Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not think [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have set up a Review Group but I do not think all action can wait on its recommendations . |
| 2 | ‘ I do not think that will necessarily prolong the deliberations and the results will be available — the further recommendations and the analysis — within a year , though I would not nominate a month , ’ he said on BBC Radio 's World At One . |
| 3 | When a representative of the London Compositors " Society was asked whether this was a " lower class of work " , he replied , with honesty , " I do not think that would be a correct term to use . |
| 4 | I do not think that is unfair or leads to an unfairness in the trial . |
| 5 | I do not think that section 3(1) envisages any such act as an ‘ appropriation , ’ whatever may be the meaning of that word in other fields such as contract or sale of goods law . |
| 6 | I do not think that research has gone as fast as it should ! |
| 7 | " Oh , I do not think that is an impossible task , " said the mysterious child . |
| 8 | He is dressing it up as a concession , but , without amendment ( a ) , if there is a Conservative Government post election — I do not think that will happen , but we should explore the fantasies in case there is — the Secretary of State could decide not to set up a further education council in Scotland . |
| 9 | I do not think that ‘ valley bulging ’ would have had an entry in a similar work from any other country . |
| 10 | The low style is surely recalled by the colloquial " " Hé " " given to God and St Peter as noted above , and the high by the description of the young wife in Les Trois Boçus : ( a beautiful girl So beautiful that she was a delight And if I should tell you the truth I do not think that Nature ever made Any more beautiful creature . ) |
| 11 | It does seem that rent-a-picket is back and I do not think that is in the interests of the workers at Timex . ’ |
| 12 | Mr Major said : ‘ It does seem that rent-a-picket is back and I do not think that is in the interests of the workers . ’ |
| 13 | I do not think such a man can be killed . |
| 14 | I do not think much of the House of Lords anyhow , but it is essential for the proper performance of parliamentary government that the major Bills — this is one — are introduced first in this House . |
| 15 | I do not think those were happy times in Emerson 's marriage and they certainly did not enhance his general image in the sport . |
| 16 | But leaving that aside , as I have already explained , the court will not be ‘ hearing and determining the swap cases together ’ and I do not think those words can be stretched so as to include the present procedural arrangements . |
| 17 | ‘ I do not think any publisher has given any journalist that chance before in the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 18 | I do not think any of today 's major religions have this as their central theme , although it may be found in religions of the past , and in various modern cults and sects . |
| 19 | I am perfectly certain , indeed I do not think any one can doubt this , that our Party on the old lines will never have any future again in this country . " |
| 20 | But I do not think any traveller has ever been in a worse situation than I was then . |
| 21 | ‘ I do not think any of us be the same , ’ said Heinrich , frowning . |
| 22 | I do not think this difficulty is insuperable , particularly if one accepts that a single gene mutation could have a large effect in fitting an organism to a new environment . |
| 23 | Without the frequent and often detailed accounts in the Henley Standard — especially in the early , interesting years — I do not think this book could have been produced . |
| 24 | I do not think this experience is confined to women , but it symbolizes something of the quality of the Great Mother , and it shows how we have the ability to conceive and carry to birth on a level other than the physical . |
| 25 | I do not think this reversal did much to uphold the seriousness or credibility of the sporting authorities ; it did , however , solve certain in-house problems and — until Monza — lower the temperature in the great debate about Ferrari ‘ influence ’ . |
| 26 | The tribunal chairman said : ‘ Her privacy was invaded , but she does model and I do not think this was a very high level of injured feelings . |
| 27 | I do not think this grouping or group let is yet a class either in itself or for itself and it may never become one . |
| 28 | But as I have said earlier , I do not think this necessarily precludes a difference in the procedures which are appropriate on the one hand where it is necessary to explain to the driver his right to claim a replacement specimen taken under section 7(4) and what the exercise of that right involves and , on the other hand , where the driver is obliged , subject to any rights of objection , to provide the specimen the constable requires . |
| 29 | I do not think this presentation advances the arguments . |
| 30 | Mr Sproat was not , he insisted , against the scheme from any reasons of philistinism , ‘ but I do not think this is the best way to encourage authors . |