Example sentences of "think [prep] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we could n't think of many states with a strong enough identity to have a symposium about . |
| 2 | ‘ As for rhythm guitar influences , I ca n't think of many better ones than the Stax/Volt records with Steve Cropper and Booker T & The MGs . |
| 3 | Here are one or two activities as starting suggestions ( you will think of many more ) : making bread — painting the ceiling — bathing the dog — writing a letter — mending a fuse — changing a lightbulb . |
| 4 | You will think of many examples , but the differences are so small that context is crucial . |
| 5 | Do n't worry if you could n't think of many . |
| 6 | Brussels sprouts , baked potatoes , grated cheese , the variation of vegetables in the summer , a tin of vegetarian steak pudding on Sundays and a piece of fruit afterwards is a monotonous but healthy diet , and I ca n't think of many cheaper ways to feed two children and feel you 're doing your best for them at the same time . |
| 7 | Can you think of many projects , either at work or at home , that you have begun , but not completed ? |
| 8 | I can not think of many times when I have been able to say that the Green party is very much on our side in this matter . |
| 9 | I ca n't think of many players who have the ability to replace him , but Rocky 's one of them ! |
| 10 | Actually , scientists thought for many years that whales had no sense of hearing because they had no external ear lobes like ourselves , a clear example of anthropomorphic projection . |
| 11 | These was felt to be an excessive use in the Act of phrases such as ‘ consult ’ , ‘ challenge ’ , ‘ take note of ’ and ‘ reasonable ’ , which were thought by many to be vague and open to interpretation . |
| 12 | Though the island ( there are in fact several but all are now linked by causeways and bridges ) is only 600 miles off the South Carolina coast , it is thought by many of the tourists to be the genuine article — a part of England just spitting distance from Land 's End . |
| 13 | Accordingly , instead of the war being over in a short time — as was thought by many — it became literally bogged down in trench warfare never previously experienced . |
| 14 | There are bills from London tailors and hat-makers and the same building holds the tomb of Anthony Foster , thought by many to be instrumental in the demise of this popular young woman . |
| 15 | When it is said in Psalms that the enemies will be smitten in the ‘ hinder parts ’ it has been thought by many people to refer to haemorrhoids , but the description could equally refer to the anal manifestations of secondary syphilis , condylomata lata . |
| 16 | The pulpit had won a victory over the theatre , and the stage was thought by many to be a thing of the devil . |
| 17 | Fish is thought by many to be ‘ brain-food ’ . |
| 18 | It was thought by many to be far from impressive in its conformation and action but the experienced Kilpatrick recognised its potential and tried to buy it . |
| 19 | Erik Satie is still thought by many people as something of a curiosity , albeit an important and influential one , in the history of French music . |
| 20 | On the other hand , seasonal employment is thought by many to be a convenient source of casual work which enables extra income to be earned without the ties of a more permanent job . |
| 21 | It used to be thought by many scientists that the armoured plates stuck outwards , as in Stegosaurus , in order to hit enemies approaching from the side . |
| 22 | The big Levin ‘ Goliath ’ is thought by many to be equal to Martin 's Dreadnought in sweetness , tonality , power and playability , possessing its own ‘ voice ’ and with volume to spare . |
| 23 | It 's thought by many to be the most beautiful of the Cuillin corries and takes the hillwalker in among the most impressive peaks . |
| 24 | The great silver decadrachm of Syracuse ( fig. 84 ) , commonly associated with the historically attested ‘ Demarateion ’ of 479 but now thought by many scholars to be a decade or more later , is a marvellous example . |
| 25 | The style is thought by many to be the fastest of all karate schools . |
| 26 | Their discovery helped overthrow the medieval concept of the Solar System and a few decades later , by a method that I shall not describe , observations of Io led to the first determination of the speed of light , which until then was thought by many philosophers to be infinite . |
| 27 | And in a third sense , literature is thought by many structuralists to have a special relationship to language , in that it involves a unique awareness of the nature of language itself . |
| 28 | Characterization of particles in terms of their dynamic behaviour is thought by many to be more environmentally significant than direct measurement of particles with calipers or sieves . |
| 29 | In short , it was thought by many that the nature of the children 's hearing system would make it unnecessary to enact rules for ‘ wiping the slate clean ’ . |
| 30 | And I think for many of you in this room that 'll be the nearest Consumer Advice Centre to where you live . |