Example sentences of "think [that] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor do I think that either the father or the court were exercising any rights of custody at the time of the removal . |
| 2 | Each department takes part in a six monthly review of its teaching quality based on the diary records , and Dr Pearson thinks that eventually the school would be able to move teaching contracts to where the good teaching is . |
| 3 | It had been thought that only the penalty was prescribed by statute , just as the penalty for murder is laid down by Parliament . |
| 4 | I thought that presumably the bill was still divided proportionately between the countries . |
| 5 | Rostov knew that he would not be able to understand even if he could hear , but due to the fact that Arghatun 's replies were clearly either affirmative or negative he thought that probably the officer 's account was being clarified at every stage . |
| 6 | And he was sure that the man was begging now , for he was holding out his other hand with the palm upwards ; except that then O thought that maybe the gesture had another meaning , maybe the man was extending his hand in the hope that some passer by might take it , grasp it firmly and pull him to his feet . |
| 7 | But I think that secretly the vice-chancellor and the other grown-ups were delighted by this kind of behaviour , as it proved beyond any reasonable doubt that we were students and they were teachers . |
| 8 | I think that today the result can and should be achieved by the application of the law of negligence … |
| 9 | I … think that both the quantity and the quality of user were minimal . |
| 10 | I think that perhaps the snake in alcohol was left too . |
| 11 | I venture to think that both the dictum and the decision are wrong , and that , as soon as they come under review by the Court of Appeal , will be declared to be so . |
| 12 | I think we would be wise to reflect a little longer and to think that perhaps the Government is not so far wrong in what it is saying and I have to say finally My Lords that I never in my public life , or indeed in my private life have met anybody who has said to me that their attitude towards their local police force has been in any way influenced by the fact that the members of the police authority were or were n't democratically elected . |
| 13 | But do n't delude yourself into thinking that either the practice of fieldwork or the understanding of other people 's fieldwork is at all easy . |
| 14 | He chuckled inwardly , thinking that maybe the boy was not altogether lost to him . |