Example sentences of "[be] thought to have [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The precise aetiology remains unclear but fibroblasts and myofibroblasts are thought to have a central role , and superoxide free radicals might be the stimulus to myofibroblast proliferation . |
| 2 | ( By way of contrast , the Social Science institutes of the USSR Academy of Sciences , such as IMEMO and Arbatov 's Institute of the USA and Canada , are thought to have a minor input into the policy-making process ) . |
| 3 | The different fragrances are thought to have an improving effect on a variety of physical and emotional problems . |
| 4 | While this might be thought to have a major impact , the effects would have been lessened if the cremating was carried out at dispersed homes . |
| 5 | The destructive sadist might well be thought to have an essential self-hatred , even a death-wish which he or she projects on to others in the infliction of damage . |
| 6 | However , just as the latter might be thought to have an intuitive grasp of affairs automotive which ought to be taken into account by anyone prone to theorising about the motor car , so it is conceivable that the way theoretical physicists regard the objects of their study might be a factor to be taken into account in assessing their significance . |
| 7 | These inadequacies of structure in turn were thought to have a bad effect on the efficient delivery of local government services , and on the ability of citizens to understand the role of local democracy . |
| 8 | This second type is thought to have a hydrothermal origin ( MRP 73 ) . |
| 9 | He is thought to have a fractured skull and is drifting in and out of consciousness . |
| 10 | With the prospect of a European Cup final place for the winners — and little hope for the losers — only Trevor Steven is thought to have a realistic chance of playing against the Belgians . |
| 11 | He is thought to have a short ponytail and was wearing a black leather jacket and dark denim trousers . |
| 12 | Conscious awareness and reflection on one 's own experience is thought to have an inhibiting effect . |
| 13 | I HAD to spend some time comforting a distraught mother whose child was thought to have a behavioural problem . |
| 14 | Some analysts are puzzled at Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA 's planned $500m-plus fund-raising exercise ( see page seven ) , Reuter reports from Milan , because despite all its other problems , the company was thought to have no short-term liquidity problems — net debt is relatively low and the balance sheet is supposed to be healthy . |
| 15 | Running through her mind , like a tape she was unable to switch off , was the newspaper story that Peter Sebastian was thought to have an American fiancée and would probably by staying in the States . |