Example sentences of "think to have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vugs , fractures and intercrystalline pores , on the other hand , are thought to have formed in response to late leaching ( Clark 1980a ) . |
| 2 | They are thought to have formed by partial melting of subducted oceanic crust — a process that would have been much more widespread early in Earth history than at present , owing to the higher thermal gradients prevailing at that time . |
| 3 | Ba'al was thought to have descended into the earth and the sacrifices and energy invigorated him and brought about his resurrection . |
| 4 | Joan Main was thought to have moved to South Wales after she disappeared , but despite a nationwide appeal for information the police have never tracked her down . |
| 5 | The ambulance was on its way to another accident about a mile away , where a woman driver 's thought to have skidded off the road in heavy rain . |
| 6 | Another allegedly ‘ royal ’ tomb is the Great Tomb at Chrysolakkos , which stands at the northern edge of the Minoan town of Mallia , a little inland from the cliffed headland , and it is thought to have served as a family vault for Mallia 's royal family in the New Temple Period ( for instance , by Hood 1971 , p. 145 ) . |
| 7 | Ms Stark , 36 , is thought to have stepped into the street while photographing the actress Ruthie Henshall outside the Prince Edward Theatre and been struck by a taxi . |
| 8 | These are thought to have developed from small differences in the density of the early universe from one region to another . |
| 9 | This feature , which is thought to have developed from a desire for an apse and altar both for abbot and his monks at the east end , and for the bishop and laity at the west , gave no opportunity for masons and sculptors to decorate a deeply moulded western porch , as was usual in France or England . |
| 10 | Out of 12,000 mostly unskilled workers taken on to staff the park , of which two thirds have been French and the rest from abroad , as many as 4,000 are thought to have quit in the last few months , prompting worries about mounting costs on the operators ' training and employment budgets . |
| 11 | Devonport 's chances are thought to have increased following the Tories ' disastrous performance in last month 's local elections in the South West . |
| 12 | In 1990 the Japanese share of the American car market is thought to have increased by one percentage point , to a record 30% . |
| 13 | After the fighting stopped , he is thought to have travelled throughout Europe . |
| 14 | Heirs to the freedoms which , on the threshold of the Sixties , Take a girl like you may be thought to have assisted in inaugurating , but which it also contrived to criticise , young people now seem to feel that the old Patrick belonged to a sexist work , and they may well feel that the old Adam has surfaced again in the new Patrick . |
| 15 | The man hitherto thought to have played for Australia in the first two test ( meaning international ) matches on record , at Melbourne in 1876–77 , now turns out to have been quite another Hodges . |
| 16 | ( b ) The small promontory on the left is the site of St Patrick 's Chapel ( no ruin survives ) , built 6th to 10th century on the spot from where St Patrick is thought to have sailed for Ireland . |
| 17 | COSMIC structure is thought to have arisen by the gravitational amplification of small density fluctuations in the early Universe . |
| 18 | However , N. lapillus is thought to have arisen from one of the Pacific species and not the other way round ( see p. 338 ) , so the 13 form probably arose from a 30 form by reduction . |
| 19 | The expulsion was announced on April 11 of four diplomats at the Russian embassy in Brussels , while five Belgians were charged with espionage and nine others detained in connection with a still-active espionage ring providing technological information for military use , which was thought to have operated since 1967 . |
| 20 | However , he is now thought to have suffered from Proteus syndrome . |
| 21 | The future of Abe 's faction was unclear , for it contained many members who were thought to have joined in the belief that Abe was next in line for the office of Prime Minister . |
| 22 | In mid Ordovician times a volcanic island arc is thought to have extended through the English Lake District , Wales and Newfoundland . |
| 23 | An early Ordovician trench is also thought to have extended from just north of the Southern Uplands of Scotland down across northern Ireland . |
| 24 | They were thought to have gone to the course to search for lost golf balls . |
| 25 | Once the Iraqis had pulled out , Kuwaiti vigilantes began combing the city for any Iraqi soldiers still hiding in the ruins and for anyone known or thought to have collaborated with the enemy , with Palestinians coming in for particular attention . |
| 26 | The one ‘ dreadful ’ home was thought to have contributed to the death of the man admitted there : |
| 27 | This may seem surprising since the Bail Act is thought to have contributed to a fall in both the actual and proportionate use of custodial remands . |
| 28 | That work was done on the nickels of a string of major investors led by IBM Corp , which is thought to have lost between $100m and $200m on the failed venture — but Chen 's announcement that his new company , Supercomputers International Inc , will draw on work done by the failed one raises the question of who owns that work . |
| 29 | Dragons are thought to have appeared above ground in China and Japan before moving to Europe . |
| 30 | They are thought to have escaped across the border into Bolivia . |