Example sentences of "often think that " in BNC.
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| 1 | A company often thinks that it can let space for a short term — say two or three years — and then move back in once the business climate has improved . |
| 2 | It 's often thought that previous attempts have failed because there are n't enough well-trained classical actors in the USA to make such a repertory company feasible , but this is increasingly not the case : American drama students are eager to train in the UK , and the percentage of successful auditions held is relatively high . |
| 3 | The actor is no different , although for some reason it is often thought that you are somehow ready to act , magically , the moment you enter a stage door . |
| 4 | I have often thought that one of the most interesting things for doctors about their patients is to see whether they survive or not . |
| 5 | I have often thought that one of the less attractive traits of various professional bodies and institutions is the deeply ingrained suspicion and outright hostility which can exist towards anything unorthodox or unconventional . |
| 6 | It is often thought that these are supported by the arguments in Book 2 for the view that all ideas , the materials of knowledge , come from experience . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've often thought that each person is rather like a different vessel out at sea . |
| 8 | It is often thought that Cichlasoma pair for life , and in the home aquarium , this may appear to be so . |
| 9 | Celia often thought that some of the happiest marriages were childless . |
| 10 | I know I 'm a bitch and I do think Nora had a lot to do with it but I 've often thought that it was — you know — in the genes . ’ ' |
| 11 | And Mick , looking straight ahead , was silent for a moment , then said , ‘ Yes , I 've often thought that , Joe , but not so much of late . |
| 12 | Clara often thought that Mrs Maugham 's attitudes towards the television typified her whole moral outlook ; before acquiring it , she had considered it infinitely vulgar and debased ; after acquiring it she considered all those without it as highbrows , intellectual snobs , or paupers , while still managing to retain her scorn for all those who had had it before the precisely tasteful , worthy and perceptive moment at which she had herself succumbed to its charms . |
| 13 | It is often thought that drug addiction is a failure of will-power and is evidence of a weak will or inadequate personality . |
| 14 | Brenda often thought that this was the part of the working day she liked best , the hour before the staff arrived and the work of the Lab got really under way , when she and Inspector Blakelock worked together in the quiet emptiness of the hall , still and solemn as a church , making up a supply of manila folders ready to register the day 's new cases , repacking exhibits for collection by the police , making a final check of the Laboratory reports to courts to ensure that the examination was complete , that no relevant detail had been omitted . |
| 15 | He knows that I have often thought that the exceptional needs payment scheme was complex , slow and did not often reach those most in need . |
| 16 | I have often thought that I should like to push through the House a simple single-clause Bill which would reduce death and injury at a stroke : it would be to insist that road traffic operated with signals in the same way as trains . |
| 17 | I have often thought that almost the most foolish act perpetrated by the previous Prime Minister was her sacking of the right hon. Gentleman . |
| 18 | As a struggling poet in the late twentieth century , I often thought that some early poets achieved publication very easily . |
| 19 | In an obituary , Seamus Heaney wrote , ‘ There was about him a delicate wildness , and he often thought that the hare , about which he had gathered so many entrancing stories , was his proper , total animal . |
| 20 | They often think that if their flying is good enough , it is safe for them to press on in any weather conditions . |
| 21 | In Britain , with our complex bid to offer system , investors often think that the standard 5 p.c. or 6 p.c. initial charge is all they must pay , when in fact the spread between a unit trust 's offer and bid prices can be much greater . |
| 22 | Personally , apropos of Wedding presents I often think that the deepdye polyester is not necessarily the best buy for newly weds when you come to think about it . |
| 23 | I often think that our sociological relationships are like an action in which each person is a small knot so that we can influence the common situation in four directions . |
| 24 | I often think that if we dressed in old Barbours and flat caps we would n't create so much antipathy . |
| 25 | I do n't regret it , of course — I might never have been a priest otherwise — but I often think that that 's why I just do n't seem able to come to grips with the modern world . ’ |
| 26 | I often think that mountain rescue teams are just as selfless and courageous as life-boatmen , yet the organisations have different public profiles ! |
| 27 | Indeed , we often think that it does not figure at all on the Government 's agenda . |
| 28 | I often think that perhaps putting the hub of the sails in , more or less in the centre of the picture perhaps , not the best place , but I think because in this case , we 've got a lot of trees down to the bottom here . |
| 29 | People often think that evolution is a process that occurs solely through time . |
| 30 | People often think that the problems of the Third World are a long way away . |