Example sentences of "they think it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An idea began to form in his mind , but the Governors were apprehensive about taking on more commitments — faced with the abolition of the Direct Grant , they had decided to go " Independent " , and in the circumstances they thought it best to consolidate and take stock , rather than expand . |
| 2 | They thought it unsatisfactory to say that moral qualities are distinguished by sense or feeling rather than by reason . |
| 3 | The Christians soon acquired a reputation even among the pagans for being generous with their money ; they thought it better to give than to enquire too closely into the merits of the recipients , and were therefore occasionally easy game for confidence tricksters . |
| 4 | The chimes of bells which stood in every district of the city were being rung as they sat down — both because the ringers had been amply bribed and because they thought it politic to honour Artai and his chief supporter — and a small orchestra of trumpets and tambours had been hired by a steward and was accommodated in the yard , so that Burun 's speech of welcome to his guests , as well as their affable replies , were conducted with much opening and shutting of mouths and a deal of dumb show . |
| 5 | Even those who were royal servants , like Archbishop Reynolds himself , by their efforts in the preceding months and years to reconcile king and barons had demonstrated their concern with the peace of the community , which may explain also why they thought it prudent to prefer the Despensers — able royal servants that they were — to the unpredictable and scarcely less disruptive earl of Lancaster . |
| 6 | Moreover , UDCs have powers to operate outside their immediate boundaries , if they think it necessary to secure regeneration . |
| 7 | If the authorities refrain from using force because they think it wiser to use other means , the effect is often as follows : … to prevent or resist violence , the governing class may use guile , cunning , fraud and corruption — in short . |
| 8 | If a continental police force requests particular help from the police forces here , the police in their own judgment may release what information they think it desirable to release in the common fight against crime . |
| 9 | Messrs Rowland and Middleton say they are advised that Lloyd 's has too few tangible assets ; and anyway they think it wrong to burden future Lloyd 's members with the repayments . |