Example sentences of "i [verb] this to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found this to be the case when trying to replace a ballcock valve washer in a hot water tank in a very narrow airing cupboard . |
| 2 | And yesterday Jasmine , whose three-year-old son Robert is named after her father , vowed : ‘ For all our sakes I want this to be a happy occasion with no thoughts of Ulster . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't think , ‘ I want this to be a religious painting ’ , but I do think they have a religious subtext . |
| 4 | Of course , Heather could do it , but I want this to be a surprise all round . |
| 5 | I believed this to be a private row , and became even more incensed . |
| 6 | I consider this to be substantially true , and particularly true of my own childhood , although in this case there was scarcely any need for translation . |
| 7 | Notwithstanding the views that have found favour with others I consider this to be a reasonable construction of the statutory provisions and I am comforted in the fact that , apart from an attempt to tax airline employees , which was taken to the special commissioners who decided in favour of the taxpayer , this has been the practice of the Inland Revenue in applying the relevant words where they have occurred in the Income Tax Acts for so long as they have been in force , until they initiated the present cases . |
| 8 | My wile and I consider this to be a most fortunate match . |
| 9 | Having stayed with the headmaster and talked to the boys , I know this to be true . |
| 10 | I believe this to be indecent and to add to the already indecent burden women are having to bear . ’ |
| 11 | I believe this to be most important if we are to have rational investment decisions and efficient allocations of resources . |
| 12 | I believe this to be more pernicious than secularism per se . |
| 13 | I believe this to be true in the case of computers where they do lag behind the West : I do not believe it in the case of radar . |
| 14 | I believe this to be a purse frame , but what was its purpose ? |
| 15 | I believe this to be a mistake : in view of the gross statistical disparity the two instances are more likely to be an oversight , or an isolated directive , rather than an indication of an articulatory intention that is to be spread over the whole movement . |
| 16 | I would not do it again ; it is too dangerous as things are today ; but the night on which I decided this to be the case was the night on which I leaned enough at my classes to decide me about Bertrand Russell , so it was well worth going . |
| 17 | When she announced she was leaving at the end of the term , I felt this to be the final betrayal , although I could not blame her , even then . |
| 18 | I knew this to be true and believed firmly that when the word was given me in 1986 it would be fulfilled some time in the future . |
| 19 | With regard to ‘ stacking it high ’ , I understood this to be the whole point of a DIY superstore where stock is virtually guaranteed . |
| 20 | In the last few days , our conversation ran out ; we were often silent in each other 's company , and I took this to be a good sign . |
| 21 | I took this to be a dream of fear of exposure due to approaching First Night , but Amy looked it up in her Dictionary of Dreams under ‘ defecate ’ ( sorry about that ) and she said it meant a huge windfall ( that too ) . |
| 22 | I took this to be written approval for the project to go ahead and I believe , in view of the wording , that I was quite justified in doing so . |
| 23 | I took this to be written approval for the project to go ahead and I believe , in view of the wording , that I was perfectly justified in doing so . |
| 24 | I have tried to sketch in outline why I think this to be wrong . |
| 25 | I take this to be a decision that a release by accord and satisfaction reached with one joint and several debtor discharges all . |
| 26 | I intended this to be a letter , but I see that it has turned into a political commentary . |
| 27 | I wanted this to be just the four of us . |