Example sentences of "[noun sg] be to think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An imperfect analogy is to think of D1 and D2 acting as one way water valves , with C5 as a piston . |
| 2 | One way of thinking about abstract identification is to think of the output as being a statement like ‘ This is word number 538 ’ . |
| 3 | However , our error is to think of God 's Law as though it were a legal system . |
| 4 | While colours in clothes can glitter and clash without restraint , the secret for make-up is to think of a flash of brilliance amongst the neutrals , not a complete exotic plumage . |
| 5 | The other possible way of answering your question is to think in terms of having a large project in which you would write a whole series of poems that would add up into a book , which as it happens I have just done , since I have just published a book of poems which are all retellings of bible stories , and there the subjects quite clearly came from the outside , though I mean unless they latch onto something inside you they wo n't make poems . |
| 6 | Perhaps because to think about reform is to think about its purposes , Mr Honecker and his colleagues keep their minds closed to such challenges . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most useful distinction is to think of other disciplines as studying something else through discourse ; whereas discourse analysis has discourse as its prime object of study , and though it may take excursions into many different fields , must always be careful to return to the main concern . |
| 8 | A good starting point is to think of how closed and impenetrable a school 's affairs , particularly its curriculum , appear to governors and to visualise the report as a series of entry points . |
| 9 | Cassie 's immediate reaction was to think of some reason why she was unable to go . |
| 10 | In fact , the trick that you need to learn to help you with this and all other movie making is to think in sequences . |
| 11 | An excellent drill is to think in terms of rallying , with targets of 30 , 50 , 100 or whatever you think you are capable of doing — and making sure the ball lands between the service line and the baseline . |
| 12 | Another way of looking at tranquillizer use is to think of the following analogy : you are driving along the motorway and suddenly your car oil warning light comes on . |
| 13 | One exercise I give classes in creative writing is to think of someone , Miss or Mr O'Connor , standing by a window reading a letter . |
| 14 | It 's message is to think before going into a car . |
| 15 | The cultivation of love is to think of all things as lovers , and the whole mind should be pervaded with thoughts of love . |
| 16 | The basic requirement of the approach is to think about concepts as empirical variables which can be measured through indices . |
| 17 | A useful approach is to think of this document as the company 's constitution , giving the company power to act in certain ways and limiting its powers in others . |
| 18 | Another interesting way to fill a flower bed is to think of a colour scheme and plant out accordingly . |
| 19 | However , to think afterward of the having of the thought is to think of two things , both somehow integral to it . |
| 20 | It is also indubitable , and a fact of which philosophers and psychologists of different inclinations have made different things , that to think of any episode of experience is to think of two elements , two elements within the experience . |
| 21 | One common way is to think of the United Kingdom 's economy as a national entity where the different parts — the various industries , banks , sections of the labour force and so on — are bound together by relations and institutions which are internal and national . |
| 22 | One solution to the problem is to think of the prescribed forms of standard written English as a sort of register : a variety to be used for specific purposes ( including writing coursework essays and exam answers ) which nevertheless may not be a variety that you identify much with , by comparison with the usage of your family and friends . |
| 23 | But the trick was to think of these properties as mappable ; that is , capable of being thought of as dimensions in space . |