highly patriarchal , nature of this myth . |
| 6 | It was thought that a similar equation would govern the proton , which was the only other particle known at the time , and that would be the end of theoretical physics . |
| 7 | It is thought that a similar mechanism operates in the naturally occurring self-cure when large numbers of larvae mature to the infective stage on pasture after rain . |
| 8 | I would have thought that a standard missile would have ensured that a plane it brought down would not have struck the sea with its fuselage relatively intact but in a thousand pieces . |
| 9 | It is thought that a complete overtime ban will go ahead . |
| 10 | Recruitment to any organisation must be an ongoing process , however it was thought that a concerted effort should be made by CPRW in 1992 to significantly increase membership . |
| 11 | Recruitment to any organisation must be an ongoing process , however it was thought that a concerted effort should be made by CPRW in 1992 to significantly increase membership . |
| 12 | But who would have thought that a humble human could do these calculations ? |
| 13 | Although Rule 2.3 does not say so , it is thought that a potential offeror ought not to have the responsibility for making an announcement before the target 's board is approached if rumour or speculation or an untoward price movement arises because the target 's board itself seeks potential offerors , or a shareholder seeks a purchaser for an interest of 30 per cent or more . |
| 14 | It is also thought that a proper coupling of electrical and metabolic activity is a prerequisite for the generation of pacemaker activity . |
| 15 | It is thought that a deliberate refusal to put a victim 's mind at rest when the accused has unwittingly frightened him is an assault . |
| 16 | Alice had thought that a white-haired man was sitting in the chair next to her . |
| 17 | There is a tendency to make sentences unnecessarily complex , perhaps because it is thought that a convoluted structure makes them seem more formal . |
| 18 | I would have thought that a large company like Fender could supply this information with their products as a matter of course , together with technical specifications and notes on the safe usage of this product — after all , I seem to recall several musicians being electrocuted when playing their electric guitars . |
| 19 | On death-beds it may be thought that a soon-to-be-deceased settlor is susceptible to giving either involuntary nods or nods to propositions imperfectly understood , or both . |
| 20 | However , since inflation was well established in people 's expectations and was therefore reflected in their price-setting behaviour it was thought that a sudden reduction in monetary growth might cause demand to fall short of nominal output and cause a rise in unemployment . |
| 21 | But then you come and tell us well they 're a charitable trust I would of thought that a charitable trust would of been very er , happy to have seen the some rented accommodation ? |