Example sentences of "[noun] which [vb mod] [be] think [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ’ — A term which might be thought by some to overstate our relationship , ’ he said finally , and was pleased to observe that his tone did not waver .
2 More recently the focus has been on literature which might be thought of as racially damaging .
3 Recall from Chapter 19 that this is a long-run measure of income which can be thought of as the present value of the expected flow of income from the stock of human and non-human wealth over a long period of time .
4 Librarians recognize the need for an appropriate balance to be maintained within the materials which they make available to reflect differing extremes or shades of opinion on matters which might be thought to be contentious .
5 Other people may settle down happily : the noise means a safe background , a train on its way — eating the miles , with a rhythm and vibration which could be thought of as a loud , comforting lullaby .
6 It does not include problems which may be thought of as on the fringe of sexual considerations such as unmarried motherhood , neurotic guilt about sex or non-sexual marital dissonance , although all of these may in themselves stimulate sexual difficulty .
7 It does not suit professional courses , such as those in medicine , law , engineering or business studies which can be thought of as composite subjects , and which therefore tend to have few external ancillary courses .
8 It is tempting to point , as a common feature of enterprises such as these , to the fact that they are ‘ single-function ’ entities ( in contrast to central government and agencies of horizontal devolution which may be thought of as multi-function ) .
9 One way of regarding the problem of disseminating innovative teaching practices is to assume that teachers have some kind of mental picture of the paths taken by their pupils ' developing minds as they move through a topic ( topic x ) towards a state which may be thought of as ‘ understanding X ’ .
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