Example sentences of "[be] thought [to-vb] been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An expensive colour photocopier is believed to have been used by the forgers to copy what is thought to have been a genuine blank MOT form . |
| 2 | The care which bereaved Minoans sometimes lavished on their dead suggests a belief in the AFTERLIFE , and the idea of an Elysium , a pleasant Heaven awaiting people at the end of their earthly lives , is thought to have been a Minoan creation . |
| 3 | However , what is thought to have been a discarded movement , a Gavotte in B flat major , K.300 , survives in autograph ( PLATE V ) . |
| 4 | This factor was thought to have been a key reason for Souter 's nomination , as Bush was eager to avoid repeating the divisive — and ultimately unsuccessful — struggle for Senate endorsement which had marked Reagan 's 1987 attempt to appoint the conservative Robert Bork [ see p. 35701 ] . |
| 5 | The popular response to Luchembe 's broadcasts , however , was thought to have been a severe personal blow to Kaunda , the " father of the nation " . |