Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [be] think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pointes must not be thought of as a prop on which to balance the body , but as an extra dimension to make dramatic sense of a statement about the character on pointes and/or to relate in some way to the story or theme . |
| 2 | They were younger than she had expected and seemed shy and reticent , emphasising frequently , all the way up the stairs , that they wanted only a bolt-hole and must not be thought of as real boarders . |
| 3 | In Foucault 's work ‘ sexuality ’ is seen as an historical apparatus , and ‘ sex ’ is a ‘ complex idea that was formed within the deployment of sexuality ’ : 'Sexuality must not be thought of as a kind of natural given which power tries to hold in check , or as an obscure domain which knowledge gradually tries to uncover . |
| 4 | All these feelings are normal and should not be thought to be ‘ wrong ’ . |
| 5 | Such interconnection between the two sectors , primary and secondary , should not be thought of as a burden . |
| 6 | But the general point is that vertical restraints should not be thought of , in social welfare terms , as intermediate between no linkage and complete integration . |
| 7 | Although a common form of procedure for research is being recommended here it should not be thought for one moment that a hard and fast programme is being suggested to which every research enquiry should conform . |
| 8 | When one is asking questions , however , one must never forget that the answers come from the respondents , so one must always be thinking about those respondents . |
| 9 | The first choice should always be to think of your putter . |
| 10 | You should clearly be thinking about weaknesses in control : wastage , perhaps , or even pilferage . |
| 11 | These five possible areas of leisure activities are only illustrative for the particular methodological problem here being discussed ; they are not in fact derived from any research , but they will suffice to show that the researcher should now be thinking in what order they might be placed so as to g*e a sensible progression in an interview . |
| 12 | Investors who should really be thinking of making a move are those in National Savings Deposit Accounts which are paying only 10.75 per cent gross ( without deduction of tax ) . |
| 13 | It is appropriate to add a few words at this point that might help avert the possibility of becoming involved in any extensive debate about whether associative changes of the sort described here should really be thought of as instances of perceptual learning , producing changes in the perceived similarity of the stimuli . |
| 14 | Little girls of ten should n't be thinking about dreary things like funerals . |
| 15 | She should n't be thinking of him now , not here , not like this . |
| 16 | There s no reason whatsoever we should n't be thinking in terms of the championship anyway . |
| 17 | These cover all lifting tasks , and should n't be thought of as just applying in an industrial environment . |
| 18 | For ease of reference , the various steps are numbered , but the divisions between the steps should never be thought of as hard and fast . |
| 19 | The reading should always be for the -intrinsic interest or value of what is read … it should never be thought of as an exercise . " |
| 20 | Again it may not be thought to be particularly helpful that God in God 's undifferentiated nature ( or indeed the Spirit in its rather vague nature ) are to be understood as ‘ female ’ , while ‘ divine energies ’ ( sic ) , that which is clearly differentiated and self-determining , is to be seen as ‘ male ’ . |
| 21 | Even though they may already be thinking about their appearance , and becoming fashion-conscious , on many occasions all this is forgotten and , in running , dancing or laughing , they revert to a natural ease through which a certain innocence shines . |
| 22 | It might additionally be thought to be undesirable that trivial assaults have to be prosecuted with an offence carrying the heavy maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment . |
| 23 | This should not be taken at face value ; our ‘ individuals ’ might better be thought of as neuter , reproducing themselves unaided . |
| 24 | That she might not be thinking of them , but simply indulging herself , is the only factor in the situation that would worry me at all . ’ |
| 25 | A court might not be thought to be a particularly suitable body to make such a decision because , in many situations , the decision , whichever way it goes , will be politically highly contentious . |
| 26 | Those who do might also be thought to be insincere , but some policemen showed real regret and disappointment when they were unable to provide the service they felt they should , whether because of the nature of the call or because of unrealistic public expectations ( such as finding lost budgies , preventing sheep-worrying , or reconciling warring spouses and quarrelsome neighbours ) . |
| 27 | The 1980s might usefully be thought of as the ‘ decade of regulatory reform ’ . |
| 28 | Cattle eat grass , and might therefore be thought of as enemies of grass . |
| 29 | He had been able to appear " normal " because he was abnormal , he was an outsider , he was mad , he saw and desired normality with a piercing vision of what it might ideally be thought to be . |
| 30 | the gay male parody of a certain femininity , which , as others have argued , may itself be an elaborate social construct , is both a way of giving vent to the hostility toward women that probably afflicts every male ( and which male heterosexuals have of course expressed in infinitely nastier and more effective ways ) and could paradoxically be thought of as helping to deconstruct that image for women themselves … |