Example sentences of "if [pron] think that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money and effort that should have been devoted to supporting the ordinary people in Highfields has been wasted on power politics and I agree that it 's time surely to put an end to that disgrace now there is a certain logic in Mr amendment , it basically says let us put the implementation of council policy in the hands of the director of education , let him take executive control and let us take politics out of it and if I thought that that would do what both Mr and myself want to happen I would support . |
| 2 | ‘ Also , if she thinks that all that matters is high marks , then she will feel her work is substandard if she does not achieve them . ’ |
| 3 | Er it 's , it 's hard to think of an example but something like if , if you thought that this street lighting was n't adequate and you were concerned that the , it could affect the crime levels in your area . |
| 4 | Its shares are currently trading at $33 on the New York Stock Exchange , and you do n't split your shares if you think that negative news is about to cause the price to go into a tailspin . |
| 5 | And by the way , if you think that all homeless people have it as easy as I had it , then you are living in dream world . |
| 6 | If you think that Chronic Urethritis may be a problem , you can help yourself by taking the following measures : drinking a glass of water before you have intercourse , so that you fill your bladder ; making sure that you use a vaginal lubricant and relax as much as possible ; and the by remembering to empty your bladder soon after intercourse . |
| 7 | But if you think that such a belief is necessary in order for a patient to gain benefit from past-life regression therapy , you are wrong — as I hope to be able to explain in this chapter . |
| 8 | If you think that such a pattern will take too long , you can always mix it with either plain stocking stitch or striped ( yes , they creep in here too ) sections . |
| 9 | If you think that this can not happen , read Lee Iacocca 's book on his years in the Ford Motor Company . |
| 10 | If you think that this assignment is , is sort of preferable to the ones that you 've been looking , you could all choose this one , you 'll have to do some recording like the others on your own machines , but you could |
| 11 | So prices have tend to have fallen on world markets for agricultural goods because of support right , and they 've also become a lot more volatile and that , and that is the er the source of the international frustration with erm the common agricultural policy and this is why we 've got agriculture er being introduced into the G A T T. Not only does it impose huge costs on domestic tax payers and consumers , it also in incurs erm a large cost on third country exporters , right now if you think that most of those countries may well be developing countries and agricultural output is their only source of foreign exchange erm then er the policies of the rich countries in the West are erm a actively erm hindering the development prospects of developing countries alright and that may not be the desired intention . |
| 12 | If you think that these approaches will make matters worse , it may simply be better to ask for a transfer or move to new pastures . |
| 13 | But Labour councillor Tom Chipperfield said : ‘ This is bound to cost more if you think that more old people will choose to remain in their own homes . |
| 14 | But this is a delusion if we think that passing resolutions about the evils of society actually influences world governments and changes the direction of modernity . |
| 15 | More money could , of course , be spent , but if we think that this is simply a matter of money — |
| 16 | Thus we must not , if we think that some other procedure than that adopted by the Secretary of State would be better or fairer , therefore conclude that the procedure he did adopt is necessarily unfair . |
| 17 | And this would be an insupportable thing to know about oneself , if one thought that this implied some superiority over the people around one . |
| 18 | Similarly , if anyone thinks that random killings are a way of weaning Catholics away from Sinn Fein and aspirations to Irish unity , a second 's reflection would banish the idea . |