Example sentences of "[noun pl] to think [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There were too many things to think about this morning . |
| 4 | The trainer will ask the trainee advisers to think about any unintentional assumptions implied by this brief exchange . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I could not believe it ; I had another 30 minutes to think of all the things that could go wrong . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 " . |
| 9 | Sadly , it only took me about ten seconds to think of this merry lot so I 've probably missed lots of good candidates … |
| 10 | Sadly , it only took me about ten seconds to think of this merry lot so I 've probably missed lots of good candidates … |
| 11 | Answer guide : The obvious answer relates to the prepayment in respect of rent for the quarter ; however , the question should be used to prompt students to think of other services etc. necessary to run the business . |
| 12 | Many sections in WOW ! stimulate students to think about other countries , different cultures , the global environment : in this sense , it aims very definitely to provide a ‘ window on the world ’ . |
| 13 | We have found that by encouraging the students to think about these alternative information needs and the sources from which information can be derived , they are better able to see their accounting studies and the role of accounting in a wider context . |
| 14 | That 's when he 's not stuffing himself with breakfast , lunch and dinner and occasionally calling a meeting of his cronies to think of more ways of misusing the club funds and treating the servants as he believes they should be treated . ’ |
| 15 | By forcing employees to think in new ways , and to co-operate with other business units , divisional barriers are being blurred and breached . |