Example sentences of "[adv] think that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man will swiftly think that the Duke knew all along . |
| 2 | He was never told why he lost his captaincy and I can only think that the committee felt that a more adventurous approach was needed . |
| 3 | I can only think that the teacher wanted to get as much mileage from the whole thing as she could . |
| 4 | Erm I do n't necessarily think that a road running through that area would increase development pressures and basically because it is greenbelt , it 's not going to development pressure . |
| 5 | My Lords , I have long thought that the time had come to change the self-imposed judicial rule that forbade any reference to the legislative history of an enactment as an aid to its interpretation . |
| 6 | I was n't vain enough to think that the way she had come on to me that first night was solely down to my resistless charms . |
| 7 | But it 's a , it 's a problem that , that you 've put your finger on , and this is why I personally think that a lot of this literature is of such a poor quality . |
| 8 | After so long thinking that the reason for our kidnap had been bad feeling between Britain and Iran , and knowing that , before the Rushdie affair at least , fences had been mended , it was hard to believe now that it had all been a mirage . |
| 9 | He did not think that a state in which a rich majority governed could be properly called a democracy : " suppose a total of one thousand three hundred ; one thousand of these are rich , they give no share in government to the three hundred poor , who also are free men and in other respects like them ; no one would say that these thirteen hundred lived under a democracy . " |
| 10 | It is not certain , therefore , whether the rule in Quenerduaine v. Cole would apply , though on the whole I think it would , because I do not think that a court would speculate on the reasons that moved B to telegraph rather than write . |
| 11 | As I said earlier , I do not think that a register is necessarily bad . |
| 12 | Elisabeth did not think that a life sentence of Bo-Bo 's knitting was the harshest a man might serve . |
| 13 | I do not think that the problem which we have to solve is really assisted by considering in what respect his position is the same quoad the landlord as it was before the order was made . |
| 14 | I do not think that the problem mentioned by the hon. Gentleman exists . |
| 15 | I do not think that the availability for work rule will impinge on any of the proposals that are identified in the White Paper , but I shall reflect on the point that my hon. Friend made . |
| 16 | But I do not think that the characteristic that turns a simple assault into a sexual assault is solely a matter of anatomy . |
| 17 | But if there is no more than that the creditor , in an attempt to satisfy itself that the surety properly understands the proposed transaction and that the transaction will not subsequently be impeachable , offers an explanation of the transaction and of the security document , I do not think that the creditor should be taken to have assumed a tortious duty of care . |
| 18 | The therapist did not think that the overdose had been associated with serious suicidal intent , nor that David was suffering from a psychiatric illness . |
| 19 | He did not think that the boy was the actual thief and he hoped that the boy would not be punished . |
| 20 | He said in terms that he did not think that the Soviets posed a threat to western Europe . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , Gaitskell did not think that the issue of public ownership was ‘ sterile ’ and during the heated debates on Clause IV he stated : ‘ I conclude that we should make two things clear to the country . |
| 22 | As a backbencher , his mind changed : ‘ Do you not think that the tone of England is more liberal than the policy of the government ? |
| 23 | He said that his first speech in the previous coal debate made the headlines of Coal News , but I do not think that the chairman of British Coal will be grateful that the hon. Gentleman has halved the take and production of coal in his remarks . |
| 24 | I do not think that the conch would have been thought of or used , at least to start , but the girls would have probably got together into one large group as the boys did , although with sub-divisions of especial friends . |
| 25 | So , er we here may not think that the B B C should take advertising , but er let's hear your views on . |
| 26 | We do not think that the decision bears any wider interpretation , and that it does not was also the view of Lloyd L.J . |
| 27 | Due to some mechanical fault the driver did not think that the northbound unit would make it to Crewe and he would endeavour to coast it back to Swansea . |
| 28 | I like to remind myself , from time to time , of Lord Macnaghten 's remark that he did not think that the framers of the Irish Land Act were to blame for not assuming that a judge would go out of his way to derogate from the rights of a third person who had nothing whatever to do with the matter in hand . |
| 29 | US Senator Larry Pressler , author of a 1985 amendment to the 1961 US Foreign Assistance Act under which aid to Pakistan had in October 1990 been barred [ see pp. 37764 ; 38726 ] , said in Delhi on Jan. 11 that he would oppose extending the amendment to India as he did not think that the country had a nuclear weapons programme . |
| 30 | Judging by our previous experience , I do not think that the Home Secretary would have refused to renew it thereafter . |