Example sentences of "can [be] think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what the Carters can be thinking of . ’ |
| 2 | These things can be thought about , moral problems can be faced and solved , one just needs the will and the courage . |
| 3 | Thus evolution can be thought of as a process of hill-climbing . |
| 4 | In this typical example , the allosteric enzyme can be thought of as a switch . |
| 5 | Cells in different parts of the embryo can be thought of as developing along quite different pathways , diverging more and more in character . |
| 6 | To use yet another metaphor , moulding of form can be thought of as metalworking ; patterning like painting . |
| 7 | Other ‘ flags ’ can be thought of as developing within one part of the French flag . |
| 8 | In a way , development can be thought of as a cascade , one event leading to another . |
| 9 | The tracks can be thought of as patterns of gene activity and the ball as a developing cell . |
| 10 | The differentiation of the different kinds of blood cells can be thought of in terms of the branching pathway model . |
| 11 | Each branch point can be thought of as occurring at a cell division and so the branching pattern is also a cell lineage which starts with the multipotential stem cell . |
| 12 | The slope can be thought of as a numerical expression of the strength of causal effect of one variable on another . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Curves which are monotonic and contain only one bend can be thought of as one of the four quadrants of a circle . |
| 15 | Norms can be thought of as unwritten rules . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Foreign exchange can be thought of as all liquid claims to currency payable abroad held by a country 's residents . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In a biosensor , the biolayer is a true material component in the device , and can be thought of as an intelligent biomaterial . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | These can be thought of as five somewhat different shapes , but it must be remembered that when people are talking they will be rapidly moving shapes . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | At the other extreme , light can be thought of as the final and complete revelation of spiritual reality . |
| 25 | This kind of group can be thought of as having only a minor role within counselling . |
| 26 | These stress trajectories can be thought of , more or less , as strings under tension and they will try to straighten in much the same way . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | In the simplest terms , these can be thought of as particles which at the moment do not in fact exist — but one day might . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Knitweave can be thought of as a stocking stitch fabric with the weaving yarn caught into it on the purl side . |