Example sentences of "think [conj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | You 'd think that with all those wings the island itself would start to fly ! ’ |
2 | Do n't you think that at eight at eighty four you 'd be like to be chasing the girls with your wig on . |
3 | ‘ I should n't think that at all likely , ’ he said . |
4 | Those whose main contact with violence has been through television or the cinema may think that in real life , just as in films , the hero or heroine 's story ends when their ordeal is over . |
5 | I do n't think that in all the time I 'd known Jessica , I 'd ever seen her cry . |
6 | Do you think that in all schools the head always looked at all the reports ? |
7 | I do not think that in either case there has been any failure in interpretation of the ideas proposed , but rather that accommodation has been too readily accorded . |
8 | This is what has made some people think that in this work the distinction between good and bad is simply arbitrary , residing not in the nature of the characters but in the needs of the plot . |
9 | Do you really think that by that time you will … ‘ |
10 | I do n't think that by any standard that Michael is needs sort of , a lot of work , with his work . |
11 | I do n't think that among all possible measures we should immediately talk about the most extreme . ’ |
12 | I do n't think that among all possible measures we should immediately talk about the most extreme , ’ the chairman of parliament , Ruslan Khasbulatov , said on the eve of a debate on Mr Yeltsin 's removal . |
13 | And if anybody thinks that with reasonable budgeting you could manage on sixty three twenty , I challenge you to do a little personal budgeting . |
14 | The ideas of morality are modes too , and Locke thinks that with proper application we could develop a systematic science of ethics similar to that of mathematics and geometry . |
15 | ‘ From the beginning , that court has acted upon no narrow view of the cases covered by its duty to quash a conviction when it thinks that on any ground there was a miscarriage of justice … |
16 | Its mission — and it thinks that within two years it will achieve it — is 10% . |
17 | ‘ If the legislature thinks that in this field the public interest overcomes some of the common law 's traditional consideration for the individual , then effect must be given to the statute which embodies this policy . |
18 | We may note that although Moore thinks that in some sense what one should do is what looks most likely to be one 's duty in the sense of that which will produce the best consequences , it is unclear what meaning he can ascribe to this ‘ should ’ . |
19 | and saying , what do you think cos of all the qualified ones at least she cos she worked on the elderly side . |
20 | They had made him their leader and Nuadu , cynical and bitter against his own kind , had thought that for all he was a base-born prince , still he had a Court of a kind and subjects of a sort . |
21 | Possibly it was thought that for this reason , amongst others , she would not be suspect by our controls . |
22 | On the last occasion he had seen his mother , which was when he came down to Plumford for lunch at Easter , he had thought that to all outward appearances she was exactly the same as she had always been . |
23 | " All men have said or thought that at one time or another . |
24 | But it should not be thought that at this time the Minister relied solely on the advice of his civil servants for the formation of policy . |
25 | He had n't expected the red carpet to be unrolled for him , but he had thought that at last he would be at work , setting up his meetings , on the move . |
26 | It was thought that with strong , carefully chosen ministers , she would do well enough when the time came . |
27 | It may be thought that without some measures of the quality of services provided , either by the yardstick ( if such exists ) of agreed views of what constitutes good practice , and/or through more refined measures of client outcome , the study would still fall short of the kind of conclusions about relative effectiveness that would be sought . |
28 | I would have thought that in many ways the divisions which exist in this country and in Europe over religious matters are not largely to do with our past . |
29 | It may be thought that in 8 we have an equation which indicates ( wrongly ) that — at is a semantic constituent : |
30 | It is said by the appellant … that International Law has firmly fixed that a locus such as this is beyond the limits of territorial sovereignty ; and that consequently it is not to be thought that in such a place the legislature could seek to affect any but the King 's subjects . |