Example sentences of "[vb mod] think that the [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reader may think that the result is already known , but all too often different populations behave in different ways so that although there may be an expected result to an investigation it will not be a foregone conclusion . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Lest anyone should think that the matter is totally unproblematical , it is perhaps worth pointing out that the same dictionary gives no separate recognition to the parallel occurrences of shut . |
| 4 | An unwary reader might think that the book is a history of the changes in Western art , whereas it is in fact only a selection of some changes . |
| 5 | If , for instance , poison were used with something , harmless in itself but merely used as a carrier , a primitive would think that the fetich is just as effective in killing as is the poison . |
| 6 | You would think that the law is clear on this area . |
| 7 | To listen to the sanctimonious critics in the ‘ serious ’ papers , on TV and , particularly , in Parliament , you would think that the Press is nothing but a quagmire of evil . |