Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [be] thought [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pitch , of course , gets progressively softer as it is heated , and similarly , since the rocks of the mantle are also at high temperatures — the temperature in the earth increases downwards at a rate of about 30 degrees C per kilometre — they can also be thought of as being rather ‘ soft ’ . |
| 2 | Although sums of money are represented as decimal numbers , they can easily be thought of as pounds and pence , or pence alone : the idea of decimals can therefore be avoided . |
| 3 | The reading should always be for the -intrinsic interest or value of what is read … it should never be thought of as an exercise . " |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If it is any consolation , it could alternatively be thought of as being related to ‘ memory ’ , or to the French word ‘ même ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |