Example sentences of "not think [pron] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From one point of view I agree — I do not think we should be concerned about teaching a basic kit of factual information . |
| 2 | It is only a game Raymond so do not think we will be upset with you . |
| 3 | All the dancing that she had ever done had been at three school dances , and in sessions for instruction in the art of the polka , the mazurka , and the tarantella , and she did not think they would be much help to her now . |
| 4 | There are , there are legal drugs in our society , and you may not think they should be legal , I do n't know , there 's there 's er , alcohol , I suppose is the most commonly used one but |
| 5 | I do not think one can be a complete relativist in art . |
| 6 | I did not think you would be here so promptly . ’ |
| 7 | To employ a piece of Freudian jargon , I do not think you will be able to attain full genitality unless we investigate this realm , hmm ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I am thrilled , ’ said Marcelle , ‘ I did not think it would be as easy as this to make friends with an English gentleman . ’ |
| 9 | Pentium is the name Intel Corp has chosen for what would otherwise have been the 80586 microprocessor , the company announced last week : reason is that it did not think it would be permitted to claim 586 as a trade mark . |
| 10 | I do not think it would be helpful to try to define the point at which the court should be prepared to disregard the 16- or 17-year-old child 's wishes to refuse medical treatment . |
| 11 | The ward sister had actually drawn her aside and asked her whether she did not think it would be a good idea to let her husband see his children more often in the future . |
| 12 | I do not think it would be reasonable to pretend that the cost of paying people , recruiting them and retaining them is the same in the south-east as in other parts of the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | I do not think it would be appropriate for a statement , but I shall draw his comments to the attention of my right hon. Friend . |
| 14 | Substantial assets are held in this way , and the Government do not think it would be right for this to pass to individual beneficiaries entirely tax free . |
| 15 | Do you do you not think it would be better for us both to speak to ? speak to her and say obviously you were upset about not getting the job but this non- communication thing is not really erm going to you know be good for the sales office in the long term . |
| 16 | er which goodness erm , we believe that we are spending substantial sums of money in areas of traffic calming town and parks and and various other areas that have er been er touched upon er we do not think it would be prudent |
| 17 | But I do not think it 'll be a good idea . ’ |
| 18 | It sells businesses it does not think it will be good at , such as those in high-technology , volatile markets . |
| 19 | If anything happens I do not think it will be bad . |
| 20 | He gives Sting away at III , 204 , keeping an orc-blade but saying ‘ I do not think it will be my part to strike any blow again . ’ |
| 21 | I do not think it will be possible to have a debate in Government time , but I shall discuss the matter with my right hon. and learned Friend . |
| 22 | I do not think it can be said that the manner of death is any more horrific than it used to be ( although it may well be different ) but it may be that the way of reporting someone 's death has radically changed and that this has brought its own problems . |
| 23 | The issue is philosophical , but it is so central to the analysis of behaviour that I do not think it can be avoided . |
| 24 | I do not think it can be claimed that they opened up new territory ( writings by Dorothy Heathcote and others in the 1970s were concerned with a level of sophistication in drama teaching which the team seemed not to be able to articulate ) , but in terms of giving some sense of order to the basic functioning of drama the publication deserves to be seen as an important landmark . |
| 25 | She saw the hole in the grave and the expensive new gravestone , but did not think it could be Fanny 's . |
| 26 | The case really turned on section 78 , as to which the judge had said ‘ whilst accepting the impressive evidence of the doctor , I do not think I would be justified in excluding this confession , ’ adding ‘ I do not think that section 78 really is aimed at , in truth , the circumstances here appertaining . ’ |
| 27 | I do not think I would be out of order in recalling a private conversation with the Secretary of State for Transport about a year ago on this subject . |
| 28 | Knowing both men as well as I did , I was one of the few who did not think there would be any major friction between them — both men were far too smart for that-but I did think Niki would find himself struggling for a primacy which he had long taken for granted . |
| 29 | He did not think there would be any point in Sara travelling to Wellingham that evening , especially as she had only just got back from abroad . |
| 30 | We do not think there will be a dramatic shortage , ’ a spokesman confirmed . |