Example sentences of "is thought [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may , for example , be necessary to undertake more home visiting than is thought usual , at least until the time when the bereaved person feels more able to go out and face the world again . |
| 2 | It is thought possible that , when the Universe came into existence , there was by chance a little more matter than antimatter ; most of the matter destroyed itself by interaction with the antimatter , but that still left some over — the matter which makes up the Universe around us . |
| 3 | However , the airline 's firm orders for 20 Airbus A321 medium-range jets and 28 McDonnell Douglas jets will not be delivered until the mid-1990s , and unlike some other European airlines , Alitalia is thought vulnerable for want of international partners and a strategy for deregulation of the European market after 1992 . |
| 4 | It is thought one pin may have failed on the El Al flight , causing an engine to tear free of its mountings and hit the second engine as it fell . |
| 5 | What is more difficult to predict into the middle of the next century is the proportion of the total population that this older group will constitute , because that depends upon the birth-rate , and the latter , if past experience is anything to go on , shifts unpredictably with transient social circumstances — such as the level of unemployment or whether or not there is a war — as well as with unstable social attitudes to child-bearing and the age at which it is thought suitable for women to bear children . |
| 6 | It is for cases of this kind , where the evidence shows that there was active persuasion rather than compassionate assistance to someone already determined to commit suicide , that a substantial maximum penalty is thought necessary . |
| 7 | If a police officer reasonably anticipates a breach of the peace , he or she is required to do whatever is thought necessary to prevent its occurrence . |
| 8 | The proposal for monitoring by silent , closed-circuit television cameras , he said , would be implemented as recommended , but the one to allow a prisoner the right to consult a solicitor every forty-eight hours would be curtailed to the extent that ‘ where it is thought necessary ’ a senior police officer would be present . |
| 9 | At some point it is thought necessary to confine them to pushchairs , later to backpacks . |
| 10 | Saturday 's attendance against Partick Thistle was 15,536 , or just over half the crowd that is thought necessary at each home game to meet the club 's weekly costs and overdraft repayments . |
| 11 | You will probably find that much of what they offer is excellent , but that something is missing ; certain aspects of movement are neglected — it is thought necessary to know about them or try to communicate them through teaching . |
| 12 | It is thought that merchant bank Warburg , adviser to British Land , will work on a new scheme to distribute more to shareholders . |
| 13 | Alternatively , expressions like ‘ it is thought that ’ or ‘ there are good grounds for saying that ’ or ‘ it follows from the authorities that ’ can be used . |
| 14 | If you have already made an application to the tribunal , perhaps to obviate the risk of missing a crucial time limit should negotiations collapse , the detailed terms might , if it is thought appropriate , be set out in a separate document while you withdraw your claim on form COT 4 . |
| 15 | A investment overview may be enclosed if it is thought appropriate . |
| 16 | It is thought impolite to accuse voters , sometimes called people , of having in any way failed . |
| 17 | It is thought certain that Mr Ward will fight extradition proceedings , which as a result could take up to two years to bring to a conclusion . |
| 18 | If delivery with an unfavourable cervix is thought essential it may be better to deliver by elective lower segment caesarean section under epidural block than to risk the need for an emergency caesarean section under general anaesthesia in the middle of the night . |
| 19 | About 5.5 million public-sector employees have had a 1.5pc ceiling imposed on pay awards by the Government , but it is thought lower interest-rates may have encouraged people to spend . |
| 20 | It is possible for two productions to be mounted so that numbers are divided — possibly four productions may be put on , if that is thought worthwhile . |
| 21 | Marketing chief Peter Sadler was unavailable to comment on the launch plans , but it is thought four agencies have been lined up to pitch for the business . |
| 22 | The company is reviewing its advertising account , held by Euro RSCG 's below-the-line subsidiary KLP , and it is thought new work may attempt to recruit new cardholders . |
| 23 | The planning decisions of the authority can be one of three kinds : unconditional permission , permission subject to such conditions as is thought fit , or refusal . |
| 24 | A letter says authorities ‘ should in particular consider expanding the role of local GPs in family planning by supplying them with condoms for free distribution to any patient whether or not at high risk if this is thought desirable as a means of preventing HIV [ the Aids virus ] ’ . |
| 25 | The proposed amendment to the Articles of Association contained in Resolution 10 will enable the Company to introduce summary financial statements in 1991 or subsequently , if it is thought desirable to do so . |
| 26 | But surely Stevenson greatly underestimates the place which the attitude theory can allow for rationality in ethics of much the same sort as is thought desirable in science , history or philosophy . |
| 27 | ‘ if it is thought desirable that debentures in their popular meaning may be made irredeemable , it would seem to be both absurd and inconsistent to forbid a company to make its ordinary mortgages of land also irredeemable . ’ |
| 28 | Accordingly , local planning authorities have power to define ‘ areas of special control ’ where ‘ special protection on grounds of amenity ’ is thought desirable . |
| 29 | But the spokesman said : ‘ In other cases it is thought desirable that they should no longer stay in this country . ’ |
| 30 | However , it is thought unlikely that Jaguar would ask the Government for the limit to be raised early in order to allow its preferred partner to build a stake of more than 15 per cent before January , 1991 . |