Example sentences of "think [be] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that , as parliamentarians , we are all greatly influenced in our views by different levels of loyalties — to our constituents , to our party , to our region , whatever part of the United Kingdom we come from , to the United Kingdom and , if we believe in an evolving European Community , to what we think are the best interests of the Community as a whole . |
| 2 | So our achievements are significant , but they are fragile , and I want to conclude by outlining what I think are the principal features of our work that have bought some success . |
| 3 | Only in the case of skills do they actually list what they think are the appropriate elements of learning . |
| 4 | For instance , if people have n't exhibited management ability in what they think are the worthwhile things they 've done over the past 30 years or so , the chance of them ever being good managers is remote . |
| 5 | Later in the book , I shall describe different manoeuvres , explaining what I think are the important factors . |
| 6 | Okay erm what I 'd like you to do now is I 'd like you to tell me what you think are the important things about fractions and anything important or interesting that you 've learnt this afternoon . |
| 7 | This sort of incident , and all the " in-jokes " we shared , perhaps not so funny to those outside the job , although trivial in themselves helped to keep up morale , and I think were a necessary part of the team spirit . |
| 8 | There were one or two that were that I think were a little bit careless and did n't quite get the construction correct for them . |
| 9 | Now you tell me which ones you think were an absolute doddle . |
| 10 | And , indeed , as befits someone who 's hovering on the edge of idolatry , even her vocabulary has gone a little pagan ‘ Till dieted by thee I grow mature in knowledge as the Gods who all things know ’ , and then what I think is a brilliant touch on Milton 's part , the very next line says to us ‘ Though others envy what they can not give ’ . |
| 11 | I 'm also a big fan of the three guitarists mentioned above , and have given you what I think is a good Nuno Bettencourt sound on my processor … |
| 12 | I think a lot of schools do still teach the t the children their tables which I think is a good thing . |
| 13 | But at the heart of that issue I you know that specific issue I think is a good example of the of of the problem which I see you facing is that I think it 's more not so much about the noise but about the fact that we have a relatively privileged few people who are enjoying going to these May Balls I mean and enjoying the end of their exams , staying up all night , and I wonder in fact if it 's more a matter of sour grapes rather than environmental health . |
| 14 | But I , I mean I use it as a , that may be the psychology behind it , but I use it as a bad example of , for obvious reasons , and there 's a real bad example , and there may be some politics behind it , there 's What I think is a good example : ‘ Southeast Arts ’ sorry , ‘ Southeast Tourist Board , South of England Board . ’ |
| 15 | Even when you get what you think is a good answer make sure it is substantiated . |
| 16 | I mean I want to start with , with pensions pay and er , basically what 's happening is that everyone 's suffering pay cuts er and er th th what the government is doing is , first of all is attacking the State pension scheme er , and it 's allowing , er , employers to continue to rip-off occupational pension schemes and er since it 's pay , and it 's our pay , we wan na make sure we control it and I do n't see why the employers should be allowed to continue to exploit er , us both at one , both in terms of the pay we get now and the pay we get when we retire , whether it be at sixty whether it be er , whenever we wish to er retire and er , I think it 's very important if the government is er committed to crime prevention , that it actually starts doing something about those for , those , those employers , and Maxwell has , has been er referred to already , he 's just the tip of this very big iceberg er , and er , up and down the country , people are suffering substantial thefts of pay er employers are systematically organizing wages snatches , that 's what this er pension fraud is all about , and it 's about time that our government actually got round er and tackled this very important corporate crime issue that 's actually going on at the moment and er , I think that it 's very important that we ensure that we 're involved in er managing our own pension sch p pension funds , and therefore we should be pushing through demands of the er th the , the charter for pension fund democracy , and ensuring er that the government actually listens to what we 're saying , and actually er comes up with answers why we can not have the right to control our pay cos I can I ca n't see an any reason that they come back and say why democracy , why they ca n't , why , why they wo n't allow us to have a greater say and control our own pension funds and that 's I think is a legitimate demand that we should be campaigning for , up and down the country . |
