Example sentences of "be think [prep] [subord] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is any consolation , it could alternatively be thought of as being related to ‘ memory ’ , or to the French word ‘ même ’ . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | The number systems we use as yardsticks should be thought of as being made not of wood but of elastic which can be stretched or shrunk to our convenience . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Mournes can be thought of as being in two sections : the higher , more popular eastern range , where they ‘ sweep down to the sea ’ and the lower , even less frequented , western range . |
| 6 | I have not touched on the difficult question of localization here : it is a lively issue where the brain is concerned , but not for the digital computer because , depending on how you interpret its operations , information can be thought of as being anywhere at all in the machine ( i.e. not localized in the sense of being associated with a particular place in it ) , or ( and in some sense conversely ) all operations of the machine can be thought of as going on in one very small and specific place . |
| 7 | Whereas the emphasis of PPB could be thought of as being economic and financial , the emphasis of MBO was managerial . |
| 8 | Harmony is dependent on the species being considered , but with fish that have a potential size of 12″ these stocking levels could be thought of as being rather high . |
| 9 | One important factor to test is the assumed exogeneity of wealth , i.e. whether wealth can be thought of as being determined prior to its allocation amongst individual assets . |
| 10 | Census materials are an invaluable resource for the historian but the technical manipulation of figures may be thought of as being the remit of the mathematics department or even the geographers . |
| 11 | In this sense , as alternative ways to meet the same need , the two markets can be thought of as being in competition . |