Example sentences of "[was/were] thought to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These unmarried women were thought to be a good influence on the girls and good role models . |
| 2 | And the 52mph winds which swept London were thought to be a record for the month . |
| 3 | Mentally ill people were thought to be a disgrace to the family . |
| 4 | The earlier stations were not as successful as their British counterparts but later designs were thought to be an improvement . |
| 5 | In the 15th century the town and its palace were thought to be the most beautiful in all Italy . |
| 6 | For 84% of the farms the practical type courses already provided by the ATB were thought to be the most suitable method of providing training . |
| 7 | But you , with Mr Attlee , were thought to be the most unworldly of post-war prime ministers on that . |
| 8 | Key variables were thought to be the size of the selected area , the population characteristics and the traffic structure . |
| 9 | Until recently , UVB rays were thought to be the only ones which caused serious sun damage . |
| 10 | The reasons behind the decision were thought to be the USA 's continuing doubts about the value and cost-effectiveness of FAO 's work and its dissatisfaction with the Director-General , Edward Saouma . |
| 11 | Lamb is another minor casualty ; he is all right to bat , but he can only throw in underarm at the moment because of a niggle , which at first was thought to be a reaction to an inoculation , but is now believed to be a minor ligament problem . |
| 12 | Government ministers tried to stem the tide of mounting public expenditure : John Nott 's replacing Francis Pym at the Ministry of Defence in January 1981 was thought to be a pointer in this direction . |
| 13 | Her successor , John Major , was thought to be a pragmatist who would heal the split on Europe . |
| 14 | Until lately , Turkey 's worst fear was thought to be a vacuum in northern Iraq , leaving room for an autonomous Kurdish entity — which , in its turn , would be a beacon for the separatist movement on Turkish soil . |
| 15 | He went to see a young clergyman , seized by what was thought to be a dangerous illness : |
| 16 | One of the brown immigrants deliberately poured some of his coffee over the pale slab of sugar crusted fruit pie he was eating , and this was thought to be a brilliant piece of improvised humour . |
| 17 | Their name signified ‘ sons of Zadok ’ , the high priest at the time of David who was thought to be a descendant of the younger son of Aaron . |
| 18 | Rapid growth was thought to be a likely candidate so the researchers measured the expansion of cells in the trap leaves by marking leaves with evenly spaced ink dots . |
| 19 | The sudden onset of severe weather conditions was thought to be a frequent result of disturbance to a site . |
| 20 | The word ‘ mithra ’ was also used to describe a friend , and this god was thought to be a true friend of man , protecting and warming him in life and death . |
| 21 | He was laid low by what was thought to be a stomach bug during the club 's trip to Norway last week . |
| 22 | At the rear end of the bodywork was a curved projection ( tambour ) which , when the carriage was originally exhibited , was thought to be a ‘ sword case ’ ; however , it was only accessible from the left hand end , outside the carriage , and was too short for such a purpose . |
| 23 | Mistaken biological beliefs , such that the male alone was thought to be a full human being , underlay western culture , making this seem the more plausible . |
| 24 | In February 1991 E. was bruised and it was thought to be a non-accidental injury . |
| 25 | Now , Fiona was thought to be a suitable bride for my father-just the right age , pretty and vivacious enough it was thought to appeal to a man who was beginning to be known as a confirmed bachelor . ’ |
| 26 | Mrs Leather gave a similar instance of jading a horse from Herefordshire but without deducing anything from it except that the old woman concerned was thought to be a witch . |
| 27 | Even in London this was thought to be a drawback . |
| 28 | A second area of made ground was present to the east of Langloan and was thought to be a backfilled clay borrow pit . |
| 29 | Teachers felt that this text offered them many opportunities for the development of the understanding of parental roles and it was thought to be a book from which all sorts of related topic work could be derived . |
| 30 | In 1950 , when the Haskin 's Laboratory was set up at Yale University , it was thought to be a 5 year project to produce a box which could perform these two computations . |