Example sentences of "they think this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose reported in 1953 that 79 per cent of a sample of unemployed older men in Hull knew ‘ that the country was asking people to stay on at work after retiring age ’ and 74 per cent of them thought this a ‘ reasonable thing ’ ( Rose 1953 ) . |
| 2 | What do they think this is ? |
| 3 | At Bayreuth at that time the chorus was better at shouting than singing ; they thought this was the true Wagner style . |
| 4 | The option relating to present ATB courses was deliberately put last in this section to try to make the question as objective as possible and it was good to see so many confirming that they thought this was , or would be , the best way of learning . |
| 5 | They thought this highly amusing . |
| 6 | I thought they might give us badges to wear with our names on , like at conferences ; but I suppose they thought this would imply we were n't even capable of uttering our own names . |
| 7 | Although it could have been a genuine geographical variation , the fear was that staff were failing to record them because they thought this might lead to unresolvable problems which would jeopardise planning . |
| 8 | They thought this was very continental of him . |
| 9 | The court did not state why they thought this was the mischief , and the Criminal Law Revision Committee 's Report considered aggravated burglary was aimed at instances where the accused intends to use or threaten the use of weapons in order to steal . |
| 10 | Let us return to why they thought this to be so … |
| 11 | Can you pa Oh , they thought this was r great . |
| 12 | They think this will make tham a lot better off ; a little perhaps , but a lot ? ) is enough to give anyone a sick headache . |
| 13 | But they 've found similar temples in other parts of the world , the same sort of arrangement of stones , so they think this religion must have been everywhere once . ’ |
| 14 | We ask the general assembly to remit to the assembly council to give attention to the placing of health and healing within the overall work of the church and to report to next year 's general assembly on where they think this remit should most effectively be discharged . |
| 15 | The others suggest this is n't such a good idea but I get the impression they think this mainly because he 'd only end up in prison . |
| 16 | In deciding to get together the two firms reveal that they think this union will be in their private interest , but we must ask whether mergers are in the public interest . |
| 17 | What they seem to do instead here is to stress the importance of certain areas , and de-emphasise others , depending on whether they think this will gain them votes or not . |
| 18 | They think this is mature and because I wo n't take any they treat me like I 'm a wimp . |
| 19 | They think this is the first time he 's attacked since January , but are worried that there may be other victims that have n't come forward . |
| 20 | I do n't like men that handsome then that they think this sounds awful bigheaded , they are prettier than me . |