Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb mod] be think " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can moreover lead to endless trouble : there are always children who will opt out on parental instructions or with parental permission , or who may be thought to need alternative provision . |
| 2 | Or they may be thinking about the unthinkable : independence for their tiny — but vastly more successful — China . |
| 3 | Sir , very very serious charge and I 'm sure that you 'll be thinking about sending her er to prison today . |
| 4 | It says right here on your records that you might be thinking of wimping out on us . |
| 5 | But since one may suspect that one 'll be thought a fool for having done so , it may be necessary to overact being a fool and murmur ‘ Forget my own head next ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Nuclear weapons can not escape from the kinds of restraints built up carefully in the laws-of-war tradition over the centuries , but there is a risk that they may be thought to be so escaping ( especially in view of the UK and US reservations to 1977 Geneva Protocol I ) unless positive action in this direction is taken , The comparative neglect of the whole subject of laws-of-war restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons has endured for forty years , for reasons which can be understood if not approved . |
| 10 | ‘ It subtly reminds the client that they should be thinking about legal issues on a regular basis , ’ said . |
| 11 | Although it might be thought that it would be difficult to capture the phenomenon of union growth across a number of countries on the basis of a single behavioural equation of this kind without making allowances for additional socio-political factors , or resorting to ad hoc explanations for individual countries , in fact the model performs surprisingly well . |
| 12 | A publisher or distributor may very well be unaware of the contents of what he is circulating , although he might be thought to have some obligation to ascertain what is contained in what he is peddling . |
| 13 | The boy shrugged , raising his brows with a mild affectation of surprise that it could be thought to be important ; but the stillness of his face and the steadiness of his eyes on Hotspur went some way towards betraying him . |
| 14 | Therefore the disadvantage associated with the south western sector from the point of view of attracting commuters from Leeds , is less than it might be thought . |
| 15 | She felt certain then that he must be thinking that if she was any sort of a journalist that she could do quite a write-up out of the considerable time she had just spent walking in his sole company . |
| 16 | Gloucestershire may well have been influenced by this being Walsh 's benefit year , a traditionally powerful distraction , and by the fact that he could be thought out of touch , having missed last season due to the West Indies tour . |
| 17 | ‘ And you immediately assumed that you had outstayed your welcome and I would be thinking to myself , ‘ Mon Dieu , now I have to face that idiotic English girl . ’ |
| 18 | They 're going to keep being first all the time and you 'll be thinking , Hang on hang on I have n't worked that out . |
| 19 | And you 'll be and you 'd be thinking , Ah I can see where he 's going now yeah I can see what 's coming up next he 's going to now he 's he 's integrated once |
| 20 | The hamper would be a present for the three of them and she 'd be thinking of them having a jolly evening . |
| 21 | We feel that we will be criticized if an old person is found in less than perfect conditions , and we will be thought of as neglecting them . |
| 22 | erm It 's eighty minutes , it 's that eighty minutes is a very hard game obviously erm and they will be thinking exactly the same . |
| 23 | Cos everybody 'd be thinking you were me . |
| 24 | And he would be thinking of her , and wanting her , and watching the raindrops as they spattered against the window . |
| 25 | Values will tend to follow the development plans , and land which acquires a high development value will normally be land on which development will be permitted ; but there will be exceptions and it may be thought that to limit compensation in these cases will inflict hardship on owners who are refused permission to develop or whose land is bought compulsorily . |
| 26 | This aspect of the decision in Levison is open to question ; the parties had agreed the price and the date for the collection of the carpet , and it might be thought that that would indicate that a binding contract had been made on the telephone . |
| 27 | Third , there may be rules that do not directly sanction that which might arguably constitute a breach of fiduciary obligation , but which might be thought to assume its legitimacy . |
| 28 | So far we have considered three ways of sampling directly from a given population , but it may be thought that this direct method has dangers attached . |
| 29 | You could be looking at a minimum of one , two , three years ' salary , because you might be thinking well at least that 'll give me a chance to get on , to get back on my feet . |
| 30 | I it did I mean I thought afterwards I should n't have said that to er John because he would be thinking , Oh here 's negative Nelly coming along . |