Example sentences of "[adj] to think [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
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 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 ) .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 I suppose the truth was , in those days anyway , I just plain liked it " Seems funny to think of that now .
7 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 .
8 First of all , is it sensible to think of masculine/feminine as polar opposites ?
9 We 're far too tribal to think of central power . ’
10 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 .
11 The next it was unbearably sad to think about any of them .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 For it is easy to think of other examples where the lexical choice will lead to a further proliferation of senses .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 As we mentioned in Chapter 7 , it is probably inappropriate to think of normal spontaneous speech as consisting of sentences .
18 It 's pretty hard to think about that when you 've just gone out of a Grand Slam event as early as that .
19 It is hard to think of many foreign governments the KGB has overthrown as , for example , the CIA did in Chile .
20 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 .
21 ( Chiang Kai-shek was not specifically mentioned but it is hard to think of other forces that might have been available . )
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 ASK WHAT HE 'S AFRAID OF , and he finds it hard to think of one thing .
25 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 .
26 It 's hard to think of another .
27 Furthermore , it makes the document so much more ‘ professional ’ that it 's hard to think of another single step that can such benefits .
28 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 .
29 It is hard to think of any British rock , for instance , that 's sufficiently ignorant to consist of nothing but screamworthiness alone .
30 As a result it is hard to think of any technical innovations , whether in the military or civilian field , that Russia does not know about .
  Next page