Example sentences of "[modal v] think in terms " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may think in terms of bits of equipment , flows of material , flows of energy or flows of information . |
| 2 | In this chapter we suppose that b/d is sufficiently large that one may think in terms of a horizontally infinite layer , although we shall mention lower aspect ratio layers briefly and return to them in Section 24.7 . |
| 3 | experts now believe you must think in terms of how much you need to produce . |
| 4 | ‘ We must think in terms of corporate reporting rather than just financial statement , ’ said the Governor . |
| 5 | Clearly we must think in terms of changes in state of complex systems , of transitions involving various types of ‘ catastrophe ’ ( in the sense of Rene/ Thom ) . |
| 6 | It 's quite obvious as regards the longer-term that we must think in terms of today 's starting point , we ca n't just introduce the market and cease all state regulation . |
| 7 | If one can not , then one must think in terms of cost efficiency to compete with homogeneous products , whatever one 's current differentiated position . |
| 8 | He must think in terms of thousand upon thousand of repetitions when practising a particular kata , for only through constant repetition will he be able to master the basic fighting movements and to achieve the physical and spiritual sensitivity that lies at the heart of the martial arts . |
| 9 | Whether you are designing a kitchen from scratch or updating an old one you must think in terms of priorities , define your most pressing needs , and start from there . |
| 10 | However , when someone leaves the United Kingdom one must think in terms of both rules . |
| 11 | You should think in terms of setting yourselves goals . |
| 12 | When preparing his food , you should think in terms of providing a ‘ finger buffet ’ with foods you might normally eat with a knife and fork . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps you should think in terms of months , ’ Dr Craig-Dunlop said gently . |
| 14 | But in agriculture , because the climate , crops and farm sizes are different , we should think in terms of national variations of the MacSharry plan — a national and regional flavour to any reforms . |
| 15 | Example ( 3 ) ( d ) , for instance , would be an abbreviated form of a structure that could perhaps be realized more fully as : ( 26 ) our lawyer sent the packages ; the packages are registered It may of course be claimed that we should think in terms not of actual clauses but of some more hypothetical and abstract clause ; maybe the last five words in ( 26 ) should be replaced by something like : ( 27 ) [ subject the package plural ] subject be registered |
| 16 | I suspect that most sensible designers would think in terms of something more like a skate . |
| 17 | If your husband retires on a Friday , it is unrealistic to think that your great new life together will take off with a flourish the following Monday ; but the good news is that if you can think in terms of allowing yourselves time to renegotiate the way you live together , the chances are that you will both have adjusted to the new situation within about two years . |
| 18 | No industrialist can think in terms of a single market . |
| 19 | As with any market , we can think in terms of a source of supply and a source of demand . |