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

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1 — when surely they should be thinking instead about the person who has died .
2 Wondered what woman , if any , I should be thinking about in five years ' time . ’
3 And she asked herself why she should be thinking about those now , which seemed to bring forth other questions : Who was he ?
4 The correlation between such unlikely indicators and target markets was not discovered by accident , and marketers who want to get the most out of the results of the 1991 census , which will shortly become available , should be thinking about how they will do it now .
5 As the saying goes , the journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step , so by now you should be thinking of putting all your good intentions into practice and getting out to walk .
6 So if you intend to keep this fish you should be thinking about where you are going to put a rather large tank in the long term .
7 ‘ I think we should be thinking in terms of a whole platoon of insiders .
8 For several years , in the late 1960s and the early 1970s , sociologists seemed to spend as much time and effort arguing about how they should be thinking about and studying the social world as they did in actually doing research .
9 However , all too often when two-spit digging is recommended , the point that is not made clear is that we should be thinking primarily about the needs of the plants that are to grow in the dug soil .
10 they should be thinking about it right from the word go .
11 And of course if it 's a husband and wife , the two of you together should be thinking of this sort of information because you can do something about it in your will .
12 So perhaps we should be thinking more about political education and perhaps we should be thinking more about encouraging them to be non-conformist in the sense that they are prepared to ask questions , to challenge and not to accept glib answers that teachers give out willy nilly …
13 So perhaps we should be thinking more about political education and perhaps we should be thinking more about encouraging them to be non-conformist in the sense that they are prepared to ask questions , to challenge and not to accept glib answers that teachers give out willy nilly …
14 I know I should be thinking about taking her to a mother-and-toddler group so she can meet people and make friends , but something keeps putting me off .
15 And we will devote an afternoon at alternate sales conferences to brainstorming sessions involving the sales force , editors and others , to look at different publishing areas , backlist cookery or whatever , promotions and areas we should be thinking to expand . ’
16 That this Second World War would not last so long as the First , and even that it might not be a war on such a world-scale , were legitimate presumptions at the time , and Eliot was firmly of the opinion that we should be thinking then and there of the world which would finally emerge .
17 ‘ It subtly reminds the client that they should be thinking about legal issues on a regular basis , ’ said .
18 It is the Government 's view that the Commission should be thinking of ways of saving taxpayers ' money , not justifying fresh reasons for expending it .
19 A first level , supervisor 's plans probably concern the next day or the next week while the chief executive officer should be thinking in terms of the next decade in general terms and the next four or five years in more detail .
20 If somebody comes up with a suggestion for a change to a procedure , at this meeting , yes you should be looking at what that suggestion for change is but all of you round the table should be thinking , well does that change adversely effect other jobs in our areas and it should n't happen that you will get change after change after change .
21 You should be thinking beforehand , is this really right or is n't it ?
22 So how far do you actually want God to forgive you up to three times and then no more you know it 's it 's that kind of er question that we 're asking and that we that I feel that is something we should be thinking about that how far should a Christian go in forgiving .
23 ‘ You should be thinking of marriage , selecting a suitable mate , getting ready to have children .
24 At the very least , both communities should be thinking seriously about the possibility — and how they would react to it .
25 Mr Wallis said the town should be thinking in terms of an attraction of equal size and prestige as the Beamish Museum .
26 And Mr Wallis believes the town should be thinking in terms of an attraction of equal size and prestige as the Beamish Museum .
27 ‘ What Tory back-benchers should be thinking about is the mass retribution that will come upon the Tory Party as people discover the full impact of this treaty if it is ever brought into effect .
28 On another occasion , I would want to argue that , despite the problems , comparisons with the English system can only give ground for encouragement and that we should be thinking of extending the Scottish system beyond the age of 16 to include offenders under 21 .
29 We have to put a shelf mark on the books so that we can shelve the book , but that tells us quite a lot about the subject , and if you start putting those three things together the librarian , as manager of his library , can start to put all this information together — in fact , the computer digests it for him — to give him an overview of how effective his operation is , when he should be buying extra copies , when perhaps he should be thinking of not buying quite so much , or being a little more selective .
30 In fact the computer digests it for him to give him and overview of how effective his operation is , when he should be buying extra copies , when perhaps he should be thinking of not buying quite so much , or being a little more selective .
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