Example sentences of "think it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , we have thought it worthwhile to reprint , yet again , Basil Bernstein 's classic , ‘ Education Can not Compensate for Society ’ . |
| 2 | The Home Secretary had previously informed the Cabinet that he would have included a provision to this effect in the Bill if he had not thought it preferable to leave it to the Lords to take the initiative . |
| 3 | She did not think it necessary to consider whether the old rule barring recovery of money paid under mistake of law should be abolished , though had she thought it necessary to do so , she would have followed the approach of Dickson J. She considered , at p. 169 , that money paid under unconstitutional legislation was generally recoverable : |
| 4 | I have not thought it necessary to set out the elaborate provisions of subsection ( 7 ) which determine when the proceedings are to be treated as finally determined . |
| 5 | I do n't see that I can do very much , but there may be some questions that , in the circumstances , the police have not thought it necessary to ask . |
| 6 | Although if he had done so we doubt whether that committee would have thought it necessary to take any proceedings against the barrister . |
| 7 | There are still firms which have not thought it necessary to change their methods of working and some of the smaller firms have not yet introduced in-house complaints procedures , despite the introduction by the Society of a new Practice Rule in 1991 . |
| 8 | The only concession he made in Zaïs was to let Malherbe include in the preface the following statement : ‘ In the course of the work , M. Vincent d'Indy has thought it necessary to add certain viola parts , which are sometimes lacking in the original score , and to modify or complète wind parts that are too sketchily indicated ’ ( vol.16 , p.lviii ) . |
| 9 | It is curious that in modern times the Cabinet , though it has always insisted on considering particular proposals for developments of policy and their cost , has never thought it necessary to review the development of expenditure under the Civil Estimates as a whole . |
| 10 | He had n't thought it necessary to recall for Dillon 's benefit the tragic death of Sandy , the notebook he 'd found secreted under the seat of her Jaguar parked close to the bell tower . |
| 11 | In remembering that interview , however , Fabia also remembered that Ven had actually thought it necessary to warn Lubor against her asking personal questions about him . |
| 12 | So the Commission has thought it appropriate to include some consideration of these forms of communication in its Report . |
| 13 | Stella would have fled if she had n't thought it sacrilegious to race ahead of the dead . |
| 14 | Regan declares her love to be identical with Goneril 's , only that she has understated it ( we had scarce thought it possible to go beyond Goneril ) : To claim that your love for your father exceeds all the joys which can be derived from the senses — with your newly wedded husband standing by — is to claim too much . |
| 15 | Although for the reasons stated they have thought it inappropriate to discuss in detail the reasoning of the Court of Appeal , their conclusion on this question of procedure is fortified by the fact that all four judges in the local courts were of the same opinion . |
| 16 | But Lucy 's invitations were not open to negotiation , and none of her favourites had thought it wise to refuse . |
| 17 | One more person would n't make any difference to the arrangements , for Rob had thought it wise to cater for up to eight extra guests — ‘ Just in case I 'm more popular than I think I am , ’ he 'd laughed . |
| 18 | The old man had pointed the article out to him some time ago , but David had thought it unwise to consider such a large project . |
| 19 | Rather than risk losing its MFN position , the Chinese government has clearly thought it expedient to make a good-will gesture to the new Clinton administration , ( though at the same time appending warnings that outsiders should stop interfering in China 's internal affairs . ) |
| 20 | I guess he thought it safer to ask me there over the noise of the engine and in the babble of conversation than in some quiet spot alone , where we might be bugged . |
| 21 | Before printing the essay I thought it safer to send it to Shaw . |
| 22 | He had feared that Hope might turn out to be one of those weary and self-righteous young men who thought it witty to mock the great old institutions . |
| 23 | Goibniu thought it all looked very nice . |
| 24 | I thought it all looked lovely ! |
| 25 | They thought it unsatisfactory to say that moral qualities are distinguished by sense or feeling rather than by reason . |
| 26 | I thought it essential to set out a full precedent for both the agreement and lease , so that readers could see the complete documentation and how I propose to amend it . |
| 27 | Last year I thought it necessary to criticise several doctors for such behaviour . |
| 28 | In those days few ministers thought it necessary to attend their own counts , and Baldwin had his vigil in the No. 10 secretaries ' room enlivened by the presence of Churchill : ‘ The P.M. [ sat ] with narrow slips of paper on which he inscribed the three lists as they arrived . |
| 29 | At a meeting organised by the South West Ham branch of the ILP , councillor Wood thought it necessary to remind some of the people that a war had taken place : |
| 30 | ‘ I thought it necessary to lie a little . |