Example sentences of "[noun sg] think it [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further at this point , the writer thinks it may be expedient to include a paragraph on the subject of human ability to acquire and retain a faith , or religion . |
| 2 | The lawyer thinks it 'll be a sensational case , and I 'm sure he 's right . |
| 3 | Dot thought it must be tea . |
| 4 | Sun thinks it will be at least six months before SGI could retaliate . |
| 5 | The Museum of Lincolnshire Life also had a yen for the new security grills to cover its windows ; and the City of County Museum thought it would be a good idea to invest in three differently designed Tree Seats as well as commissioning a spadehandle-back seat for The Gardeners Rest . |
| 6 | In 1920 , Croydon Aerodrome became a civilian airport , operated by Imperial Airways ( the local Council thought it should be called Wallington Airport ) . |
| 7 | Both we and the Institute think it will be very effective . ’ |
| 8 | The twenty one year old lighting engineer thought it would be the chance of a lifetime , but says her friends were wary . |
| 9 | You night think it wo n't happen to you or your kids but figures from RoSPA prove otherwise . |
| 10 | But this time her surgeon thinks it will be a success . |
| 11 | The commission thinks it can prove both wrong . |
| 12 | A high tensile fencing instructor thought it would allow him to show trainees types of fencing in addition to the one being erected during the course . |
| 13 | For Christmas Brown Owl thought it would be a good idea if we each made a Christmas cracker for the children in our local hospital . |
| 14 | Only a couple of months ago some inside the Federal Reserve thought it might loosen monetary policy this summer one last time . |
| 15 | Michael Croucher thought it would be better to wait until the question of the enhancement of The Square was rediscussed and to incorporate any decision or changes into that scheme . |
| 16 | My sister thought it must have been a mistake , and kept the pound notes in case he came back for them . |
| 17 | In the second appeal , counsel thought it might have been relevant that the accused was shown not only to be the possessor of a deep , gruff voice , but also to hail from a working-class area of Dublin . |
| 18 | ‘ This can mean that the latter does not move in response to levels of inflation in the way that the private investor thinks it should . |
| 19 | The government thinks it can see how to sell the railways piecemeal to the private sector . |
| 20 | So far removed from normal sense that when he rang the bell at Nutty 's house and her father came down in his dressing-gown thinking it must be the police , he did not understand the excitement . |
| 21 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 22 | Where the official receiver thinks it would be prejudicial to the conduct of the bankruptcy for the whole or part of the statement of affairs to be made public , he may apply to the court for an order limiting disclosure of it or any specified part of it ( r6.61 ) . |
| 23 | The Met thinks it can deflect New York 's city politicians by showing how useful it has already become ; the British Museum hopes parliamentary auditors will give up , dispirited by some prickly opposition . |
| 24 | My doctor thought it might be my liver . ’ |
| 25 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 26 | Back in I 986 , for example , the Nuclear Energy Agency estimated that the Sizewell ‘ s' nuclear-power station now being built in Suffolk would be one-third cheaper than an equivalent coal-fired station at a 5% rate of return ; at 10% the agency thought it would be dearer . |
| 27 | It is harder to explain why the government involved the public in its actions than it is to explain why the various parties involved in the preparation of the rescript thought it could be turned to their advantage . |
| 28 | One reason to think it may is that the new agreements have turned national tariff-cutting programmes into international commitments . |
| 29 | Yet England had played so well that , equally , there was no reason to think it would prove to be a flash in the pan . |
| 30 | Economic planning had won the war and there was every reason to think it would win the peace . |