Example sentences of "think [is] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Referring to testing I observed that , ‘ a reflex anti-testing reaction would be dismissed as naïve and the sort of soft headedness that hard-liners think is at the root of the problem ’ , but observed that , ‘ effective , constructive , diagnostic testing is expensive and poor testing could distort the curriculum and demoralise learners . ’
2 There 's an old Jewish phrase which I think is worth repeating .
3 That is the price the Chancellor and the Prime Minister think is worth paying — the price of decline and despair for families , the price of the dissolution of industries upon which we in this country depend for our future .
4 Before we leave this discussion of basic theory and turn our attention finally to the modern world , there is one further point that I think is worth making and that is part of the answer to the second question asked above , namely , why do individuals go through the three stages in the conventional order ?
5 Eddie I think is worth sheer sort of opening teams up .
6 Now whether we would find in our strate if we were to have a strategic sites policy erm whether there 's an issue there that it might let in as it were too much of that kind of land use and not enough of the manufacturing or proper office kind I think is worth kicking around the table .
7 So let me just say a few things before he does arrive , and catch his breath and perhaps have a cup of tea , on , on a topic which we , it 's not fully listed but I think is worth just mentioning , and that is writing for the press , because it may occur to you and in fact you may yourself on occasions , write things for the press .
8 And that really I think is about it unless there are Interpretation of As much as I 'm going to .
9 The jacket describes the book as being a cross between 9½ Weeks and The Third Man , which I think is about right .
10 County Councillor , Councillor on my right , I think is to be congratulated on the work he has done with County Highways on our behalf , and has written to District Council recommending refusal .
11 Our roads are in a mess and anything that will speed up improving that situation I think is to be welcomed .
12 All we do and say and think is for our country and our King .
13 Right , the general point I think is on cost and consultation .
14 so that day at erm , it was two weeks ' time that day erm tt , think is on er Robocop
15 It is his recognition that projected activities draw upon a distinctly different kind of energy ( and I include emotional response ) from non-projected activity that I think is of fundamental importance .
16 Which of these three numbers is the most appropriate depends upon which of the following three statements we think is nearest the truth :
17 That I think is in accordance with a common sense application of the paragraph .
18 Never mind what we think is in chromosomes — if babies can learn to talk and listen , then some sort of knowledge must be in there somewhere .
19 The significant change I think is in the balance of debt between fixed and variable rate , where we took a conscious decision and been working it through to take more advantage of the prospective and er decline , it was prospective earlier in the year er in selling interest rates and the continued low er short-term rates in the United States .
20 The community has decided , that is , to delegate to judges the power to decide lawsuits in whatever way they think is in the best interests of the community as a whole and to invent working as-if theories of legal rights , including theories of legislation and precedent , with that purpose in mind .
21 Harry Secombe , I think is in the we get the Sunday Observer you know , they have the
22 What I want , would like to see , and I think is in your interest and the public 's interest is actually to , to not just be responding but to be , to be reactive but to be pro-active , and to be going out onto the streets as it were .
23 it 's a small expense which I think 's worth it .
24 I said do n't hold your breath Elaine but if it 's what I think 's in that carrier bag over there it ai n't a voucher , cos they all were saying
25 Well she was seventy since we came here , on our second year , so she 'll be about seventy three I think , her birthday I think 's in er November or something , she 'll be about seventy three will Eileen , let's see , Uncle Jim was seven when I was born , so he , I 'm sixty six next so he will be seventy three , I 'm sure , oh no well that 's right int it ?
26 No O K. So he 's on his own in the room at night , erm and what do you think is outside the window ?
27 Er there 's a book , which I do n't think is on your list but it might be called By Thorn and Henley er which might be worth looking at .
28 Who do you think is to be the most hurt by such a scandal ?
29 Signe said , ‘ What do you think 's in the parcel ?
30 One way in which he does that he thinks is by plural voting , that you give the educated more than one vote , he says we have to make sure the educated do n't form their own class with their own class interests , but , but giving the educated a bigger say will lead us to make better decisions he thinks .
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