| 17 | I think this is quite realistic except during that period when you are ‘ in love ’ , which I think is a hysterical state where you ca n't even bear for your lover to go to the loo without you going too . |
| 18 | If the bookie appears to be offering unfavourable odds , then a gambler will tend not to bet , whereas if the bookie appears to have made a mistake by offering , say , odds of five to one on a horse that you think is a sure thing , then you 'll place your money there . |
| 19 | The British government er not only went along with this agreement at the time of the Edinburgh summit , they positively endorsed this arrangement er as being something that they er strongly supported and urged upon other member states in the European community er and that I think is a relevant matter with respect er Mr Deputy Speaker , I I appreciate that er there are other issues relating to these er er constituencies that are of greater concern perhaps to er honourable and right honourable members but this question of who actually is to pay for any new building in the European parliament is something that I believe the government can not avoid . |
| 20 | Do you know I was thinking this the other day , do you think , say there was some girl like , let's just take Flick no , somebody , who do , who do , who do the people think 's real , who do the blokes always , yeah Flick they think is a real frump do n't they ? |
| 21 | The reason I draw attention to this guidance is that it draws what I think is a crucial distinction for our purposes here today , between the need to assess at the structure plan level the need for a road proposal and in paragraph five thirty one , a clear statement there that consideration of environmental impacts in relation to where the road goes , is a matter for the local plan . |
| 22 | We 've put those together , we 've looked at the staff that we need to administer that particular level of activity , and we 've come out with a figure that we think is a reasonable estimate , in fact I would go so far as saying , we think this is the lowest estimate that we can safely put forward , as to our needs for the coming year . |
| 23 | We ca n't get rid of the horror and the fears , but we can do something to increase our competence in dealing with it and facing it , which I think is a healthier way than freezing , flying away from it , or fighting it . |
| 24 | We make a substantial troop contribution to the United Nations peace-keeping force in Cyprus , UNFICYP , which we think is a tangible measure of the efforts that we are giving to peace there . |
| 25 | At a recent meeting of Somerset and South Avon NFU 's executive committee , members were concerned about what they think is a growing population of badgers . |
| 26 | Well , I am here , Lizzie , in order to prepare myself for a long day tomorrow , which I think is a wise decision , do n't you ? ’ |
| 27 | There are various former members of the BBC who believe that I was the instigator of the action against them , but unlike politicians I bear this sort of thing with a great deal of tolerance , taking what I think is a sensible view that one can not make omelettes without breaking eggs . |
| 28 | It is this : the pain of loss corrupts our waking hours , what we think is a beautiful light from the imagination is the gleam of poison cast over the furnishings of our minds . |
| 29 | Erm with without a new settlement erm that that was indeed the the impression that erm I was left with as well , and what what we 've sought to do in in the evidence that we 've we 've put before you is to take the nine seven , nine thousand seven hundred figure in Greater York , and and er s based on the data supplied by the County Council to demonstrate that that actually when one looks at outstanding commitments erm with planning permission , identified the sites er without planning permission , those those that are allocated in local plans , making suitable allowances for small sites erm windfall sites and conversion , erm the the residual figure that is left in Greater York , which I calculate to be eight thousand six hundred and thirty seven , once one has taken away completions , which I think is an agreed figure between nineteen ninety one and nineteen ninety three of one thousand and sixty three , that erm , those existing commitments , and the sites likely to come forward , ma virtually match the figure for the outstanding housing requirement , so so one is left with a view that erm from from the data that 's put in front of us that there is n't a residue of that size to accommodate , although I accept that there may well be a residue of some sort , erm and it seems to me that the established Greater York erm framework , er is is the process by which that is distributed around the counties along the lines that the discussion 's proceeded this morning . |
| 30 | ‘ We never find ourselves sitting next to another director at lunch , which I think is an admirable arrangement . |