Example sentences of "[be] think [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission accept that both the 1968 and 1978 Theft Acts and the case law on them are thought by some to be " seriously defective " , but the draft Code was a restatement not a Code to reform the substance of the law . |
| 2 | He practised engraving , etching , mezzotinting , and water colouring , all of which arts , according to Roeder , he had learnt in Manchester and not in London as had been thought by some . |
| 3 | I found it to be a splendid panegyric on the peaceful uses of atomic energy , though to present a history of nuclear power without even mentioning the existence of hydrogen bombs , may be thought by some to overdo the euphoria . |
| 4 | ’ — A term which might be thought by some to overstate our relationship , ’ he said finally , and was pleased to observe that his tone did not waver . |
| 5 | It can be I know , but I mean erm , I 'm thinking of some of my electorate , and I have n't actually had the opportunity to ask them . |
| 6 | The riots in 1981 and 1985 were thought by some to be a product of racial tension . |
| 7 | This was an idea that appealed strongly to me , though Unamuno had not been thinking of some of the ‘ brothers in solitude ’ — the outcasts from social and sexual ‘ normality ’ — who were the brothers that first sprang to my mind on reading that sentence in Corsham . |
| 8 | By the time I was twelve years old I had been thinking for some time about getting a bird of my own . |
| 9 | In fact , he was so happy with the idea that had come to him from the writer , Peter Shaffer , he began the serious rethink of his career which friends like Lance Percival had been thinking for some time was overdue . |
| 10 | What we wan na do is think of some buildings and describe them to ourselves and then work out what style , cos the thing is since the 1960s , styles like we want , like a progression of styles till the 1990s and see what 's changed and what 's stayed . |
| 11 | The original trophy that went with the first prize disappeared — it is thought at some time during the eighteenth century — and there was never enough money to replace it . |
| 12 | A round arch near the pulpit is thought by some authorities to belong to an earlier period . |
| 13 | ‘ It is thought by some , ’ said Megan , in a smooth lecturer 's voice from which all trace of her faint Welsh lilt had vanished , ‘ that the Scottish brochs may be an extension of the southern round-house culture , as exemplified in some sites of south-western England , but this seems unlikely , in view of- ’ |
| 14 | Hebrew is thought by some linguists to be very distantly related to the first three languages , and by other linguists not to be related , so the reason for the similarity can not be definitely given . |
| 15 | Attitude formation is thought by some writers to depend on personal characteristics . |
| 16 | The removal of many thousands of large whales , especially the krill-feeding rorquals , from the Southern Ocean within a few decades is thought by some ecologists to have favoured the many other species , including fish , birds and seals , that feed on krill . |
| 17 | However , even with their aid it is thought by some to be unlikely that the outer Moon could have been melted quickly enough to yield those highland rock samples that have given radiometric ages of about 4300 Ma and older . |
| 18 | The plethora of environmentally-sensitive farming schemes dreamed up over recent years is thought by some to be causing more confusion than clarity . |
| 19 | And because education is thought by some people to be unique , its very isolation seems to justify the fact that its management should not be evaluated on lines comparable to the management of business , industry or other spheres of large-scale public work . |
| 20 | Not surprisingly , Orton 's anarchic irresponsibility was thought by some to go too far , not just in what he actually did , but in the refusal in his work to confront established morality with an earnest moral alternative . |
| 21 | Billy Callender , Palace 's regular goalkeeper from 1926–32 , was thought by some of his contemporaries to have sufficient skill and character to follow his illustrious predecessor , Jack Alderson , not just as the Crystal Palace custodian but also the full England International Side itself . |
| 22 | Henry 111 s dependence upon Louis IX for support against his own vassals in England was much resented by them , and Louis was thought by some of his own counsellors to have ‘ given away too much ’ to his Plantagenet kinsman in 1259 . |
| 23 | That Germany had also provided a comprehensive state insurance for sickness , accident , disability and unemployment for its people from an early date was thought by some to be implicated in that country 's economic success . |
| 24 | It was thought by some that too great a burden might be placed on principals in smaller firms or on sole practitioners if such a proposal were made mandatory , and that either the ‘ net ’ of suitable signatories should be widened to include assistant solicitors or Fellows of ILEX , or that the category of undertaking to which the ‘ rule ’ might apply should exclude those of a routine or non-financial nature . |
| 25 | Cassie 's immediate reaction was to think of some reason why she was unable to go . |
| 26 | Then he fell silent , as if he was thinking of some way to turn this promise into a purpose , and he added , in the barest of trembled whispers , ‘ As I am an eagle of Wrath do I promise it . |
| 27 | " I was thinking of some others too , " I said . |
| 28 | Actually I was thinking of some really good , funny things I could say earlier |