Example sentences of "[adv] thought that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lords , I have long thought that the time had come to change the self-imposed judicial rule that forbade any reference to the legislative history of an enactment as an aid to its interpretation . |
| 2 | It is generally thought that the climate became more oceanic in character . |
| 3 | But it was generally thought that the disposal of a children 's hearing would not be treated as a conviction . |
| 4 | Even Thomas Hearne , a Nonjuring Jacobite who himself was convinced that James III was the legitimate King , nevertheless thought that the reason why people were becoming more sympathetic to a Stuart restoration was a result of the favour George I had shown to the Whigs : He hath turned the Tories out , and filled all places with those of the Whiggish party . |
| 5 | It was widely thought that the acceptance of sound broadcasting would soon weaken opposition to television . |
| 6 | I have always thought that the sweetening of the waters of Marah resulted from the removal of the iron by the coagulation and flocculation of iron/tannin complexes , the tannin being derived from that tree — though I think that he [ Moses ] would have had to have bashed it up a bit first . |
| 7 | She 'd always thought that the phrase ‘ going weak at the knees ’ was an over-used cliché with no reference to reality , yet that was exactly how she felt . |
| 8 | It was once thought that the cuckoo could change the colour and pattern of its eggs at will , allowing it to lay in a range of different nests . |
| 9 | It was once thought that the Chardonnay vine was brought to Champagne from Cyprus by knights returning from the Crusades , which might have provided some sort of answer , but this theory has since been discredited . |
| 10 | Sally-Anne Tunstall , beloved daughter of Senator Jared Tunstall , arguably the richest man in the USA , and his dear wife Mary , niece of Orrin Tunstall , the American ambassador , society beauty , heiress , spoiled child of fortune , who had once thought that the world was her ball to play with , sat on her bed in an East End attic , dressed in her skivvy 's clothing , grieving because she could not consummate her love for a poor doctor who had renounced the world over which she had once reigned . |
| 11 | Many learned people still thought that the world was flat . |
| 12 | The Royal Commission also thought that the purpose of an arrest could be to prevent the destruction of evidence , or the warning of accomplices or the repetition of the crime , or any interference with witnesses . |
| 13 | It was also thought that the presence of a WEA officer such as the tutor-organiser at branch AGMs and committee meetings was liable to bring improper influence to bear on behalf of the District Secretary . |
| 14 | ‘ It was also thought that the system would provide more flotation in water , and provide better protection if the crew came down in desert or Artic conditions . |
| 15 | If that is the case , then it is possible that he also thought that the synagogue ritual , as well as the direction of their commercial life and benefactions should have been handled differently . |
| 16 | The decision is likely to postpone a hearing on the charges for many months and it is now thought that the case could eventually be heard in Milan instead of Turin . |
| 17 | It is now thought that the Transfer Regulations will apply to undertakings or parts of undertakings that are not in the nature of commercial ventures . |
| 18 | It is now thought that the severity and length of time obesity has continued is the major determinant of the total number of fat cells in adult life ( Kirtland and Gurr 1979 ) . |
| 19 | The head is missing , and Evans originally thought that the figure was that of a boy ; it is now seen as a monkey . |
| 20 | Cantalupo was pessimistic about the likelihood of a rapid Nationalist victory and even thought that the Republican defence of the north might not collapse , as the Nationalists expected . |
| 21 | The woman , who had earlier thought that the male was her boyfriend , discovered that it was not . |
| 22 | Von Frisch initially thought that the dance merely alerted the bees to the presence of a new source , which they found by its scent . |
| 23 | Now the war was over she seriously thought that the answer might be to move from Cramer altogether . |
| 24 | In Darwin 's lifetime , physicists did not know about radioactivity , and therefore thought that the earth would cool down rather quickly . |
| 25 | This was disingenuous , for the policy in practice would involve greater State intervention , and Beveridge certainly thought that the share of resources taken by the State would rise markedly . |
| 26 | At the moment their relationship was a weekend one , but both of them occasionally thought that the idea of marriage still had something to be said in its favour . |
| 27 | It is commonly thought that the motif of the Third Reich was an inverted Swastika , a deviation from the original ancient design . |
| 28 | Modernisation theorists too thought that the peasantry , through the diffusion of modern ideas and consumer goods , would develop out of existence . |
| 29 | My group actually thought that the return of Peter Pan made a better tale than Barrie 's original . |