Example sentences of "think that the [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think that the work is accessible to the general public ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Now , now you 've been working in the area of AIDS for some time now , do you think that the message is getting through ? |
| 4 | It is pretty certain that , in term of what adults mean by ‘ longer ’ the children do not really think that the pencil is longer ; but why do they say this ? |
| 5 | If you watch the treatment sessions , you may sometimes think that the patient is not taking any active role in initiating movements , whereas the physiotherapist seems to be doing the movements for him . |
| 6 | You would think that the law is clear on this area . |
| 7 | I do n't think that the pub is open the cafs are n't open the amusements are n't open . |
| 8 | I do think that the Minister is going a bit beyond the statement now . |
| 9 | Again you 'd think that the Trent is er in a diabolical state . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The son 's arrival makes the tenants think that the owner is dead and that the son has come to claim his inheritance . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | [ New ] Wolverton has now been modernised and , apart from a pleasant public library and some flower beds in the narrow residential streets , I do not think that the result is a great amelioration . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Nor should we think that the situation is better at secondary level . |
| 18 | ‘ I do not think that the situation is slipping out of control . |
| 19 | The Government 's commitment to the environment can have no credibility — I stress that I am talking about the Government , not the Minister — if the Prime Minister and the Chancellor do not think that the environment is important , even if lesser Ministers do . |
| 20 | But if the Government thinks that the public is gullible enough to be happy with a table or two every now and again , it is quite wrong . |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman thinks that the timing is a bit slow ; others may feel that it is a bit fast . |
| 22 | The present scheme 's inadequacies are best highlighted by a constituent , Mr. Russell , who wrote to me on the advice of his local DSS office , which also thinks that the system is unfair . |
| 23 | Alexander Gurov , a senior official at the security ministry ( a successor to the KGB , which knew a thing or two about smuggling money out of Russia ) thinks that the figure is probably much nearer $16 billion . |
| 24 | The baby passes urine into the potty and the mother thinks that the baby is trained . |
| 25 | Reading experiences expressed by this node are characterised , in ordinary language , by the total dependence of the reader 's satisfaction on whether he or she thinks that the author has enjoyed writing the text , on the basis additionally that the reader thinks that the author is satisfied by the enjoyment gained by readers ' interpretative efforts . |
| 26 | The menacing threat of critical doubt is empty , though of course if the victim thinks that the pistol is loaded , the threat is real enough for him . |
| 27 | She thinks that the college is alright but it 's a bit of hole ! |
| 28 | It is thought that the platelet is necessary for the maintenance of normal vascular integrity in that patients with thrombocytopaenia show a generalised haemorrhagic tendency and bruising when the platelet count falls below about 5 × 10 9 /1 , spontaneous bruising and more severe bleeding being possible as the platelet count falls below 20 × 10 9 /1 . |
| 29 | It is thought that the defence is most relevant in the context of take-overs where a merchant bank may build up a stake in a target company for a prospective bidder . |
| 30 | It might be thought that the concept is a new one . |