Example sentences of "[be] thought [to-vb] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is thought to have been the first silk mill in England was built here , in Silk Mill Lane , in 1717 . |
| 2 | Drawing the assembled crowds ’ attention to the Norseman 's pedigree , Bob pointed out that it is thought to have been the first aircraft to land on the Normandy beaches during D-Day , the American fighter ace Screwball Beurling was killed in Italy whilst ferrying a Norseman to the Israelis and of course there is the legend that has built up surrounding the mysterious disappearance of bandleader Major Glenn Miller in December 1944 , after taking-off in a Norseman from Twinwoods airfield , near Bedford , England , bound for Paris , never to be seen again . |
| 3 | , Laurence ( c. 1713–1786 ) , chairman of the East India Company , is thought to have been the illegitimate son of Philip O'Sullivan of county Cork in Ireland . |
| 4 | A SCOTTISH soldier killed by a single shot while on foot patrol in south Armagh yesterday is thought to have been the fourth victim of an Irish Republican Army assassin . |
| 5 | The property at the rear , where the gallery lies is thought to have been the old stables and there are interesting photographs of the early stage of reconstruction . |
| 6 | Surprisingly , Jean 's existence has not been known until now : Martin was thought to have been the only son of Jean and Marguerite Delalande to have held a court position . |
| 7 | The SLORC regime had been eager to attract foreign investment ; this was thought to have been the major factor in its decision to proceed with the election . |