Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [be] think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who subscribe to them and are honoured by reference to them may be thought of with contempt by those for whom the underlife is the serious basis of social living . |
| 2 | Or they may be thinking about the unthinkable : independence for their tiny — but vastly more successful — China . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For several years , in the late 1960s and the early 1970s , sociologists seemed to spend as much time and effort arguing about how they should be thinking about and studying the social world as they did in actually doing research . |
| 5 | they should be thinking about it right from the word go . |
| 6 | ‘ It subtly reminds the client that they should be thinking about legal issues on a regular basis , ’ said . |
| 7 | They should be thought of as models rather than theories because they are orientated to action and to practice . |
| 8 | If they had been , even now they would be thinking of the night to come . |
| 9 | If something had to be labelled with this vogue word ‘ citizenship ’ , they no doubt felt that the more they included in their responses , the better they would be thought to be discharging the task of citizenship education . |
| 10 | They can be thought of as seven tests to be applied . |
| 11 | Both of them can be thought of as being exercised in varying degrees , so that observation of people can be carried out with varying degrees of participation and varying degrees of control . |