Example sentences of "think [pers pn] is [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I know this position is not necessarily agreed by everyone , but I do think it is post-qualifying level .
2 But I do not think it is this threat alone which explains the sick feeling of dread — rather like the feeling of a man who knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight — which clouds the prospect of a Labour victory .
3 ‘ I do n't think it is any surprise that some of our best swimmers , like Andrew Jameson , have reached their peak through training at an American college . ’
4 I do think it is scandalous thing neglecting your educational system and you 're going to pay for this for a hundred years , because riches just come by learning , that 's all .
5 He thinks it is great living in a wide open world , ’ says his son .
6 its a bit passed the pub , that 's where she thinks it is any way
7 they do n't want to have some er official or or some management consultant who 's eager to get a job and get extra money paid for him by a dumb government department , if those people are going to tell us what sort of people we want on that on police authorities , I think it is total insolence and I trust that whatever happens to this Bill that that answer that was given on the 17th of January is removed and replaced by something else , if it has to be replaced at all .
8 Young and old think it is great fun .
9 ‘ I think it is one way to increase ( foreign ) investment in the market , ’ he said .
10 Thus , if a pigeon is trained on an artificial light/dark schedule , different from the outside , it will navigate with predictable error beneath the natural sun : pigeons , for instance , who think it is six hours later in the day than it is will head off 90° anti-clockwise away from the correct direction ( Figure 4.8 ) .
11 Friedl , I think it is possible Kurt Meyer may leave the building shortly .
12 I think it is this link between knowledge and innocence that makes both books thoroughly enjoyable to read .
13 With difficulty , but I think it is fair to say as well it has got great compensations , because if you build walls , if you 're hiding , if you 're pretending , if you 're always subscribing parents and stopping them from coming in you make problems ; parents worry and suspect that there are problems behind those closed doors , and I think this is why we have established fifteen different parent teacher groups which meet regularly in different parts of Sussex , from Seaford to Shoreham , to Hove , to Brighton , and in small groups of ten/fifteen/twenty they 'll sit down with a teacher and they do n't just do fund raising they thrash out the different aspects of their children 's education and then they come in and meet in a main committee and I think it is this involvement that enables the parents and the teachers to work very closely together .
14 Well , I think it is high time that we gave an award for valour in professional conduct , and I nominate as the first recipient , Keith Holdsworth of Bournemouth , Employed by the New Forest District Council , Keith Holdsworth risked his career , his livelihood and his life savings in the defence of his professional integrity , when it would have been so easy to take an easier route .
15 However , he added : ‘ We think it is high time the French government took responsibility for their citizens and should pay for this kind of damage . ’
16 This may seem strange in a column dedicated to that very subject , but I think it is excellent advice .
17 You find you have , I think it is seven questions , and each of the questions gives you various answers .
18 ‘ I think it is bad management .
19 Or perhaps after all you think it is just chance ? ’
20 ‘ How could there be any intent to deceive people into thinking it is French champagne ?
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