Example sentences of "think it is [adj] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We do not think it is possible to deny that there are circumstances in which individuals may justifiably choose to enter into a homosexual relationship ... [ although ] such a relationship could not be regarded as the moral or social equivalent of marriage . '
2 I think it is essential to feel that if you are to be a successful athlete .
3 For my part I think it is right to accept that that was in the eyes of the appellants a formality .
4 But I think it is reasonable to observe that the major issues of the Falklands War were more or less written in the stars .
5 I think it is reasonable to assume that the arrow for computers is the same as that for humans .
6 Erm I I think it is true to say that the , the cost er reduction which they offered brought the price back within what we regarded as the affordability within our defence programme , er the level of affordability .
7 I think it is important to realise that there is an emotional and political logic behind the face of what people characterise as psychopathic terrorism .
8 Assimilation of place with specific reference to alveolar consonants is described in Gimson ( 1960 ) .1 think it is important to realise that the traditional view of assimilation as a change from one phoneme to another is naive ; modern instrumental studies in the broader field of coarticulation show that when assimilation happens one can often show how there is some sort of combination of articulatory gestures .
9 I think it is important to remember that if they complied with the properly doc adopted and formulated town plan then the permission would have been granted , obviously subject to details and .
10 As we are discussing groundstroke skills , I think it is important to stress that at the beginning , according to the shape of shot that you have — whether it be topspin , slice or flat — you can insist on slice only , topspin only , or on hitting your favoured shot .
11 I think it is fair to say that the really top quality olives are usually sold in oil rather than in brine .
12 As I recall , he had not been initially so preoccupied with the peace treaty when it was drawn up at the end of the Great War , and I think it is fair to say that his interest was prompted not so much by an analysis of the treaty , but by his friendship with Herr Karl-Heinz Bremann .
13 I think it is fair to say that hard words were spoken , but I never knew exactly what was said .
14 I THINK it is fair to say that every hobby has its frustrations , and that there is no pastime that is genuinely ‘ roses all the way ’ .
15 Autonomy is important to everyone , but I think it is fair to say that it is of particular importance in adolescence .
16 I think it is fair to say that the tradition of structuralist and transformational descriptive grammar contains many examples of this kind .
17 I think it is fair to say that in practical terms you are likely to get substantial life out of the tool before the original battery is spent , perhaps several years .
18 Kuhn 's account predates Lakatos 's methodology of scientific research programmes , and I think it is fair to say that Lakatos adapted some of Kuhn 's results to his own purposes .
19 I think it is fair to say that erm all the detailed surveys which have been taken have tended to support the findings from the one to fifty thousand map in so far that the various developments proposed to the west and to the south have include quite large elements of grade two land , whereas the se proposals to the north a tend to be grade three land .
20 As the minister said these orders impose a new statutory duty on auditors and as he quite rightly reminded us , it is something that er we welcomed when we held the debate on the Bingham report in November nineteen ninety two , some fifteen months ago , er , I think it is fair to say that whilst we welcomed that recommendation from Bingham , we did n't say that was all that was required and it is certainly our view that whilst these orders are very welcome , they are only a start in the battle against detecting fraud and other crimes of dishonesty .
21 I think it is fair to say that this act has come about more as a result of the conduct of estate agents in the South .
22 The application that has recently been approved overcomes many of the local resident 's er objections , although I think it is fair to say that er some local residents are still concerned about Oxford Stadium 's operations , er on particular occasions and the way it affects them .
23 Faced with such apparently perverse ways of thinking it is easy to conclude that they can not possibly reason as we reason .
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