Example sentences of "think [conj] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We think that a couple of buy-outs will be allowed to succeed as a form of window dressing . |
| 2 | Often the ability not to become tense infuriates coaches and managers who think that a sense of urgency and resolve are missing in the performance of a sportsman who seems too relaxed . |
| 3 | I think that a sense of humour is a very important quality ( besides honesty , loyalty etc ) because I believe that if you can laugh at things it makes life a whole lot easier . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's very difficult to do because if you are n't careful you just write down a series of platitudes , but I think that a statement of aims and beliefs is very necessary even if it does look platitudinous . ’ |
| 5 | Apart from the significance of the labour shortage , the researchers at CREES think that a study of labour policy-making will contribute to our knowledge of how policy is formed in the USSR , how priorities are determined , by whom , and how the various interest groups ( the Communist Party , the government bureaucracy , the economic ministries , factory managers and workers themselves ) view labour problems and the solutions proposed to alleviate them . |
| 6 | We usually have to queue up in the rain because Mr Barnes — our ‘ Supa-Tuta ’ — keeps the door locked until his arrival , to prevent vandalism ( although there are those who think that a spot of creative vandalism would smarten the place up a bit ! ) . |
| 7 | I have covered all the major items of tackle that warrant discussion , but before this chapter is concluded I think that a comparison of end tackles is worth looking at . |
| 8 | If , on the other hand , there are readers who are more interested in laughing at the past than in understanding it ; if they find disease and human suffering good for a giggle as well ; if they think that a sort of free association of ideas is a good substitute for historical explanation ; and if they are unperturbed by gross defects of style and grammar , then they will enjoy Andrew Nikiforuk 's The Fourth Horseman : A Short History of Epidemics , Plagues and Other Scourges . |
| 9 | but I think that a sort of , the time we have perhaps on a could be used a lot more constructively . |
| 10 | Well I think that a number of you might have seen that definition of quality . |
| 11 | I also think that a lot of black kids think that this is a white man 's country and , when any little thing goes wrong , a set-back , the first thing they jump on is colour . |
| 12 | " If I remember rightly there 's a way into the Sir Francis Level and I think that a lot of the old machinery is still down there . |
| 13 | Er , I must declare an , an interest because I am a , a court lawyer , but I think that a lot of people say no because of the media pres , presentation , you only hear bad stories , they do n't hear the good , good stories about the attempts to make the courts more efficient and I think that on the whole and with the circumstances that the courts have to deal with they do a very good job . |
| 14 | And I think that a lot of shoppers tend to forget that every time you buy anything from a shop , even if all you spent is ten pence , it does n't matter how little money you 've spent , but every time you buy anything from a shop you have a contract with the shop and the shop has a contract with you . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's fantastic when you think that a lot of people reckon this whole society 's evil from top to bottom , ’ says Jack . |
| 16 | This was one of the er this th this is one of the black books and one of the problems with this has been I think that a lot of psychoanalysts er have been Jewish of course and I think they regard as kind of heresy or some kind of disloyalty to suggest that Moses erm was n't Jewish . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Now one of the problems is in the Army , that if you do need support , it 's a sign of weakness , it 's a sign of failure , it 's almost impossible for you to get the kind of counselling and help that a lot of young lads need , and I think that a lot of young people in the Army today who maybe have got a lot of worries in their soul , and they do n't have the courage at the moment or the possibility of getting that help because of the Army culture . |
| 19 | erm and I also think that a lot of people are struggling with their own lives and they have n't got time to worry about other people . |
| 20 | If , however , I omit to do something with the result that it suffers injury to health which results in death , we think that a charge of manslaughter should not be an inevitable consequence , even if the omission is deliberate . |
| 21 | And also I think because a lot of publicity erm was given to the actual arrest figures , and to the fact that they did n't come from the local area . |