Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb mod] [be] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lexical items in a taxonomy may be thought of as corresponding to classes of things in the extra-linguistic world . |
| 2 | The presence of a handshake could be thought of as excluding all possible alternatives , that is it excludes kissing , nodding , spitting , etc . |
| 3 | A dun should be thought of as a fortified dwelling . |
| 4 | A dun should be thought of as a fortified dwelling . |
| 5 | The price paid for a warrant can be thought of as part of the subscription price for a share which may ( or may not ) be issued at a future date . |
| 6 | The dependence of the meaning of concepts on the structure of the theory in which they occur , and the dependence of the precision of the former on the precision and degree of coherence of the latter , can be made more plausible by noting the limitations of some alternative ways in which a concept might be thought to acquire meaning . |
| 7 | Any such artefact may seek either to proclaim or to hide the material used and the constraints the material has imposed upon the technological process : a mask may be thought to incorporate the spiritual properties of the wood from which it is taken ; a group of people may refuse to purchase an item known to be of seal skin ; a plastic may seek to copy a more traditional material ; the gold from which an object is made may have far greater significance than the actual form into which it has been hammered . |
| 8 | A CHROMOSOME may be thought of as DNA coated with a protein . |
| 9 | 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 . |