Example sentences of "can [be] think of [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus evolution can be thought of as a process of hill-climbing . |
| 2 | In this typical example , the allosteric enzyme can be thought of as a switch . |
| 3 | To use yet another metaphor , moulding of form can be thought of as metalworking ; patterning like painting . |
| 4 | In a way , development can be thought of as a cascade , one event leading to another . |
| 5 | The tracks can be thought of as patterns of gene activity and the ball as a developing cell . |
| 6 | The slope can be thought of as a numerical expression of the strength of causal effect of one variable on another . |
| 7 | The residuals from the fitted line can be thought of as values for a variable which have been adjusted to take the explanatory variable into account . |
| 8 | Norms can be thought of as unwritten rules . |
| 9 | In another analogy , our mind can be thought of as a huge tapestry in which the many episodes of life were originally isolated and there was no relationship between the parts ; but at last we must make a unified scene of our whole life . |
| 10 | Fear can be thought of as a force in itself which we feed - the more we feed our fears , the stronger the force becomes and the more it assails us . |
| 11 | In a biosensor , the biolayer is a true material component in the device , and can be thought of as an intelligent biomaterial . |
| 12 | An individual firm 's demand for labour can be thought of as a derived demand — it is derived from the consumers ' demand for the firm 's product . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | At the other extreme , light can be thought of as the final and complete revelation of spiritual reality . |
| 15 | This was a very hot body , spewing its heat and gases copiously into space : it can be thought of as a planet-sized erupting volcano . |
| 16 | In the simplest terms , these can be thought of as particles which at the moment do not in fact exist — but one day might . |
| 17 | Knitweave can be thought of as a stocking stitch fabric with the weaving yarn caught into it on the purl side . |
| 18 | This can be thought of as a probability measure that the word token in question resulted from a misspelling of a dictionary word . |
| 19 | If communities can be thought of as houses , we are as concerned to discover what goes on in the bedroom , bathroom and kitchen as in the dining-room and sitting-room . |
| 20 | Before discussing these elements in detail it might be useful to emphasize that the notion of ‘ the demand for money ’ — which may seem a curious concept — can be thought of as a demand to hold money . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It can be thought of as a kind of organisational ‘ cement ’ . |
| 23 | Scripts can be thought of as slot-and-filler structures , in which the slots have default values so that events can be inferred even when they are not mentioned explicitly in a text . |
| 24 | Using λ for the multiplier , the Lagrangean function is : so that λ can be thought of as the weight ( >0 ) attaching to the firm 's profits as opposed to consumer utility . |
| 25 | Thus an account of housing development in North Shields provides us with a background to inter-war and immediate post-war developments in both owner-occupied and council housing , whereas Cramlington 's owner-occupied estates can be thought of as suburbanization produced by developer builders . |
| 26 | It does not suit professional courses , such as those in medicine , law , engineering or business studies which can be thought of as composite subjects , and which therefore tend to have few external ancillary courses . |
| 27 | The former reference can be thought of as a private sector illustration of financial accountability . |
| 28 | These underlying issues can be thought of as ‘ hidden voices ’ , which can block learning , or , if they become a central focus , can unleash learning and motivation to change . |
| 29 | Men , those working full-time and those with fixed-term contracts , are more likely to have taken a temporary job because they had been unable to find a permanent job and thus can be thought of as " involuntary " temporary workers . |
| 30 | Women ( particularly married women ) , those with part-time and those with seasonal , temporary or casual jobs , are more likely to have taken a temporary job because they did not want a permanent job and thus can be thought of as " voluntary " temporary workers . |