Example sentences of "thought [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point to notice in this mechanistic philosophy is that the mind is thought of as passive : |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | These , framing the scene , are surely thought of as asleep in another part of the palace , roused by the tumult in the hall , as Penelope and her women listen to the fight with the Suitors . |
| 4 | In my country , ’ he mocked her slightly , ‘ Americans are often thought of as vulgar . ’ |
| 5 | Transition fields are often thought of as weak but predominantly dipolar , as would occur if the dynamo were inactive and failing to regenerate the field . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Something comparable , and no less surprising , had happened a century earlier with the art-criticism of John Ruskin , and there is often something unnerving in the spectacle of an activity once thought of as specialist and tedious catapulted into sudden acclaim . |
| 8 | Such themes place Scottish studies at the head of urgent European concerns , at a time when cultures are often thought of as monolithic , and when cultural exclusivity is a source of often violent conflict . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This was a remark that three days before she would have thought of as wolfish . |
| 12 | Other ‘ flags ’ can be thought of as developing within one part of the French flag . |
| 13 | — Although anorexia nervosa has been thought of as developing in the context of a ‘ perfect childhood ’ , there is some evidence that psychological trauma may predispose to the disorder . |
| 14 | Women were thought of as stupid and incapable of doing anything worthwhile . |
| 15 | He has pointed out , too , that if life is considered in this light , then some clays could be thought of as alive . |
| 16 | The lexical items in a taxonomy may be thought of as corresponding to classes of things in the extra-linguistic world . |
| 17 | But because the conception of the Certificate did not originate within the recognized schools examination boards , indeed had nothing to do with the DES , it is now thought of as suitable more for further education than for schools , and it seems to invoke all over again the old distinction between ‘ education ’ and ‘ training ’ . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | It might be thought of as over-reacting but the development of local monopolies and cartels is just conceivable . |
| 20 | Because education has become more and more of a depersonalized commodity that can be delivered in principle by anyone , their technique as teachers is thought of as paramount and their preferences as incidental . |
| 21 | ‘ The company of the future is based upon values that at least traditionally we have thought of as female ’ , he says . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He notes that Mackie compares values to colours , and describes both as things which are normally thought of as existing independently ( and which conceivably might have done so ) but which a reasonable scientific view of the world exhibits as not really there . |
| 24 | Zeus , I imagine , is thought of as invisible to the others , seen by the soothsayers , who mark the turn of his head to Pelops and know the outcome . |
| 25 | Here was a princess who was catholic , although she belonged to a family which is usually thought of as arian . |
| 26 | It might be thought of as repressive but they actually enjoy it . |
| 27 | Positional signals might be thought of as instructive since they tell the cell its position in the system . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | ’ 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 . |
| 30 | Standardly that relation is thought of as inferential ; one belief is inferred from another or others . |