Example sentences of "think of the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Symbols possess both intellectual and emotional ( or affectual ) efficacy : think of the sign of the cross , the Nazi Sieg Heil , the masonic handshake , |
| 2 | We think of the desert of modern life with the concentration on material possessions and its resultant poverty . |
| 3 | Er we think of the mission of the church very largely in terms of personal evangelism . |
| 4 | But its existing price arguably includes some allowance for these external costs ( think of the cost of winning a permit ) . |
| 5 | Well some of the stuff is eighteen pounds a meter but if you think of the cost of a a well fitting jacket for somebody like myself , it 's astronomical ! |
| 6 | Think of the cost of these on the National Health Service , it 's costing a fortune . |
| 7 | I daresay it can be done if you think of the kind of economic growth rates produced by places like South Korea … |
| 8 | Most people , however , think of the well-being of their relatives first . |
| 9 | You think of the glow of pride that still lingers from your last HVS triumph with embarrassment and try to console yourself with the mitigating circumstances of age , heavy work responsibilities , duty to family , your back problem … |
| 10 | " Too beastly , and when you think of the shape of a ripe plum . " |
| 11 | Think of the might of a forest fire or the burning heat of the sun . |
| 12 | For each sound , think of the disposition of the organs of articulation required to make it , i.e. tongue and lip position , presence or absence of aspiration , retroflexion , fronting or backing , etc . |
| 13 | There is quite enough for us to worry about in our own institutes ; just think of the state of many buildings in the former East Germany . |
| 14 | Just think of the variety of work you may have to commission : computer graphics or cartoon treatment for a commercial ; a glossy colour illustration or a strip cartoon ; action , fashion or food photography ; straight-forward shots of the client 's packs . |
| 15 | If you think of the variety of commercials you see on TV , there are many different things you can do in commercials : animation ; live action , used in perhaps the majority of commercials ; puppetry ; mixed live action and animation ; computer graphics and picture modification ; a variety of special effects . |
| 16 | For example , think of the depth of difference between Britain and Iran . |
| 17 | Think of the fate of a newly mutated gene , first in splurge-weed , then in bottle-wrack . |
| 18 | So if you think of the nucleus of uranium , lots of protons and lots of neutrons all bunched up together . |
| 19 | In a sense , if we think of the context of say the late eighteenth early nineteenth century perhaps more , perhaps more specifically we think of the er , of the er erm early nineteenth century . |
| 20 | So if that is the capability of one mask at a time … think of the power of all ten ! ’ |
| 21 | When I think of the schema of oases , I see the images of Gide . |
| 22 | Secondly , erm think of the world of ‘ Yes , Minister ’ , it must be so , or even more so in France perhaps , erm there 's this huge French administration which has done things in much the same way through the decades and I suppose wo n't easily be changed from doing them . |
| 23 | really when you think of the extent of the problems in the area . |
| 24 | Think of the prospect of John Major lining up at the London Marathon , or Neil Kinnnock limbering up before taking to the squash courts . |
| 25 | But I mean , when you think of the amount of people in this block that 's bought their house and the state that the building 's in , I mean , I have told them in the corporation that a lick of paint would nah do it any harm . |
| 26 | ‘ Think of the value of it , ’ pleaded Jack . |
| 27 | Think of the motto of Gordonstoun School in Scotland — Plus est en vous . |
| 28 | We all know how the week runs away with official interviews and calls , and how difficult it is to remember all the people with whom you ought to keep in touch , but when I think of the number of things which people of different types , like Lady Londonderry and Lady St Helier and others , have got settled by letting people meet at the dinner table , I despair of a man who never sees even those who have been longest in office on any occasion . |
| 29 | more information I mean this is , I mean this is part of what I was talk mythology I mean we 're talking about the index survey so when I raised the example of Churchill and the Churchill ex example is , was a good one because I mean he was an intellectual in his way , you know I mean he was a big bright cookie and but his was in terms of word count because he had a use of words for the way he used his words was how ordinary people would understand him I mean if you go back to you know we will fight them on the beaches and everything else I mean you think of the number of syllables he used in those words etcetera , etcetera I mean that 's sort of what I 'm getting to I mean he had his sharp succinct approach you know |
| 30 | you can write down these words , that would then be given you a clue things that you could be saying to your customers , where , right , if you start thinking about the job that you 're doing and I give you the word where , right you think of the number of times you can use the word where , with a customer , right |