Example sentences of "think that a [adj] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the years since , we 've kept a Northern Ireland file , and a few months ago we had collected enough encouraging evidence to make us think that a concerted effort would enable us to name the man most consistently pointed at as being in control of the IRA , Martin McGuinness . |
| 2 | In addition the learned judge did not think that a nationalised industry can be said to accumulate a substance for its own purposes . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not think that a single relative should ever have the sole care of senile dependent . |
| 4 | I do not think that a defined solution can be provided for all cases . |
| 5 | No one thinks that a female MP can not represent both the men and the women in her constituency just as effectively as a man . |
| 6 | It thinks that a sensible way would be to standardise on windows , icons , menus , and command box style via agreement on specific languages — such as C , C++ — for all interfaces , with reusable source code modules , rather than on specific product-oriented solutions . |
| 7 | It must never be thought that a convicted criminal can buy his way out of imprisonment . |
| 8 | One would have thought that a deep incompatibility should have become apparent to them between what they believed about the equality of human beings and the misogynist , or at least highly patriarchal , nature of this myth . |
| 9 | It was thought that a similar equation would govern the proton , which was the only other particle known at the time , and that would be the end of theoretical physics . |
| 10 | I would have thought that a standard missile would have ensured that a plane it brought down would not have struck the sea with its fuselage relatively intact but in a thousand pieces . |
| 11 | Recruitment to any organisation must be an ongoing process , however it was thought that a concerted effort should be made by CPRW in 1992 to significantly increase membership . |
| 12 | Recruitment to any organisation must be an ongoing process , however it was thought that a concerted effort should be made by CPRW in 1992 to significantly increase membership . |
| 13 | But who would have thought that a humble human could do these calculations ? |
| 14 | Although Rule 2.3 does not say so , it is thought that a potential offeror ought not to have the responsibility for making an announcement before the target 's board is approached if rumour or speculation or an untoward price movement arises because the target 's board itself seeks potential offerors , or a shareholder seeks a purchaser for an interest of 30 per cent or more . |
| 15 | It might be thought that a larger population would create a larger labour force and market , thereby increasing the level of economic welfare in LDCs ; however , it is essential for other resources ( land , capital and enterprise ) to be available also to generate income and wealth through productive enterprise . |
| 16 | But then you come and tell us well they 're a charitable trust I would of thought that a charitable trust would of been very er , happy to have seen the some rented accommodation ? |
| 17 | There were always some in the State Department who thought the policy might be pushed a little further : who thought that a unified Germany might become a big partner for America in the same way as is ( say some ) Japan . |
| 18 | You will have to explain exactly why the first report was useless , why the particular expert was chosen and why you think that a new expert would come up with a case-winning report . |
| 19 | I think that a possible abortion should be consulted with a Family Planning Officer and doctors before a decision is reached but it should be the woman 's final choice because she is the person responsible for herself and child . |
| 20 | The researchers think that a nationwide survey could reveal much more , perhaps a number that triggers the response , ‘ chocolate ’ . |
| 21 | I disagree and think that a lone driver should never give lifts to strangers . |
| 22 | Will he remind any business man foolish enough to think that a Labour Government would be better for business of the myriad proposals which would prove the truth to be quite the opposite , which would make life far more difficult and which would especially energise union militancy which is at the bottom of some of the proposals ? |
| 23 | In this particular instance it is ridiculous to think that a married man can never go off and do things which do not involve his wife . |
| 24 | To think that a French woman should be so foolish she said , though I did n't like spiders or earwigs or moths or even snakes . |
| 25 | The supporters of the status quo within the Labour Party seem to think that a united Ireland will somehow develop by some inconceivable means out of the current sectarian stalemate . |
| 26 | Mr. Kinnock is not alone in thinking that a united Ireland may be ‘ a long way away ’ . |