Example sentences of "to think that the [adj] [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should we wonder that they might influence some children to think that the real world is all like that ? |
| 2 | A number of contemporary technological trends would lead us to think that the Ecotopian goal is feasible — these are trends in information technology and biotechnology . |
| 3 | To suppose that there is an ineliminable white or male understanding of the world , and to think that the only choice is whether blacks or women should benefit from ‘ our , ( white , male ) practices or be harmed by them : this is already to be prejudiced . |
| 4 | For , if people and Parliament come to think that the judicial power is to be confined by nothing other than the judge 's sense of what is right ( or , as Selden put it , by the length of the Chancellor 's foot ) , confidence in the judicial system will be replaced by fear of it becoming uncertain and arbitrary in its application . |
| 5 | If you actually read what Mitterrand and Kohl said , their words are open to so many interpretations that it is tempting , though wrong , to think that the whole business is all talk and no substance . |