Example sentences of "[be] thought a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the Prime Minister , who had been thought a prisoner of factional forces inside and outside his party , the mufti 's appointment was a resounding declaration of independence . |
| 2 | The jubilant Knox wrote about her death in terms which make it clear why charity has not been thought a notable feature of Scottish Calvinism . |
| 3 | It has generally been thought a manifestation of the taste which in the immediately following period adapted many fabulous monsters from the East ; but it has no close eastern parallels , and the discovery of the Lefkandi Centaur pushes back the concept in Greece a long way . |
| 4 | It has been thought a monument of the new democracy , immediately after the expulsion of Hippias in 510 ; by others placed , perhaps most convincingly , somewhere between the two , around 500 . |
| 5 | A crown now on the head of a Madonna in Essen may be that of the child Otto III , while another on the head of a crucifix in Vercelli has been thought a gift of his . |
| 6 | After primary school , the encouragement of the imagination in children , and the cultivation of specifically creative activities , has often been thought an optional part of the curriculum , a luxury that may have to be dispensed with , left in , if at all , for the less able pupils deemed incapable of serious learning or for that minority determined to reject ‘ scientific ’ understanding . |
| 7 | ‘ Nowadays , David might reasonably be thought a part of this , but at that time he too seemed to be running out of steam . |
| 8 | Had it not been realised that it was the work of a humble man , this poem would be thought a sacrilege and an example of striking pride and arrogance , but instead it is an invitation to extreme exaltation of spirit for it comes from a man who has submerged his ego in the All . |
| 9 | He wanted to take on the Glamorgan job again , whenever Butcher may decide to retire , and he was pleased to be thought a contender to take England to India if , as is expected , Graham Gooch opts out . |
| 10 | Aunt Lilian was aware — more than Aunt Kit was aware , anyway — of what might be thought a young girl 's natural pre-occupations , and it was she who took me to buy clothes and lipsticks , asking the sales girls ' advice with a gentle humility that touches me now , because she was not humble by nature and thought an interest in personal adornment the mark of a trivial mind . |
| 11 | Devastating though it is in its presentation of the destructive power of guilt , Macbeth may be thought a comforting play , finally , in that hypocrisy exposes itself . |
| 12 | But since one may suspect that one 'll be thought a fool for having done so , it may be necessary to overact being a fool and murmur ‘ Forget my own head next ’ . |
| 13 | If the dandelion was a rare plant , it would be thought a highly desirable garden species , since the flowers are large and brilliantly yellow . |
| 14 | If any of the information is inaccurate the researcher may be thought an idiot , but , on the other hand , the organisation may feel flattered to be written about and asked to vet the story . |
| 15 | With that number about little more than a century ago , it might be thought an easy matter to run one to earth . |
| 16 | There is no distinct technology of advertising , but this could be thought an arbitrary objection , especially when the boundaries between media technologies that were quite sharp in the 1940s — between print and photography , or film and TV , for example — were dissolving in the 1980s . |
| 17 | To admit to being innocent of guile somehow smacked of being undesirable , immature , but far better that than be thought an actress . |
| 18 | After years of being thought a crank , he is at last being taken seriously . |
| 19 | But now Cleese breaks his silence to talk about fame , fortune and ‘ the fear of not being thought a nice chap ’ and in the process makes a remarkable offer to the press |
| 20 | ‘ The crippling thing is the fear of not being thought a nice chap . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't be afraid of being thought a member of the awkward squad : it 's your body , and oestrogen replacement could make all the difference to your present well-being and future health . ’ |
| 22 | It may be that depredations had occurred before they got to Strichen ; Boswell , who had visited fifteen years earlier , clearly expected more from the druidical circle , although whether to impress Johnson further , or to avoid being thought an inaccurate provider of anticipations , is difficult to tell , as he does not expand beyond saying , ‘ … |
| 23 | Make her presence known , or stay where she was and run the risk of being thought an eavesdropper ? |
| 24 | And thoughts that were thought a long time ago are as dead as old Squeez-Ee detergent bottles , and as slow to biodegrade . |
| 25 | More important , lest this be thought a linguistic quibble , without them a system of government lacks the legitimacy a constitution gives and a political system the protection it offers . |
| 26 | It 's thought a fault in an electric fire set light to the downstairts bedroom — when the twins father Mark Bettinson smelt smoke flames had already begun to creep towards the twins cots . |
| 27 | The kennels went on the market for £80,000 and it 's thought a builder was interested in developing the site . |
| 28 | This is thought a better explanation both because it avoids the metaphysical extravagance of non-natural properties , and because it clarifies the relation between moral judgement and action . |
| 29 | There are four issues which must be considered in any case in which it is thought a restraint of trade problem exists . |
| 30 | Universal indexing of personal allowances is thought a likely casualty , with a freeze on most taxpayers ' allowances , offering the Treasury a £1 billion saving . |