Example sentences of "may [be] think [prep] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The science and art of maintaining , breeding and displaying wild animals successfully in captivity may be thought of as something akin to gardeners with green fingers . |
| 2 | It may be thought of as a giant aquatic Guinea Pig weighing up to 60 kilograms . |
| 3 | A humourless man is one whose muscles of humour have fallen into disuse and have petrified ; he is also an uncreative man for humour may be thought of as the first rung of the creative ladder . |
| 4 | ( Ullman 's work is thus closer to the spirit of Kant , and may be thought of as an attempt to articulate the intuitions and categories of space which structure and give meaning to the input stimulus . ) |
| 5 | They are essentially threatening or assaulting practices and , like silent or heavy-breathing telephone calls , may be thought of as the sexually-poor man 's rape ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | To say that the stance is one of knowing does not necessarily imply a belief in ‘ objectivity ’ ; the process may be thought of as a hermeneutic , interpretative one in which objective knowledge is not possible . |
| 8 | The presence or absence of public transport that can get people to work , that may be thought of as a service available between 8 and 9 am and 5 and 6 pm from Mondays to Fridays , is a much more realistic indicator of accessibility . |
| 9 | Although the Macintosh may be thought of as a ‘ small ’ computer , compared with the workstations installed by Atex and the like , it offers an exceptional degree of flexibility and considerable price advantages . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In very broad terms these may be thought of as divisions based on social class . |
| 12 | The second , which may be thought of as the ‘ efficient markets ’ theory , is called the ‘ substitution hypothesis ’ . |
| 13 | A CHROMOSOME may be thought of as DNA coated with a protein . |
| 14 | At the higher values of the Richardson number , the turbulence may be thought of as random superposition of internal waves ( Section 15.4 ) . |
| 15 | The profile may be thought of as a set of fake hybridisations with the set of M mapped probes and the probe/contig , and consequently may be displayed using show . |
| 16 | geographical areas , e.g. the North and South of England may be thought of as separate markets for many products ; |