Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [be] think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be thought of as a giant aquatic Guinea Pig weighing up to 60 kilograms . |
| 2 | For an object to exist in an ontological sense is to exist in its own right and not merely as an object of thought , but it is not to exist independently of the conditions under which it may be thought of and identifyingly referred to as that particular object and no other . |
| 3 | It may be thought of as a reaction against the ‘ classical ’ form of bureaucracy ( and unity of command — ie. one man , one boss ) by establishing a structure of dual command . |
| 4 | To say the least , it is unfortunate that a multiply influenced process with many stages in it should be thought of by sociobiological proponents and their critics alike ( e.g. Solomon , 1978 ) as having an invariant outcome and a single explanation . |
| 5 | This is , of course , a simplified picture of a sense-spectrum : it should be thought of as having , at least potentially , many dimensions , and as continually growing , amoeba-like . |
| 6 | Lyric poetry is not subjective in the ordinary sense ; and in its freedom from subjectivity it should be thought of in the same terms as music . |
| 7 | It must be thought of as just one of the tools available to business today for managing the ever increasing volumes of information . |
| 8 | In the final analysis , it must be thought of as the eternal and original artistic power that calls into being the entire world of phenomena . |
| 9 | It might be thought of as over-reacting but the development of local monopolies and cartels is just conceivable . |
| 10 | It might be thought of as repressive but they actually enjoy it . |
| 11 | It would seem unlikely before the Hadrianic period at the earliest , if comparison is made with some other northern sites such as Aldborough ; it might be thought to be more likely under Severus or Caracalla , when the whole northern frontier region was extensively reorganized . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I do n't suppose it would be thinking about it now , because they would probably have to join the queue like everybody else , would that be right ? |
| 14 | This was a very hot body , spewing its heat and gases copiously into space : it can be thought of as a planet-sized erupting volcano . |
| 15 | In so far as a timetable can be thought of as functioning like a rule it can be thought of as an instrument of order . |
| 16 | It can be thought of as a kind of organisational ‘ cement ’ . |
| 17 | In a sense it can be thought of as a direction of time that is at right angles to real time . |
| 18 | It can be thought of as comprising cascaded identical symmetric T or Π-sections , the circuit diagrams of which are presented in figures 9. l(b) and ( c ) . |