Example sentences of "think it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think it suitable for me ? ’ he asked . |
| 2 | And some would think it pretentious . |
| 3 | They will usually think it impossible and you then show them the way to do it . |
| 4 | Coran Brothers FC have their ground on the outskirts of Watley and as the train goes through the middle of the town you may think it impossible to see any of Linekar Avenue but this is not so . |
| 5 | Hank was so used to being deserted by his mother that he did not think it odd that she should go out on the first evening in ten weeks that his father had been able to spend at home . |
| 6 | Nor will he think it odd if you are a little het-up . |
| 7 | You 're probably quite prepared to stomach the fact that I 've slept with girls before you , you 'd think it odd if I had n't , but if you ca n't see that a baby makes a difference to how much other affairs matter , I ca n't explain it to you . " |
| 8 | ‘ They 'd think it odd if we did n't . |
| 9 | Clare did think it odd that Carolyn 's Mum had n't been . |
| 10 | Furthermore , while it may well be correct to say that the implied licence doctrine ( so long as it survived ) itself involved the " adaptation " of the literal application of the statutory provisions " to meet one special type of case " , I do not think it correct that the [ old ] decisions … authorise or justify an application of the statutory provisions otherwise than in accordance with their ordinary and natural meaning … |
| 11 | The ordinary householder might think it normal to estimate needs , list the various ways of filling them , then adopt the cheapest options . |
| 12 | For I do not think it possible to study philosophy profitably without entering fairly deeply into the history of the subject , and for this there is not time at school , nor could it be a subject that would interest more than a very few pupils . |
| 13 | ‘ You do not think it possible ? ’ |
| 14 | In the event , some RACs adopted the higher target of 5 per cent while others did not think it possible to achieve even 3 per cent within existing resources . |
| 15 | I do not think it possible that datura , Indian or British , or deadly nightshade invaded our menu . ’ |
| 16 | Do you indeed think it possible ? ’ |
| 17 | Apprenticeship indentures amongst the Inland Revenue records in the Public Record Office show , however , that by the second decade of the eighteenth century the geographical distribution of the craft in the Midlands had been largely determined ; shortly afterwards Daniel Defoe observed , ‘ One would scarce think it possible so small an article of trade could employ such multitudes of people as it does , for the whole country seems to be employ 'd in it ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ But he may not think it grand enough . ’ |
| 19 | I do not think it probable they will land . |
| 20 | And when you have a dear little baby to show for it then I expect you will think it worthwhile . " |
| 21 | ‘ It is possible that one or two plants might think it worthwhile to upgrade but they would have to be very sure there was a large and lucrative market there to warrant the investment . ’ |
| 22 | He might think it best sometimes to pretend that he was enforcing an old and obsolete statute or a mischievous and silly precedent when he was really ignoring it . |
| 23 | An established professor of French Literature might nowadays privately believe as much , but would probably think it unprofessional or damaging to argue the case publicly . |
| 24 | ( I did not think it politic to express my reservations . ) |
| 25 | The artist 's widow did not think it appropriate that the work should have ended up on the commercial circuit and has therefore refused to sign the document . |
| 26 | Sir Leicester may think it appropriate to keep Mr Rouncewell waiting , ‘ opposing his repose and that of Chesney Wold to the restless flight of ironmasters ’ , but it is his housekeeper 's son who now wields the moral authority , for he has come to remove his future daughter-in-law , the lady 's maid Rosa , from Lady Dedlock 's charge because he thinks that position is unsuitable . |
| 27 | I consider this is the equivalent of a residence order through the back door , and do not think it appropriate to make that order when Parliament has specifically denied the right to grant ex parte applications for residence orders : see also the provisions of section 9(5) of the Children Act 1989 . |
| 28 | If , therefore , prisoners are in future to be told the judicial recommendation as to the tariff period , many judges may think it appropriate to announce their own recommendations publicly in court when passing sentence . |
| 29 | That member may then think it appropriate to tell him . |
| 30 | I did n't think it appropriate in front of Sarah . ’ |