Example sentences of "think are " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are applying for planning permission yourself , include a letter stating the planning merits of your proposal and also any personal circumstances you think are relevant — for example , that you are building an extension for an elderly relative . |
| 2 | Everyone arrives with a stack of singles which they think are worth considering for the playlist . |
| 3 | Specifically , we do not know that minds are immaterial substances whose nature does not go beyond those properties we think are essential to them . |
| 4 | Use a green pencil to underline all the foods or meals you normally eat that you think are nutritionally sound and that you do not want to change . |
| 5 | Use a red pencil to underline the things you think are not so good for you and should be restricted . |
| 6 | Every year when the mares come to stud , there are always a few who we initially think are quite sensible and intelligent but who then surprise us by behaving as if they are totally brainless ! |
| 7 | You can be a sex symbol when you 're sixty-five ; there are film stars like Paul Newman whom women still think are gorgeous . |
| 8 | You can target particular groups you think are likely supporters , draw a response and then keep in touch . |
| 9 | They grow out of their clothes very quickly or they have clothes which they think are no longer fashionable . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the creatures we generally think are alive are not clays ; they are dogs and humans and trees and mosses . |
| 11 | Do you think it would be OK to fit 9.00 x 16 tyres to improve road speed , and would they fit onto the standard wheels , which I think are 5 x 16 , or will I need wider wheels for a good fitting . |
| 12 | ‘ In terms of ideas , I had been trying to produce pictures at that time which had a very flat , two-dimensional feel to them , being torn between what I think are two different ends of photography , but which both have that quality . |
| 13 | Do some of the pictures which you think are crucial to understanding get rejected ? |
| 14 | ‘ It 's the magic words ‘ directly elected ’ which I think are all-important . |
| 15 | Later in the book , I shall describe different manoeuvres , explaining what I think are the important factors . |
| 16 | Close friends and family — those who really care about you — will be happy to comply but you must remember to tell them that you would like them to indicate what they think are your weaknesses as well as your strengths or they will simply say nice things about you . |
| 17 | So our achievements are significant , but they are fragile , and I want to conclude by outlining what I think are the principal features of our work that have bought some success . |
| 18 | These I think are self-evident ; that you can make these measurements and that they are relevant to assessing the welfare of the animal . |
| 19 | However I find that some of the people I think are good , who are , you know , efficient , go and do the job , encourage them ( the clients ) to do it themselves , are n't so well liked by families as some of those who are much softer and , you know , do everything for them . |
| 20 | Children are fascinated by words they think are ‘ naughty ’ . |
| 21 | Avoid people who you think are better looking/cleverer/more accomplished than you . |
| 22 | For instance , if people have n't exhibited management ability in what they think are the worthwhile things they 've done over the past 30 years or so , the chance of them ever being good managers is remote . |
| 23 | Such instantaneous judgments come quickly with the benefit of distance and hindsight — it is easy to be smug and superior at ( what we think are ) the follies of earlier times . |
| 24 | ‘ Neither I think are any of us , ’ Hugo observed . |
| 25 | God seems to get a real kick out of choosing people who think that they are useless , or who others think are useless , and using them for something important and useful . |
| 26 | Material from the rest of the cloud globule continually falls into the embryonic sun , building up further mass , pressure and temperature , soon reaching thousands of degrees centigrade and beginning to glow like the T Tauri stars ( glowing clouds of dense cosmic dust ) , which astronomers now think are the typical intermediate link between the dark globules and fully formed stars . |
| 27 | In this instance , it asks you to explain what you think are the reasons for the problems facing George and Marie , and then to ‘ advise ’ them ( in other words , to put forward your own recommendations ) . |
| 28 | They are not intended to be narrowly restrictive , ‘ only-possible ’ solutions : instead , you should find that they suggest what kinds of factors you ought to be identifying in your analysis , and the range of possible solutions we think are sensible . |
| 29 | I try to use ones which I think are appropriate for the shape and exterior of the animal . |
| 30 | For the Grammar Test , which also uses a multiple choice format , instruct the students to tick the boxes they think are correct . |