Example sentences of "[noun pl] think it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fourthly , it was pointed out sensibly in Littlewoods by both Lord Denning MR and Megaw LJ that a clause made " inter rusticos " ( ie without legal help on either side ) can be properly construed in the light of the way in which both parties thought it would be likely to be interpreted . |
| 2 | And although three quarters of our teenagers thought it best to wait until 16 before losing their virginity , the younger boys say they feel under pressure to have sex and reckoned they 've got even less information to equip them for a sex life . |
| 3 | While political consistency can be over-rated as a virtue — Ted Heath being an example of what happens to a politician whose mind remains fixed while the world moves by him — the rapidity with which Kinnock changed position may have damaged him more than his supporters thought it would . |
| 4 | Another who heard the bangs thought it was a cracker . |
| 5 | As will be seen in the next chapter , when the republican wing under de Valera took over as the Fianna Fáil party in the 1930s , constitutional law was restructured , according to both a reformed republican ideology and current Roman social teaching , and in those areas where the high clergy thought it necessary . |
| 6 | The pagans think it important to propitiate gods with sacrifices , yet they have no idea which is the most powerful of them , so that they might be offending the one who most needs propitiating by paying him insufficient attention . |
| 7 | ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea . |
| 8 | It is notable that a quarter of both incontinent and non-incontinent subjects think it is due to a medical condition , a quarter of incontinent women that it is due to childbirth , and a quarter do n't know . |
| 9 | Some junior school Heads think it is a waste of good scholarship studying time . |
| 10 | He has been working in this vein since the late Sixties , when only hippies , greens and cranks thought it was important . |
| 11 | Nails thought it was bad for him which ever way . |
| 12 | Nails thought it a good idea . |
| 13 | ‘ My aunt lives in Hastings , so my bloody overprotective parents thought it would be OK for me to come to Sussex . |
| 14 | Perhaps the Indians thought it was a religious thing , like celebrating the 500th anniversary of a cathedral or whatever . |
| 15 | It is difficult to avoid the feeling that the evidence against the arrested person was distinctly shaky — but all the judges thought it enough to justify a reasonable suspicion . |
| 16 | Only 20% of a similar sample of non-executive directors thought it might be . |
| 17 | Traditional values still hold sway as 86pc of Ulster youngsters thought it was important for a couple to marry before having children , when the national average was 72pc . |
| 18 | This has been the practice certainly since 1787 when the American Constitution was drafted , and as the years passed no doubt imitation and the force of example have led all countries to think it necessary to have a Constitution . |
| 19 | It is not what the judges think it is , but what it really is . |
| 20 | They have a filing system , and the procedure for it which is about two pages is highly efficient , and the engineers think it 's the best thing since sliced bread . |
| 21 | The difference between market value and book value of land should be disclosed where it is substantial and the directors think it is of significance to the members . |
| 22 | The difference between the market value and book value of land should be disclosed where it is substantial and the directors think it is of significance to the members . |
| 23 | Humber Manure is not easy to get because it has a strong smell and shopkeepers think it drives their customers away ! |
| 24 | This does not explain , however , why many countries think it necessary to give the Constitution a higher status in law than other rules of law . |
| 25 | Archaelogists think it was probably done to stop the person 's evil spirit coming back to haunt the living . |
| 26 | The name may have derived from the old British , gala or gwala , describing a full or swiftly flowing stream , though some etymologists think it may be the Cymric gal , meaning ‘ scattered ’ . |
| 27 | A cup of tea also has an effect , though not as powerful as coffee , which makes psychologists think it is the caffeine in both which counts . |
| 28 | The guests thought it was romantic and had great fun picking their way through the candlelit restaurant . |
| 29 | The Japanese company 's Bluebird model , the first to be built at its Sunderland factory , never rated : dealers thought it lacked pzazz for executives . |
| 30 | Dealers thought it might need a substantial premium . |