Example sentences of "it be thought that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's thought that badgers can pass tuberculosis to cattle , but until now the only known test for TB involved killing the badger first . |
| 2 | It 's thought that badgers may transmit the disease , and now new tests may be introduced to try to combat the problem . |
| 3 | It 's thought that children are repsonsible for some of the thefts , but there 's evidence that enthusiasts are stealing newts to boost their private collections . |
| 4 | It is thought that problems like the Alaska oil spillage , and the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica , influenced the Australian decision . |
| 5 | It is thought that members of the authority are divided on the issue . |
| 6 | It is thought that members of the src family play important roles in the cellular signalling pathways that regulate cell proliferation and differentiation . |
| 7 | It is thought that molecules must collide with each other in a favourable spacial orientation for a successful reaction to occur . |
| 8 | It is thought that bitches of breed with a tendency to be dominant will often become worse after they are spayed . |
| 9 | Of course , this is a world where it is thought that men are too assertive , bordering on the aggressive . |
| 10 | ‘ The terrorist group included a youth of about fifteen with bleached hair and it is thought that glimpses of this boy were used skilfully to support the terrorists ' claims . |
| 11 | Perhaps the other point I can make is to go back to the question of why women tutors and people in the university generally have emphasised harassment of students by academic staff more than they 've emphasised harassment by students of one another , and I think it 's not that it was thought that students did n't commonly make each other uncomfortable , but as an issue of principle in terms of whether it 's appropriate for university or college authorities to intervene in what many people regard as students ' private lives . |
| 12 | In purely administrative terms , it was thought that authorities concerned with distinguishing between applications for exempt development , excepted development , designated relevant development and non-designated relevant development could not also be expected to distinguish between Class A and Class B applications , and between outline , illustrative , detailed and guideline applications . |
| 13 | Although it was thought that receptors mediate the contractile effects of the endothelins whereas , for instance vasodilator effects are mediated by , it is now clear that both receptors can mediate vaso-constriction . |
| 14 | Up to about twenty years ago , it was thought that protons and neutrons were " elementary " particles , but experiments in which protons were collided with other protons or electrons at high speeds indicated that they were in fact made up of smaller particles . |
| 15 | In contrast , high-rise housing was originally intended in part to undermine this definition of the domestic ideal ; by using a quite different urban built form and providing communal facilities such as creches and canteens , it was thought that women would be liberated both from the ideology of domesticity and its actuality . |
| 16 | It is not clear precisely why it was thought that inferences might be drawn from this revelation , but if they might , the jury should not be left alone to draw them . |
| 17 | At the beginning of this century it was thought that atoms were rather like the planets orbiting the sun , with electrons ( particles of negative electricity ) orbiting around a central nucleus , which carried positive electricity . |
| 18 | In the nineteenth century , when the only particle energies that people knew how to use were the low energies of a few electron volts generated by chemical reactions such as burning , it was thought that atoms were the smallest unit . |
| 19 | Early on , it was thought that plumes came from a chemically unprocessed , or primitive , mantle reservoir . |
| 20 | King Mswati III was expected to authorize redrafting of the Constitution on the basis of the commission 's report , although it was thought that demands for full democracy might not be met . |