Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] [be] think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | One way of regarding the problem of disseminating innovative teaching practices is to assume that teachers have some kind of mental picture of the paths taken by their pupils ' developing minds as they move through a topic ( topic x ) towards a state which may be thought of as ‘ understanding X ’ . |
| 3 | It does not include problems which may be thought of as on the fringe of sexual considerations such as unmarried motherhood , neurotic guilt about sex or non-sexual marital dissonance , although all of these may in themselves stimulate sexual difficulty . |
| 4 | The second , which may be thought of as the ‘ efficient markets ’ theory , is called the ‘ substitution hypothesis ’ . |
| 5 | It consists of a set of vertices , which may be thought of as marking off temporal units along the x axis , and a set of edges linking these vertices . |
| 6 | A parameter entity is an SGML construct which may be thought of in simple terms as like a variable declaration in a programming language : the effect of using them here is that each base tag set can provide its own specific definition for the constituents of texts , which can , moreover be modified by the user . |
| 7 | More recently the focus has been on literature which might be thought of as racially damaging . |
| 8 | Librarians recognize the need for an appropriate balance to be maintained within the materials which they make available to reflect differing extremes or shades of opinion on matters which might be thought to be contentious . |
| 9 | Some of the landowning agencies that are most restrictive are those which might be thought to be answerable to the public , or have their best interests at heart : the Forestry Commission , the Ministry of Defence and sometimes even the National Trust come to mind . |
| 10 | The first three of these are clearly concerned with the treatment of third-country nationals , and it is therefore of interest to note that the question of visa policy , which might be thought to be implicit in the second and third objectives mentioned above will fall within the scope of Community competence by virtue of the new Article 100C of the EEC Treaty introduced by the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 11 | ’ — A term which might be thought by some to overstate our relationship , ’ he said finally , and was pleased to observe that his tone did not waver . |
| 12 | Other people may settle down happily : the noise means a safe background , a train on its way — eating the miles , with a rhythm and vibration which could be thought of as a loud , comforting lullaby . |
| 13 | What they share , despite their differences , is an insistence that there is no ‘ original ’ wholeness or unity in the self , nor a ‘ real self ’ which can be thought of as in some way underlying the self of everyday life . |
| 14 | It does not suit professional courses , such as those in medicine , law , engineering or business studies which can be thought of as composite subjects , and which therefore tend to have few external ancillary courses . |
| 15 | Its design to avoid significant loading at the output or input has already been considered in section 3.7 for the special case of a direct input , which can be thought of as a sinusoidal input of zero frequency , but the discussion and conclusions reached apply equally well whatever the time dependence of the input signal . |
| 16 | which can be thought of as a temporary , unexpected rise or fall in income ( for example , an unexpected increase in income resulting from a win at the races , or a temporary fall in income resulting from a short period of unemployment ) . |
| 17 | Recall from Chapter 19 that this is a long-run measure of income which can be thought of as the present value of the expected flow of income from the stock of human and non-human wealth over a long period of time . |
| 18 | Because I 'm not just interested in society , which can be thought of in a kind of abstract fashion , but I 'm very much interested in the expressions in ordinary ways of life , in the arts , in literature , in music , of the kind of society that you 've got . |
| 19 | Whatever may be thought of this — I have softened it in translation — there can be no denying its intense urgency and power . |
| 20 | One is the formal , departmental structure ( see Figure 5.1 ) which recognizes the various specialisms within the business and leads to what may be thought of as an ‘ orthodox ’ , function-based management structure . |
| 21 | In practice , moreover , treatments for such patients tend to be chosen empirically and worked through on a trial and error basis , whatever might be thought to be the underlying pathophysiology . |
| 22 | To illustrate , I will take what might be thought to be an example posing relatively few problems — the case of the Loch Ness monster . |
| 23 | Beyond the brief : All three are prepared , indeed eager , to go beyond what might be thought to be the narrow design brief and comment on the nature and selection of the material they are asked to make attractive and intelligible on the page . |
| 24 | The Divisional Court , and the majority of their lordships in the House of Lords , were struck with what might be thought to be the obvious purpose of the Act , which was clearly passed with a view to assisting the police in the detection and prevention of crime . |
| 25 | Collectively , that does not leave many of us out ; and there can , of course , be few of us who have not at some time or another suffered from what might be thought of as a sexual problem albeit , perhaps , a trifling one . |