Example sentences of "i [modal v] think that " in BNC.

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31 Personally , I would think that Searle is not particularly concerned about ‘ intrinsic intentionality ’ ; but rather with what the machine or the organism as a whole can achieve , in making sense of the senses and of symbols .
32 I ca n't find anyone who actually likes this offset idea , and you really do n't want to spend your playing career justifying why your instrument looks so wacky ; left to hang around the user 's neck , it does actually rest neck-up , as promised , although I would think that this has a fair bit to do with the strap button being under the top horn and slightly back towards the body .
33 I would think that his knowledge of the inner workings of FI is second only to that of Bernard Ecclestone , and even that is doubtful .
34 I would think that 30 to 40 per cent of my time is spent on what I 've been trained for .
35 I gave this approach this title following a pamphlet which reproduces a lecture given by the English Anglican bishop of high church disposition John Austin Baker to a conference of the Movement for the Ordination of Women.l8 I believe that it is ( in less thought-out form ) widely followed by proponents of the ordination of women , perhaps of a less radical variety , and certainly I would think that it appeals to many men .
36 So I would think that we 're working on a five minute schedule .
37 Erm and certainly I think I think in going to neighbourhood panels it was it was to serve a democratic process of tenants being able to panels local to their that area and I think in that sense erm it has been successful and certainly , I think as far as we were concerned er , it avoids the perhaps intimidating nature of , of tenants appearing in a large centre of the various panel which er I think was er , certainly one of the members wishes when we started on a neighbourhood basis but , yes it was our intention and , I would think that it 's quite reasonable to ask us to bring the report to the next meeting er with a better explanation of how the council works so far .
38 encouraged or put under pressure erm , I would think that with a lot more talking we might actually be able to work out something between surrogate mothers and nurturing mothers , they can do it with open adoption , other countries were learning how to do it .
39 In this case I would think that , if the minister does not act in good faith , or if he acts on extraneous considerations which ought not to influence him , or if he plainly misdirects himself in fact or in law , it may well be that a court would interfere ; but when he honestly takes a view of the facts or the law which could reasonably be entertained , then his decision is not to be set aside simply because thereafter someone thinks that his view was wrong …
40 Erm b I mean certainly I I would think that this government erm has less care for er the poor than than other governments would have .
41 Although , although I would think that er Waldo Gregory has got the longest er time served in active service than probably er any other individual that went to Spain .
42 I would think that your rubbishy version of WordPerfect is thinking it 's an H P Laserjet .
43 " I would think that to follow your thought in this instance is only possible for one to whom the message of Tristan , in particular , has been revealed . "
44 I would think that in the terms that you want to define it in , that statement 's true but I would n't necessarily agree with it .
45 I would think that she turned the bitterness against Russell although he was completely innocent .
46 It would seem that erm i it was n't in the interests of one 's ultimate reproductive success to be too easily satisfied too much of the time because remember , it 's a question of relative reproductive success an and the individual that gets that little extra is is effectively gon na be , gon na be the one selected , so yes I would think that erm it 's probably naive to think that natural selection would , would make you feel er satisfied and content all the time it would probably induce erm a state of mild chronic discontent which is I think what most people actually experience in life
47 Yes , I would think that if a person had a normal personality , if the interaction between the in institution and the personality was normal , you 'd expect their interaction with other people to be normal .
48 If he was given a chance consistently then I would think that an effective patnership would develope and greatly improve Rocky 's playing — something that no second team football can do — not to mention improving his confidence .
49 Er now I would think that the lexicon itself is just a w a whacking great look up table yes ?
50 Er in fact I would probably think that erm having looked at some of the results recently I would think that that 's going to be somewhere close to average now .
51 Do n't know I would think that it 's , she told me twenty five pounds so I thought it was gon na be like cash or something and then I read the thing that says twenty five pound voucher but it did n't say what for , it just says voucher knowing my luck it 'll be book tokens !
52 But now these controls over processions have been erm extended to cover static large meetings , and erm I would think that at the back of the draftsman 's mind was the spectre of mass pickets , things like that .
53 If it was a question that this vehicle was in that state when the sold it , then I would think that most of them would put that right themselves .
54 ‘ Do n't pad , Philippa , or I shall think that you do n't believe me . ’
55 Yeah I do Stefan , I mean i it 's very vigorous int it , when it gets established and it grows very upright as well and of course it 's deciduous erm some people call it a shrub , some people call it a tree but I , I will think that er Mrs is doing the right thing by cutting it back , especially if it 's a small garden , it would make a better bush in the garden I think if she does that and the these little white flowers really in are nice are n't they ?
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