Example sentences of "they think [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More of them thought that changes had occurred in administration , with more paperwork and more meetings being the most frequently mentioned aspects . |
| 2 | " Now then … in 1959 your husband came to the conclusion , and I am given to understand that you fully agreed , that it would be a sensible step for him to take employment for 15 months with a construction firm in Central America , in order to save the larger part of his salary Nenna protested that she had never exactly thought it sensible , it was the parting of lovers , which must always be senseless , but they 'd both of them thought that David , Panama , would be a wretched place to take small children to . |
| 3 | Nor did they think that Sri Lankans prosecuted a larger than normal proportion of true criminal cases because of their faith in the effectiveness of British justice . |
| 4 | ‘ Why else could they think that father was mixed up in this ? ’ |
| 5 | What would they think if Johnny were to sit casually on a chair which , to their eyes , simply was n't there ? |
| 6 | They thought that life was holy . |
| 7 | Clearly they thought that Solomon in all his glory looked far better than anything which was likely to be found growing in a field . |
| 8 | The soldiers liked being close to the Bright Palace , and they thought that Medoc would probably not be able to see them . |
| 9 | If they thought that Amy was at the bottom of the Broad , they 'd be dragging it . |
| 10 | For solutions they thought that London could be considered from three points of view : as a community — where people live , work and play ; as a metropolis — the seat of Government and a great cultural and commercial centre ; and as a machine — of locomotion . |
| 11 | They thought that sovereignty in itself would take Ukraine out of Russia 's sphere of influence and , in time , allow it to join the European mainstream . |
| 12 | So what so traditional schools Thought that women did a lot of Recognized they thought that women did a lot of talking but that a lot of it was n't really any use . |
| 13 | I 'm never quite sure really to be honest whether these individuals had an interview with Jesus or Jesus had an interview with them , because whether they thought that Jesus or whether they thought they were doing the , the probing and the questioning really it was Jesus who was in charge of the interview , you may of watched er certain chat shows on the , on the television or heard them on the radio and er depending who the person being interviewed is , very often it actually changes , and its the interviewer who really is being put through it , its the , its the person who 's being interviewed is in charge of the situation and that was the case here Jesus . |
| 14 | They thought that Woonerven were safer , but the principal benefit was seen to be the bigger play areas and the environmental improvements . |
| 15 | They thought that Goibniu was looking happy ( although it was always difficult to tell with giants ) and thought , was n't it a fine old thing to see how well the designs were being received and was n't it great , altogether , to see how well received the Oakapple 's sketches were , because had n't he been the guiding light behind most of the work ? |
| 16 | The audience was also asked if they thought that people should be involved in making their views known in schemes such as the Barrage , which have a large local effect . |
| 17 | Some deputies had voted against an Anglo-French expedition because they thought that Egypt was a distraction from the proper concern of a French government over the lost provinces ; other Frenchmen already envisaged an understanding with Russia . |
| 18 | On the spur of the moment the other day I asked a seminar group of sixteen PGCE students ( a third of whom were over the age of thirty ) after a three-week preliminary block of school experience , whether they thought that schools were ( a ) fine as they were ; ( b ) in need of some modifications ; ( c ) failing a sizeable proportion of young people ; ( d ) seriously failing all young people . |
| 19 | But also the ability to borrow stock provides a means whereby GEMMs can choose to take short positions when they think that prices will fall . |
| 20 | They think that women in the Navy are Jonahs — bad luck . |
| 21 | When men are asked what they think that women are looking for , the picture becomes very intriguing — particularly when they are also asked to rate themselves on these attributes ( see table , right ) . |
| 22 | Yes I mean in a sense that just sort of shows that a lot of people would agree with Lakehoff in the sense that they think that women use a lot of tag questions and have that speech style , erm I mean like we 've been able to see , and what we can say is that men and women 's language is different er and it 's even possible to say in what way it 's different , but the difficulty becomes when we actually want to say why those differences are . |
| 23 | Somehow they think that things will be better under the new lot . |
| 24 | It is said that the most the justices should do if they think that contact should not take place is to say that there should be no order as to contact , leaving it to the local authority and the parent by agreement to make any other provisions they wish . |
| 25 | But they think that art has a quite separate existence from fact . |
| 26 | Now I 've used that as an illustration because I think these are some of the best materials that have been produced in this country , but there are other learning inventories and tests which can be used to help teachers find out whether they think that children have got these dyslexic difficulties . |
| 27 | Despite their apparent lack of intelligence Orcs are not stupid , although they are rather limited in the way they think and act . |
| 28 | This is a descriptive vote because this hundred er women are not a representative cross section of the whole of Scotland they 're invited to come from various places and ninety six of them think that animals deserve a better deal . |
| 29 | Consequently , many people find the unsmiling face of a horse rather expressionless which encourages them to think that horses are virtually emotionless — that they only have two emotions : ears forward , and the horse is happy ; ears back , and he is bad tempered . |