Example sentences of "[adj] to think [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While acquisitions , disposals and foreign subsidiaries all feature , I do not believe that it is particularly difficult — if you have a basic understanding and are willing to think in broad financial accounting terms . |
| 2 | It is now wrong to think of such areas as having many individual sites , because , as with the uplands , what we are seeing and recording are complete landscapes . |
| 3 | , I mean it 's a lot easier to think of these things than it is for the other one , er , you would say , that was actually lazy bastard , but we did n't want to offend anybody , er , useless git , |
| 4 | In any case , it is usually easier to think in concrete terms than abstract ones ; easier to reify knowledge and turn it into a thing . |
| 5 | Still , it is essential to the story that such thoughts be entertained , as indeed Gandalf also says to Pippin : ‘ If you will meddle in the affairs of Wizards , you must be prepared to think of such things ’ ( 11 , 199 ) . |
| 6 | A basic self-awareness ( a ) to reflect constructively about religion without being overwhelmed by prejudice , whether religious or non-religious ; ( b ) to see and understand the kind of assumptions about religion present in their environment and in society as a whole , and be prepared to think about these and not automatically either reject them or take them over ; ( c ) to develop trust in their own powers of perceptiveness and intuition , provided that this trust is balanced by openness towards the insights of others and the findings of fresh evidence ; ( d ) consequent on this , to develop willingness to modify , change , enlarge , or revise , what has so far been thought and felt about religion . |
| 7 | Instead we need to reflect on them , ponder and wonder , find out all we can about them , learn to appreciate some of the time-honoured ways of approaching them such as meditation and prayer , and be prepared to think about these matters in all sorts of different situations and moods . |
| 8 | I suppose the truth was , in those days anyway , I just plain liked it " Seems funny to think of that now . |
| 9 | There are a number of studies which suggest that it is sensible to think of subjective risk when driving as a continually fluctuating quantity which may be related to both estimated and objective risk . |
| 10 | First of all , is it sensible to think of masculine/feminine as polar opposites ? |
| 11 | We 're far too tribal to think of central power . ’ |
| 12 | These gains were the by-products of a war fought mainly for reasons connected with the balance of power in Europe , but they were attractive enough to encourage the British to think about further involvement outside Europe . |
| 13 | The next it was unbearably sad to think about any of them . |
| 14 | Even in this era of psycho-history , it is impossible to think of any other historical character of note whose public persona has been so submerged , and private morality so relentlessly pursued with such ruthless subjectivity on the part of those who have written about her . |
| 15 | Although the specific example of extraordinary items and FRED 1 does not support Mr Damant 's argument particularly well , it is easy to think of hypothetical examples that would . |
| 16 | For it is easy to think of other examples where the lexical choice will lead to a further proliferation of senses . |
| 17 | Sociologists wanted to have their results accepted as scientifically accurate , have worked in the same way , but not always successfully , when dealing with people , is not always to easy to think of all the things which may affect the result . |
| 18 | It is easy to think of obvious examples : the child who suddenly loses both parents in a car accident ; the outbreak of war , necessitating a dramatic change of surroundings and circumstances ; a house fire or some other disaster befalling the family . |
| 19 | As we mentioned in Chapter 7 , it is probably inappropriate to think of normal spontaneous speech as consisting of sentences . |
| 20 | It 's pretty hard to think about that when you 've just gone out of a Grand Slam event as early as that . |
| 21 | It is hard to think of many foreign governments the KGB has overthrown as , for example , the CIA did in Chile . |
| 22 | It is hard to think of many instances where Russia has been able to outsmart the West politically as the result of its intelligence operations . |
| 23 | ( Chiang Kai-shek was not specifically mentioned but it is hard to think of other forces that might have been available . ) |
| 24 | It is hard to think of two other nations in Europe which are so close and yet , still , despite many noble efforts on both sides , so very far apart . |
| 25 | Over the last few miles to your overnight spot it 's often hard to think of much else except getting a hot meal and a drink — quickly . |
| 26 | ASK WHAT HE 'S AFRAID OF , and he finds it hard to think of one thing . |
| 27 | Of all the products in the world , it is hard to think of one with which English soccer has less need to be associated than lager . |
| 28 | It 's hard to think of another . |
| 29 | Furthermore , it makes the document so much more ‘ professional ’ that it 's hard to think of another single step that can such benefits . |
| 30 | I find it hard to think of any more splendid compensation than conferment of the power to transfer a very large sum of money from a newspaper which I dislike and despise to an organisation or institution which I love and admire . |