Example sentences of "thought [to-vb] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Dragons are thought to have appeared above ground in China and Japan before moving to Europe . |
| 4 | The court reform is sometimes thought to have originated in concern for the peasantry . |
| 5 | The three eldest sons are thought to have continued in mining , though one , according to tradition in an American branch of the family , was later believed lost at sea . |
| 6 | This can be useful during the occasional compulsory attendance at official Indonesian functions , or when waiting in government offices for filming permits to be granted ; but there have been dinner parties , at which he was the guest of honour , when he was actually thought to have died at table . |
| 7 | An estimated 5,000 people were thought to have died in township violence since 1986 , more than 1,200 of them since August 1990 . |