Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [be] think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or they may be thinking about the unthinkable : independence for their tiny — but vastly more successful — China . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | they should be thinking about it right from the word go . |
| 5 | ‘ It subtly reminds the client that they should be thinking about legal issues on a regular basis , ’ said . |
| 6 | They should be thought of as models rather than theories because they are orientated to action and to practice . |
| 7 | If they had been , even now they would be thinking of the night to come . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They can be thought of as seven tests to be applied . |