Example sentences of "think it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , we have thought it worthwhile to reprint , yet again , Basil Bernstein 's classic , ‘ Education Can not Compensate for Society ’ . |
| 2 | I had thought it all through ; I reckoned I had covered all possibilities . |
| 3 | I 've thought it all out . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But I feel annoyed that she had not thought it all through . |
| 5 | Was this really the girl who had thought it all so ‘ boring ’ a few weeks earlier ? |
| 6 | I 've thought it all through . |
| 7 | The Home Secretary had previously informed the Cabinet that he would have included a provision to this effect in the Bill if he had not thought it preferable to leave it to the Lords to take the initiative . |
| 8 | She did not reflect that only a few weeks ago she would have thought it impossible that she could have lived the life of a servant , let alone bear eating and drinking in the den in which Rose and her ma lived , but she did know one thing — she would never take her comfortable life for granted again . |
| 9 | No one had thought it odd that he did n't ; he was seldom seen with the horses . |
| 10 | Grudgingly , Brian was forced to say that he had always thought it odd , but if reticence about her past was the way his wife wanted it , then he had been prepared to accept the situation . |
| 11 | When you asked how Tom and the children were , you must have thought it odd that I told you what Tom , and Alison and Cheryl were doing without really mentioning Peter . |
| 12 | ‘ At one time they 'd have thought it odd if I did n't have a girl in tow . |
| 13 | It is curious that in modern times the Cabinet , though it has always insisted on considering particular proposals for developments of policy and their cost , has never thought it necessary to review the development of expenditure under the Civil Estimates as a whole . |
| 14 | He had n't thought it necessary to recall for Dillon 's benefit the tragic death of Sandy , the notebook he 'd found secreted under the seat of her Jaguar parked close to the bell tower . |
| 15 | It may or may not be that he would have thought it necessary for there to be a ‘ natural resemblance ’ ( such as the Vatican Declaration believes to be necessary ) between the male Christ and the male priest . |
| 16 | I have not thought it necessary to set out the elaborate provisions of subsection ( 7 ) which determine when the proceedings are to be treated as finally determined . |
| 17 | She did not think it necessary to consider whether the old rule barring recovery of money paid under mistake of law should be abolished , though had she thought it necessary to do so , she would have followed the approach of Dickson J. She considered , at p. 169 , that money paid under unconstitutional legislation was generally recoverable : |
| 18 | Although if he had done so we doubt whether that committee would have thought it necessary to take any proceedings against the barrister . |
| 19 | I do n't see that I can do very much , but there may be some questions that , in the circumstances , the police have not thought it necessary to ask . |
| 20 | There are still firms which have not thought it necessary to change their methods of working and some of the smaller firms have not yet introduced in-house complaints procedures , despite the introduction by the Society of a new Practice Rule in 1991 . |
| 21 | Why had he thought it necessary , she would n't have minded , surely he did n't think she was that sort of person . |
| 22 | It had nothing to do with the fact that — that man — had thought it necessary to almost drag her to the top . |
| 23 | The majority of students have not felt obliged to take out loans as they have not thought it necessary . |
| 24 | The only concession he made in Zaïs was to let Malherbe include in the preface the following statement : ‘ In the course of the work , M. Vincent d'Indy has thought it necessary to add certain viola parts , which are sometimes lacking in the original score , and to modify or complète wind parts that are too sketchily indicated ’ ( vol.16 , p.lviii ) . |
| 25 | In remembering that interview , however , Fabia also remembered that Ven had actually thought it necessary to warn Lubor against her asking personal questions about him . |
| 26 | He must have thought it unnecessary . |
| 27 | If I 'd thought it noisy where we were , where we went made talking impossible . |
| 28 | ‘ For this reason , ’ said Mr Bell , ‘ although we have maintained current levels of reversionary bonus rates for our life assurance policies , we have thought it appropriate this year to reduce slightly the interim reversionary bonus and bonus growth rates in respect of our pension business in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland . ’ |
| 29 | So the Commission has thought it appropriate to include some consideration of these forms of communication in its Report . |
| 30 | Have you ever thought it strange that the curse of the working classes is none other than that beloved boardroom nectar that evaporates executive stress and wins over the most capricious of clients ? |