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Example sentences of "it [be] think that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
31	For long it was thought that wet spraying turned the buds to a wet mash , and therefore dusting each individual bud was necessary .
32	It was thought that some people might have changed their views .
33	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 .
34	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 .
35	Until recently , however , it was thought that these laws did not apply to the beginning of the universe .
36	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 .
37	At one time it was thought that high-fibre diets containing bran would be successful , but this has not proved to be the case .
38	Originally it was thought that this question might provide some useful insights into possible cover to allow people to attend courses .
39	For a long time it was thought that this Gospel was written by Matthew the Apostle .
40	Hitherto it was thought that natural selection is standing still , or merely weeding out the more harmful defects .