Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] thought [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It 's thought the ritual burial was to ward off evil spirits .
2 It 's thought the 92 year old had left the gas on … when she went to make a cup of tea the kitchen went up .
3 It 's thought the 92 year old had left the gas on … when she went to make a cup of tea the kitchen went up .
4 It 's thought the main school will not reopen until September nineteen ninety three when all repairs have been completed .
5 It is thought the only survivor of the five escaped certain death by jumping out of the back of their workers ' van into a garden .
6 When the accident happened at around 4:15 yesterday afternoon , it is thought the two men had already passed the most arduous section of what is regarded as only an averagely difficult ice climb route .
7 This is because it is thought the human brain is not preprogrammed to recognize all the senses separately , but learns to correlate them in childhood .
8 But when Cecilia was married in 1940 and first went to live there it was thought a poor sort of house , semi-detached , shabby and in a dowdy district .
9 It was thought a generous declaration — but not in the light of Wales 's batting in their first innings .
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