Example sentences of "think it [adj] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The staff nurse said that she had thought it strange that this statement should have been volunteered ‘ out of the blue ’ moments after her mother had arrived . |
| 2 | Constance thought it extraordinary that this English-looking body could be topped off by such an Italian face . |
| 3 | The Bishop of Lincoln thought it ridiculous that this powerful engine which was Michael Ramsey should be used in a tiny little parish , and said so , but blessed him when he found he wanted to go . |
| 4 | As she went on talking , making occasional references to the length of my fingers or the breadth of my brow , I thought it ironical that this odd woman should be defending me , not from outright attack but from my mother 's protectiveness . |
| 5 | The Queen thought it strange that such an event should be taking place ; the Emperor , ever tactful , made no comment . |
| 6 | One critic thought it ironic that this building ‘ of which the aim was so obviously beauty , should have achieved so startling an ugliness ’ , but after more than a century Swanage would hardly seem the same place without it . |
| 7 | Indeed , each man refused it with some indignation ; Kissinger in particular thought it outrageous that such an old friend and ally as the Shah should not be allowed into the States . |
| 8 | She thought it unlikely that this was due to concern for her feelings — it would be a new departure for him to accept that she might have any , apart from avarice . |
| 9 | Given the comments of the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) , when he was Secretary of State for the Environment , that national parks were the jewels in the crown , does the Minister not think it fair that that should apply to the entire United Kingdom , not least to my constituency which contains Loch Lomond which is facing ecological disaster as a result of the political intransigence of the blockheads in the Scottish Office in Edinburgh ? |
| 10 | Although be knew that this happens , he did not think it plausible that all differences between cells could be caused in this way , because he could not see how a sufficient number of specific external stimuli could be brought to bear during development . |
| 11 | That this Conference , while recording its desire to see working men in Parliament on the Unionist side , thinks it undesirable that any distinction should be made between them and other members , and therefore expresses the opinion that all Unionist organizations should select and support with all their power the best candidate they can find to represent their constituency , irrespective of his social and financial status . |
| 12 | Hatcher , by contrast , prefers a 1377 figure in the 23/4–3 million range , and thinks it unlikely that this was exceeded until the second quarter of the sixteenth century . |
| 13 | These bodies My Lords are after all precepting authorities and I think it crucial that those who 've been elected by their local communities should be in a clear majority and I sympathise very much with the er proposition in this regard , set out in the Noble Lord , Lord 's Amendment number twenty-one . |
| 14 | We think it important that such a tabulation should include all types of revolving credit , as well as fixed-sum instalment credit . |
| 15 | You have always said that you think it important that this House should be given information first . |
| 16 | I think it likely that some enthusiastic exponent of Paris 's history must have spoken the names Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte in my hearing . |
| 17 | Some time during those years I remember thinking it offensive that all the people ‘ up front ’ in black were male . |