Example sentences of "thought that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thought that two young were raised . |
| 2 | ‘ If it were thought that other clubs would try to copy them , their example might , I am afraid , be unfortunate . |
| 3 | It 's thought that six-month-old Hannah Davies was dropped on her head by a three-year-old boy , though the inquest jury returned an open verdict because of conflicting evidence . |
| 4 | They would certainly have thought that such events were unlikely to happen for millennia to come — if at all . |
| 5 | And , if it is thought that such a state of affairs is , for whatever reason , undesirable , then it behoves those who argue for another approach to learn the lesson of political realities . |
| 6 | It must not be thought that such differences are mere matters of imagination , and that we take the sensations to be different because we represent each of them to ourselves as occupying a different place . |
| 7 | In introducing primaries at the turn of the century , progressive reformers had naively thought that such arrangements would allow an enlightened electorate to make considered , responsible choices . |
| 8 | Many people have thought that such contracts were not enforceable . |
| 9 | It might be thought that such policies spring from a desire , on the one hand , to ensure the free flowering of individual enterprise , and on the other , to guard against the tyrannies of " big business " . |
| 10 | The baton is , however , necessary at the Opéra , where large choruses are frequently sung in the wings … it must not be thought that such a distant group of singers can hear the orchestra , however numerous : each person sings in his neighbour 's ear , and I have sometimes surprised myself by singing off the beat and incorrectly conducting [ conduisant ] the chorus surrounding me . |
| 11 | It might be thought that such social constraints would be likely , simply by being social , to be culturally variable , and thus of no great interest to a general ( or universal ) pragmatic theory . |
| 12 | The significance of this observation is still unknown , but it is thought that such larvae may resume development if the adult hookworm population is removed by an anthelmintic or at times of stress such as lactation . |
| 13 | It might be thought that such tenets were unambiguous enough in a democracy to be assured the most rigorous defence . |
| 14 | It is thought that many of the jury became wealthy men , through bribes by both Blount and Dudley , so that they arrived at the same conclusion — a conclusion that ‘ After a searching enquiry , they could find no presumption of evil doing . ’ |
| 15 | It was thought that many of the problems of criterion-referencing would be highlighted by the particular topics selected . |
| 16 | The compilers of the BMA code of practice for the safe use and disposal of sharps must have thought that many practitioners would be unable to comply with universal precautions because the code suggested that gloving decreased manual dexterity . |
| 17 | But but in in just the little few words you used then , I would have thought that many parents in this church would react positively . |
| 18 | It had long been thought that many seventeenth and eighteenth century blocks in Rome were of a type of construction essentially Medieval or Renaissance , but Ostia shows that the basic plan of these is Roman . |
| 19 | I have often thought that one of the most interesting things for doctors about their patients is to see whether they survive or not . |
| 20 | I have often thought that one of the less attractive traits of various professional bodies and institutions is the deeply ingrained suspicion and outright hostility which can exist towards anything unorthodox or unconventional . |
| 21 | The incident took place at around 4.30 on Thursday afternoon , and it is thought that one of the men could be middle aged and the other younger . |
| 22 | Some people have their own preference , of course , but I have never thought that one variation works better than any other . |
| 23 | It is thought that therapeutic operations provide such a social benefit by the psychological benefit . |
| 24 | It should not be thought that Labour Ministers were concerned only with domestic policy , although Morrison was Home Secretary , Bevin was Minister of Labour , and Dalton ( from early 1942 ) President of the Board of Trade . |
| 25 | 1 should have thought that that was the punishment , not the education , though God knows there are plenty around who think of education that way . |
| 26 | ( Lest it be thought that that example does not count because it is seventeenth-century English , it is worth noting that modern translations retain the and at the beginning of that verse . ) |
| 27 | Who would have thought that that bright articulate girl would turn out like this ? |
| 28 | The impracticality of the ‘ inferred recognition ’ theory as a legal concept for forensic use is obvious and it can not be thought that that was the intention of Her Majesty 's Government in giving the Parliamentary answers . |
| 29 | And I would have thought that that was a disgraceful thing to do in a public , in the council to a , a sample being brought up and they were afraid to look at it . |
| 30 | Silly me — I had thought that that was party policy , but unfortunately there has been some turning of the tide . |