Example sentences of "thought it necessary " in BNC.
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| 1 | As will be seen in the next chapter , when the republican wing under de Valera took over as the Fianna Fáil party in the 1930s , constitutional law was restructured , according to both a reformed republican ideology and current Roman social teaching , and in those areas where the high clergy thought it necessary . |
| 2 | For this reason she remained at Saint Cloud while the Ministers remained in Paris , since it was possible for them to consult the Regent if they thought it necessary . |
| 3 | He always wore a gown , he beat boys whenever he thought it necessary , he did not need to assert that his was the best school in Wales , if not Britain . |
| 4 | So although Attlee 's cabinet of the post-war years was instrumental in promoting and drafting the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms , few thought it necessary or desirable that this guarantee of freedom should become part of English law . |
| 5 | Indeed , he had enjoyed his three score years and ten twice over before he thought it necessary to engage the regular services of a sports correspondent . |
| 6 | This surpassed Nebuchadnezzar 's original in at least one regard — whereas the Babylonian King of Kings thought it necessary to imprint his seal only every third brick used in the giant project , Saddam 's name was stamped on each brick laid in the restoration . |
| 7 | At a meeting organised by the South West Ham branch of the ILP , councillor Wood thought it necessary to remind some of the people that a war had taken place : |
| 8 | Last year I thought it necessary to criticise several doctors for such behaviour . |
| 9 | In those days few ministers thought it necessary to attend their own counts , and Baldwin had his vigil in the No. 10 secretaries ' room enlivened by the presence of Churchill : ‘ The P.M. [ sat ] with narrow slips of paper on which he inscribed the three lists as they arrived . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , he thought it necessary , and we agree , in the context of this case , to attempt to satisfy us that the United Kingdom is not in any event in breach of the Convention . ’ |
| 11 | thought it necessary to consider the Convention , even although the law on blasphemy was clear : Reg. v. Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate , Ex parte Choudhury [ 1991 ] 1 Q.B. 429 , 449 . |
| 12 | Of the seven judges who heard the appeal , four thought it necessary to consider whether the taxes paid were recoverable at common law . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought it necessary to lie a little . |
| 14 | It was suggested that " traditional " congregations be afforded formal recognition in the constitution with the implication that smaller groupings might then be declared illegal if the government thought it necessary . |
| 15 | They 're meant to be a bunch so wedded to the mainland , so loyal to the English crown , that they 'd even fight against the government if they thought it necessary . |
| 16 | ‘ All right , you never thought it necessary to tell me , but what about Donna ? |