Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] [adj] think that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other people found his looks so engaging that it is sad to think that he was deeply conscious of noses , especially when he was worried about Jewishness . |
| 2 | So little of a reliable nature is known of Cemaleddin Aksarayi 's life , so prominent is the association of him with Aksaray that it is tempting to think that he passed his whole life there : such certainly is the thrust of the Ottoman sources as well as Melikoff 's article . |
| 3 | humbug and foolishness ; that it was all prearranged ; that he was given music which he already knew ; that it was ridiculous to think that he could compose , and so forth . |
| 4 | In the seventeenth century North America was so thinly populated that it was hard to think that a particular piece of land had scarcity value . |
| 5 | Inside , the rooms are light and panelled with elegant pedimented overdoors , and it is sad to think that the full splendour of Bullen Reynes 's house was only enjoyed by his son and his family for a few short years ; the bulk of it burned down in 1704 . |
| 6 | And it is absurd to think that the painters of the Section d'Or and others , scattered through the Salon d'Automne , share any concern other than that of reacting against the sloppiness of Impressionism . |
| 7 | Sooty the bear and friends have been educating children in the simplest manner for 40 years now , and it is wonderful to think that more youngsters will get to enjoy their antics . |
| 8 | And it was absurd to think that , by closing down such establishments , prostitution would diminish . |
| 9 | It was an exhausting process and it was hurtful to think that Tom was so unsure of us . |
| 10 | Not everyone is moved to tears by the fate of vultures and wolves , but it is possible to think that the old crops of predators and scavengers were somehow more attractive than the new lot . |
| 11 | We laugh about it now , but it is sobering to think that thousands of men , either too old or too young for the Services , should have gone quite voluntarily , many nights a week , to drill and to manoeuvre , seriously believing that they might have to encounter an invading army . |
| 12 | But it 's strange to think that the day 's not so far away when players like Robert Cray , Bonnie Raitt and Jimmie Vaughan , for so long representatives of the new American blues generation , will themselves be looked on as the elders of the blues . |
| 13 | But it 's incredible to think that such things happened in them days is n't it really ? |