Example sentences of "be think [prep] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The molecules can be thought of as little billiard balls continually colliding with each other and bouncing off the walls of the box . |
| 2 | The lexical items in a taxonomy may be thought of as corresponding to classes of things in the extra-linguistic world . |
| 3 | Why , for example , should these statements of attainment be thought of as equivalent ? : |
| 4 | These can be thought of as two separate systems with the non-metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts forming the core authorities ( see fig. 3.1 ) The first local councils under the 1972 Act were elected in 1973 and after a year of preparation , took office formally on the first day of April 1974 . |
| 5 | He has pointed out , too , that if life is considered in this light , then some clays could be thought of as alive . |
| 6 | Positional signals might be thought of as instructive since they tell the cell its position in the system . |
| 7 | It might be thought of as over-reacting but the development of local monopolies and cartels is just conceivable . |
| 8 | Other ‘ flags ’ can be thought of as developing within one part of the French flag . |
| 9 | ’ Yates felt that , ‘ Dustin did n't relate to the character because I do n't think Dustin likes to be thought of as nice and charming . |
| 10 | The division of labour in modern Britain is such that these three major segments of social life can be thought of as distinct and virtually autonomous sub-systems , each with its own set of specialized self-perpetuating roles ministers , " politicians " , civil servants , judges , lawyers , policemen , bishops , clergy — all of which are open , at least in theory , to any individual of appropriate age , sex , and education who chooses to make himself a candidate . |
| 11 | The classic oligopoly models can then be thought of as one-shot , non-co-operative games to which the NE concept can be applied to find a solution . |
| 12 | To be patronised in a cloying , concerned manner , to be thought of as diseased or unclean , the result of some awful sin and therefore to be regarded as someone without hope — was her situation better than mine or worse ? |
| 13 | When they contribute towards sexual enjoyment by way of enhancing the pleasure of sexuality in general , they may still scarcely be thought of as deviant . |
| 14 | Circumstances and what may amount to encouragement by the victim may sometimes mitigate the offence and , particularly under such conditions , impulsive or specifically planned rape is no more than an offence — it can hardly be thought of as deviant in the true sense of the word . |
| 15 | This is not to say that the share of overseas assets reached a peak in 1989 Q4 ; it simply implies that the conditions for investment are relatively free in that any remaining controls can be thought of as prudential rather than prohibitive . |
| 16 | It might be thought of as repressive but they actually enjoy it . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | Curves which are monotonic and contain only one bend can be thought of as one of the four quadrants of a circle . |
| 19 | There is no sharp dividing-line between academic or professional courses on the one hand and general ones on the other ; indeed some of the broader courses involving several disciplines which have been mentioned already may well be thought of as general — it is all a matter of degree . |
| 20 | These can be thought of as five somewhat different shapes , but it must be remembered that when people are talking they will be rapidly moving shapes . |
| 21 | If there are two kinds of small molecule in the chain , the two can be thought of as 1 and 0 respectively , and immediately any amount of information , of any kind , can be stored , provided only that the chain is long enough . |
| 22 | But we shall now see that the phenotypic effects of a gene need to be thought of as all the effects that it has on the world . |
| 23 | Foreign exchange can be thought of as all liquid claims to currency payable abroad held by a country 's residents . |
| 24 | They can be thought of as seven tests to be applied . |
| 25 | This should not be taken at face value ; our ‘ individuals ’ might better be thought of as neuter , reproducing themselves unaided . |
| 26 | Indeed , if the state can be thought of as acting as a single shareholder then it will be in a more powerful position vis-a-vis management than are shareholders of most private companies . |
| 27 | Older senses survived , too ; and , under the impact of Romanticism , ‘ popular songs ’ could in the nineteenth century also be thought of as synonymous with ‘ peasant ’ , ‘ national ’ and ‘ traditional ’ songs . ’ |
| 28 | Note that greetings , partings and various " ritual " formulae ( e.g. bless you said after a sneeze ) can be thought of as vocative in nature . |
| 29 | The bat should be thought of as analogous to the police radar trapping instrument , not to the person who designed that instrument . |
| 30 | For ease of reference , the various steps are numbered , but the divisions between the steps should never be thought of as hard and fast . |