Example sentences of "think [pers pn] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jeffrey Weeks , Professor of Sociology at Bristol Polytechnic , author of several set texts on homosexuality and himself gay , did not think it libellous to be described as homosexual . |
| 2 | Some might nonetheless think it justifiable to be fearful of the merely speculative dangers of a long-term reduction in the body 's oestrogen levels . |
| 3 | Somehow he thinks it remote from morality to face the facts ; somehow he thinks it possible to be good without being wise . |
| 4 | Chris always thinks it wise to be polite to Tommy . |
| 5 | Despite the breeding of dogs into such a variety of shapes and sizes that an alien visitor to our planet would be forgiven for thinking them all to be different species , yet these miscellaneous varieties all exhibit the same essential behavioural tendencies as their wolf ancestors . |
| 6 | " The same to you , my lord , and I am pretty well , thank you , " replied the farmer , quaking with fear but thinking it wisest to be polite . |