Example sentences of "think [conj] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do not think that the mere fact of a payment under protest would be sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to succeed ; but I think that it affords some evidence , when accompanied by other circumstances , that the payment was not voluntarily made to end the matter . |
| 2 | The gravamen of the charge is the demand without reasonable or probable cause : and I can not think that the mere fact that the threat is to do something a person is entitled to do either causes the threat not to be a ‘ menace ’ within the Act or in itself provides a reasonable or probable cause for the demand … |
| 3 | I mean do you think that the actual cutting of the meat should be a managerial task ? |
| 4 | He did not think that the then bench in the Church were all well qualified to this end . |
| 5 | Did he think that the Rubenesque figure was still fashionable ? |
| 6 | In any case one may well think that the sheer effort of dotting ‘ i's and crossing ‘ t's was draining . |
| 7 | Does each think that the real money is on the other side ? |
| 8 | So why did Amy think that the Prime Minister was a man ? |
| 9 | After the two opt-outs negotiated by the Prime Minister at Maastricht , does Chancellor Kohl still think that the Prime Minister is a good European ? |
| 10 | ‘ You did n't think that the other day , ’ she said . |
| 11 | I I do n't think myself and I still have an open mind and I do n't think that the Labour case erm adds up to be perfectly honest . |
| 12 | I do not think that the Labour party could possibly repay the debt that it owes to the late Captain Maxwell . |
| 13 | I do not think that the Labour party has anything to crow about , because Labour-controlled local authorities have the most empty homes available and have the highest community charges . |
| 14 | Do you think that the Foreign Office , successive British governments , were playing a silly game ? |
| 15 | But with most of the enemy leaders undoubtedly caught in the castle , he did not think that the surprised army would be in a position to counter-attack swiftly . |
| 16 | We have an excellent reputation in Oxfordshire as an Education Authority erm and a reputation which extends around the country , so I do see it as a vote of confidence , and I am very pleased about it , but I do think that the whole exercise was somewhat premature in the light of the erm research and investigation that was going on into the tertiary college , and indeed the consulting process actually ran through at the same time as the campaign was running on whether the Banbury School should opt out , and erm regrettably I think has lost something as a result of having the two run together . |
| 17 | I do n't think that the whole office is n't big enough . |
| 18 | Now , there are a lot of aspects of Israelite society I would n't identify with , like stoning delinquents , but that is an aspect I think we could learn from , and I do think that the extended family is something I miss , I yearn for . |
| 19 | At a moment like this , one might think that the single market should dominate the Community thinking , but that is not so . |
| 20 | Now , I 'm not going to go into a discussion about Dickens ' view of women , which was fairly peculiar , but I do think that the popular feeling of the times was very much inclined towards the ‘ Little Dorrits ’ . |
| 21 | If I have , e I have to say that I do n't think that the particular version of the inner northern route had its junction with the southern bypass moved to the west . |
| 22 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central , his hon. Friends or the majority of my hon. Friends would say that the Government were wrong , rather than giving no status to people who have been in this country for a number of years , to have given them exceptional leave to remain . |
| 23 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Eastbourne ( Mr. Bellotti ) meant it that way . |
| 24 | I do not think that the hon. Lady really believes all that . |
| 25 | I do not think that the hon. Gentleman 's figures are right . |
| 26 | As to winning the argument , I do not think that the hon. Gentleman has grasped the difference in structure between the Scottish Bill and the English Bill . |
| 27 | Only a maniac , he said , would think that the wretched pittance of the industrious poor should be wrung out of their pockets to pay for the follies and profligate expenses of anyone . |
| 28 | Now it seemed to me that was n't a very erm reasonable balance and er comparing that with the with the Secretary of State 's recent pronouncements where he talks about local planning authorities needing to breathe fresh life into the countryside through their development plans and I want local planning authorities in rural areas to give the need to diversify the rural economy as much priority priority in their thinking as protecting the countryside and the two go hand in hand , and comparing those two er points I I would I would put to North Yorkshire the question , Do they think that the explanatory memorandum is is consistent with that er policy statement from the Secretary of State ? |
| 29 | Do you think that the social function comes before the formal function , or do you think they both go together ? |
| 30 | Do you think that the social function comes before the formal function , or do you think they both go together ? |