Example sentences of "[noun] to think [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and so even if we had a full employment situation , we would still need an economic bonus strategy and I know the Conservatives wo n't agree with that , they were very reluctant the last administration to think about economic developments at all but , er eventually they realised the recession was quite er , quite serious . |
| 2 | However , it is always good practice to think about these things first so that you are prepared . |
| 3 | For it has led Darwin to think of each species as spreading out into varying conditions , over a range , over time . |
| 4 | Further , once women get themselves into the position of dependent housewives , they have a vested interest in the maintenance of the status quo since it is too late in their lives to think of independent careers , and sexual freedom merely means the freedom for their husbands to seek younger women . |
| 5 | The offering of such guidelines or suggestions does not in any way detract from the professional integrity of the teacher , who must then select what suits him best for his own purposes , but there will be few teachers who will have had the time or the imagination to think of all of them . |
| 6 | ‘ Also , it changes our view of ourselves and nature to think of all creatures as just genetic programmes in temporary configuration . |
| 7 | The need to think in these terms , and to build in systematic and continuous assessment of progress , is an unexpected by-product of the legislation , and probably a bonus . |
| 8 | Descriptions of the anatomy and physiology of individual bodies provide a constant , unitary basis for the psychological concept of the human subject , and make it less necessary for psychologists to think about problematic social influences on this subject . |
| 9 | But it 's not our job to think about that , it 's outside our influence . |
| 10 | I ask my hon. Friend to think of any reason why detailing the savage discrimination of the MacSharry proposals and their impact on Scottish agriculture would weaken the Minister 's hand when negotiating . |
| 11 | Nizan 's war correspondence makes it clear that his resignation was motivated as much by a refusal to accept the moral integrity of the Soviet alliance with Hitler , as it was by a complete lack of faith in the French communist party leadership to think beyond blind and servile acquiescence to Moscow . |
| 12 | It is nonsense to think in those terms . |
| 13 | There were too many things to think about this morning . |
| 14 | I think I 've suggested the problem now , and now I 'm going to leave the parties to think about would be a need for expansion , expansion involves built developm think I 'll under the circumstances I 'll give you er the the normal time , and I will adjourn now until two fifteen to have a chance to think about that . |
| 15 | Another prerequisite therefore may be a closer matching of political and military strength which would oblige Israel to think in new ways . |
| 16 | Trust a woman to think of that first . |
| 17 | Then ask one or two people to think of any cards , to remember them , but not tell you which two they are . |
| 18 | In an economic upturn that may change , of course , but I think they all get jobs of some sort , and I would have hoped that a chemistry degree , a good training in chemistry , would in fact also train people to think in such a way that they could apply it to a lot of other areas . |
| 19 | The trainer will ask the trainee advisers to think about any unintentional assumptions implied by this brief exchange . |
| 20 | It is a mistake to think of that earlier period as a flippant approach to the problem of making art . |
| 21 | This was partly due to the development of improved building techniques but was also because — until , that is , the recent property crash — growing rental income and lowering yields encouraged developers and landlords to think of new offices as investments that would increase in value year on year . |
| 22 | And is n't it a little moving to think of all these various people being moved by poor old Eddy 's death ? |
| 23 | It took an act of will to think of cool winds on hilltops or the pattern of water-shadows over wave-carved sand — things which I have always thought epitomise clarity and freshness and helped to divert my brain from dwelling on the contents of my stomach . |
| 24 | How typical of Iris to think of such a detail at a time like this . |
| 25 | It is the quest to think of that peculiar essence of which its physical nature is the more or less full actualisation . |
| 26 | As the bath is the largest piece of furniture in the room , it makes sense to think about this first . |
| 27 | I could not believe it ; I had another 30 minutes to think of all the things that could go wrong . |
| 28 | This discourse of ‘ as good as a man ’ was to recur frequently in interviews with the women ; certainly there were some schools which had taught their pupils to think in those terms . |
| 29 | Thus , claims Matthew Swainston , " the seamen were among the first , if not the first , of any class of working men to think in national terms " . |
| 30 | ‘ I should think she has good reason to think like that , ’ she told him . |