Example sentences of "[prep] think in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The above ideas were generated mainly on the basis of experiments and it is not surprising that many of the key characteristics of thinking in real situations were not given sufficient weight . |
| 2 | Closer to home , Marion Dadds ' reflections in the feeling of thinking in professional self study , raised many often neglected issues about the emotional climate in which we undertake learning . |
| 3 | This has been investigated in close detail by such social anthropologists as Edmund Leach , who attempted to describe the ‘ expressive ’ and symbolic aspects of thinking in industrial and non-industrial society alike ( 1954 , 1976 ) . |
| 4 | You are suggesting , tactfully , that he did n't like what he saw ( correct ) , and that if he had seen more , he would perhaps have come round to your way of thinking in these matters ( incorrect ) . |
| 5 | My argument does not even assume that it was a dominant way of thinking in earlier periods . |
| 6 | So common is this way of thinking in social research that it is difficult to recapture its radical and innovative character . |
| 7 | The research shows that pre-school children are capable of thinking in abstract terms . |
| 8 | But such a dimension does help to explain why philosophy can be seen both as a mode of thinking in any discipline , and also a discipline in its own right ; for it is at least arguable that the ‘ questions about questions ’ in every field eventually converge on certain basic questions and concepts which we recognize as the traditional domain and concern of the philosopher . |
| 9 | The importance of thinking in this way is stressed by the Education Reform Act ( 1988 ) as this requires the governors to present a school development plan to the LEA annually . |
| 10 | We are used to thinking in such terms concerning tourists and temporary residents . |
| 11 | We 're not used to thinking in those terms . |
| 12 | The main influence on thinking in this area is the work of the late David Marr ( e.g. in Vision ) . |
| 13 | LIGHT ON THE MINORITY INTERESTS BLACKOUT Establishing why minority interests change calls for thinking in broad financial accounting terms . |
| 14 | That is why it is wholly inadequate to describe drama as " learning through action " — in drama we learn through thinking in new ways about actions and about decisions we would not otherwise have the opportunity to take . |