Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] thought that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be thought that this was a natural consequence of the popularity of great artists , but in fact the economics of publishing result in some bizarre decisions about art books . |
| 2 | It might be thought that this was an essential part of the cuckoo 's deception — that by leaving the same number of eggs in the nest , the cuckoo might fool the host bird into thinking that nothing had happened . |
| 3 | It might be thought that this was essentially a matter for the internal law of State A , the forum State . |
| 4 | It may be thought that this was a remarkably small price to pay for the opening up of our democratic processes to the public . |
| 5 | So far we have considered three ways of sampling directly from a given population , but it may be thought that this direct method has dangers attached . |