Example sentences of "you [modal v] think that " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may think that there were quite a lot of us , but illegal hare coursers are not well known for verbal or physical reticence . |
| 2 | You may think that in a democracy you too can flick idly through ice-screws and ropes , but the moment you prod anything with an inquisitive finger , an assistant will leap on you with a quiz as to your standard of rock-climbing . |
| 3 | You may think that instead of increasing my catch I would have had to share what I caught with a companion . |
| 4 | You may think that I am too harsh and write with lack of sympathy for the children , expecting them to struggle with concepts which cause greater minds a great deal of thought . |
| 5 | Now , you may think that as far as chorus , delay , flanging etc. is concerned , guitarists could probably write the book , being arguably the most effects-hungry musos on the planet , but when it comes to a studio environment do you know how much delay to add to a vocal part to make it sound really brill ? |
| 6 | You may think that gauge kits solve the problem of different makes and gauges of string , but as with everything else , nothing is so simple . |
| 7 | You may think that this risk is remote for major sovereign borrowers , but it has happened in the past . |
| 8 | For instance , you may think that running a household and looking after your children is all in a day 's work ; however , the planning skills needed to do this could be a very useful quality to have in some jobs . |
| 9 | You may think that the advantages and benefits on offer are glaringly obvious — so obvious , in fact , that you do n't need to express them . |
| 10 | You may think that you have answers to all these questions , and no doubt you have . |
| 11 | You may think that thick and thin Ethernet differ in size , but the main difference between them is the ranges they can cover : a thick Ethernet cable can be 500m long , whereas its skinny relative can only manage 150m . |
| 12 | Now you may think that this is an article promoting poor workmanship , it is not . |
| 13 | Now you may think that the number of people in this category here is very minimal , but there 's increasing numbers of people around the world travelling now who are motivated by things like this . |
| 14 | You may think that you know who is to read your report . |
| 15 | You may think that all this is not required , but you are wrong : good feedback prevents error . |
| 16 | You may think that it is good to produce a neat , legible and carefully presented essay . |
| 17 | You may think that all 300dpi page printers would produce the same quality of image but this turns out not to be the case . |
| 18 | You may think that the moment of those first tottering steps was special , but believe me , absolutely nothing compares with the sight of one 's own child doggy-paddling across a swimming pool for the first time ( or indeed doggy-paddling through Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the violin , with a not-dissimilar arm action ) . |
| 19 | When you go to a banker for a loan and he asks you what security you can offer , you may think that banks exist to lend on good security . |
| 20 | From this lengthy account the balanced reciprocity which I mentioned at the beginning becomes very clear but some of you may think that the detail is excessive . |
| 21 | Now , you may think that er you and I are very different from a T four bacteria but personally , and I on can only speak for myself , I ca n't speak for you of course , but personally I 'm prepared to accept that basically I 'm really nothing more than a very very complicated and much bigger T four bacterial . |
| 22 | You may think it 's a fun having a blood game on your hand , you may think that your class used to also enjoy slavery two hundred years ago . |
| 23 | You may think that I want to destroy the milk boards , but if you believe that you will believe anything . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You might think that I would have been happy to go on improving my golf handicap , ’ he said . |
| 25 | You might think that since the world stays just as nice , we could as well regard Tit for Tat as an ESS . |
| 26 | Now you might think that a little strange , after all the Concise Oxford Dictionary defines ‘ climb , thus : ‘ ascend , mount , go up ( often with help of hands ) ’ . |
| 27 | You might think that the second group find it easier to transition to what is , after all , only one half of the problems they 've been used to cope with aboard their twins . |
| 28 | To listen to many authorities on nutrition , you might think that eating is an exact science . |
| 29 | Whereas you might think that access to the top of the fingerboard would be pretty straightforward with a double cutaway , in practice the lower cut is just not deep enough . |
| 30 | YOU might think that after a year like this , the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be older and wiser . |