Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] to think that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very sad to think that after Anna tragically committed suicide under a train , only a few people are grieved and the rest of society regard it ‘ as such a woman deserved to end . |
| 2 | It is often tempting to think that some critic you have read can summarise your viewpoint better than you yourself can , and so to end your essay with a quotation from someone else . |
| 3 | Commented RAC Rescue Services head of marketing , Andy Brown : ‘ It is quite amazing to think that many of the longest surviving members have belonged to the RAC for more than two-thirds of its 95-year history . |
| 4 | It is quite unrealistic to think that you can spend every waking moment working , but it is equally unrealistic to have hobbies and interests which fill every evening and the weekend and for you to expect to pass the course . |
| 5 | It is really wonderful to think that someone , a young person like yourself — ’ |
| 6 | It is entirely possible to think that if ‘ literary ’ and ‘ aesthetic ’ are words that go naturally with ‘ American ’ but not with ‘ English ’ , so much the worse for the English . |
| 7 | But it is still wrong to think that here research and higher education are one and the same thing . |
| 8 | It is so easy to think that we can keep our bodies fit and healthy simply by taking care of their physical needs . |
| 9 | In contrast , it is extraordinarily encouraging to think that after the revolution , they will be guaranteed a basic diet , access to medical services , education and recreation and that they will be living in a creative and open society . |
| 10 | This view is essentially anthropomorphic ; we are mammals after all and it is perhaps comforting to think that our own distant relatives so directly proved their supremacy over slow-witted reptiles that had nothing to fight with but their bulk . |
| 11 | In view of the appearance of certain heads in the Demoiselles , however , it is perhaps permissible to think that his recollections are not completely accurate . |