Example sentences of "think of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can think of the DNA in the nucleus as an enormous reference library containing the instructions for making all the proteins . |
| 2 | Do you think it 's do you think what do you think of the flats to live you know , as a senior citizen , do you think it 's suitable for senior citizens to live in the flats ? |
| 3 | What do they think of the flats , do they ever say much ? |
| 4 | ‘ Knowing him , I expect he wanted to get rid of anything that made him think of the separation from his family , ’ she said sympathetically . |
| 5 | In a sentence like ‘ The boy hit the girl with a flower ’ , one can think of the verb as a predicate which has a number of arguments — that is , one could represent the sentence as HIT ( BOY , GIRL , FLOWER ) . |
| 6 | I mean you still write one over resistance but do n't think of the resistance part of it , think of the new one over as a separate entity . |
| 7 | WP What do you think of the notion that much of the poetry produced in Eastern Europe as ‘ dissident ’ poetry has had a kind of easy ride because of its political context ? |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't think of the past ! |
| 9 | Those of us who had to stay at our posts ( ‘ laborare est orare ’ said our text-book expert ) could think of the prayer John and Janet Page had composed for us . |
| 10 | The South Koreans are rated because they made it to the last World Cup finals , but personally I will always think of the North Koreans in ‘ 66 . |
| 11 | We may think of the evaluation as having four foci : |
| 12 | He 's only looking at the pictures , he ca n't read really Eh what did you think of the dancing concert ? |
| 13 | committee did draw distinction between the two different kinds of schemes , erm perhaps if I could just ask you what do you think of the committee the Good reports er conclusion on training for trustees where they er the recommendation was that it was a laudable objective , but should not be made compulsory ? |
| 14 | ‘ And what did you think of the music ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What did you think of the spread ? ’ |
| 16 | I know it is a terribly sexist remark but I do think of the machines in our first workshop as old ladies . |
| 17 | Economists may think of the interests of nations in terms of wealth , and lawyers in terms of adherence to legal rules working to one 's advantage . |
| 18 | I 'll think of the look I want — at the moment I like to look ‘ French' ; you know , sophisticated and Parisian — so I 'll lay everything out on the bed , plan what shoes , what make-up , hairstyle , earrings , the lot . |
| 19 | ‘ So what did you think of the film , Comfort ? ’ asked Bob Storrington , peering over her slim shoulders into the looking glass and repositioning his silk tie . |
| 20 | Well , what did you think of the film , ? |
| 21 | In determining whether goods are of a class to which an advertised trade description relates , s5(3) provides that regard shall be had not only to the form and content of the advertisement but also to the time , place , manner and frequency of its publication and all other matters making it likely or unlikely that a person to whom the goods are supplied would think of the goods belonging to the class in question . |
| 22 | Tolkien too might think of the Norse legend of the ‘ Undying Lands ’ , the Odáinsakr : when King Hadding reached its boundary the witch who guided him killed a cock and threw it over the wall — a moment later he heard the cock crow before he himself had to turn away and go back to mortality . |
| 23 | What did they think of the Vikings ? |
| 24 | What do you think of the audition system generally ? |
| 25 | You can think of the strategies as miniature ‘ proxies ’ for their authors . |
| 26 | One can think of the differences of being handsome , beautiful , or just ordinary , in terms of small differences in the growth programme for each region . |
| 27 | We can think of the presence of the specialist teacher as being on a continuum of visibility . |
| 28 | And what did you think of the clothes ? |
| 29 | What did you think of the clothes ? |
| 30 | We can all think of the favourites , and if I could get the Pope , Frank Sinatra and the Queen I 'd book them tomorrow . |