Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] is think " in BNC.
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| 1 | At intervals along these are found acupuncture points which are stimulated by the insertion of needles , massage or warming with incense so as to balance the elements of yin and yang which make up the ch'i , an imbalance of which is thought to cause disharmony and disease . |
| 2 | I am , says Descartes , ‘ a substance the whole essence or nature of which is to think . |
| 3 | Being Zuckerman is one long performance and the very opposite of what is thought of as being oneself . |
| 4 | Even the Member of Parliament , Jim Wallace , has been unable to obtain a copy of what is thought to be a damning indictment of Orkney Islands Council Social Work Department . |
| 5 | One explanation for this is that the two bodies constituting Pluto were originally moons of Neptune , but that something tore them from the giant planet 's grasp — the converse of what is thought to have happened to Triton ! |
| 6 | An aviation archaeologist in Normandy has dug up the remains of what is thought to be a Seafire , naval version of the Spitfire fighter , buried some 20 feet deep in a maize field near Rauville-la-Place . |
| 7 | Detectives and uniformed officers went to an address in Victor Road on Friday evening and seized a quantity of what is thought to be cannabis resin . |
| 8 | Including that holding , Owners was last night claiming the support of holders of more than 25 per cent of its shares , while Airtours , despite purchases in the market and the assent of what is thought to be Mercury Asset Management 's 15 per cent stake , claimed control of just 22.8 per cent . |
| 9 | Neither of us is thinking rationally . |
| 10 | ‘ Neither of us is thinking rationally , ’ she said bleakly . |
| 11 | I think what would be helpful for all of us is to think of our er mental health rather than mental illness |
| 12 | Instead , each of us is thought of as starting more or less from scratch and the philosophical questions are how we can come from such a state , via our awareness of the passing show of sensory experience , to the sophisticated knowledge which we all have as members of a modern society . |
| 13 | But the features that make Mr President sexy do n't work the same trick when the man behind them is thought to be a vacuum cleaner salesman from Bolton . |
| 14 | The matter has a long history and is illustrative of how law can lag behind what is thought to be economically desirable . |
| 15 | ‘ She was approached from behind and hit over the back with what is thought to be a piece of hosepipe , ’ a spokeswoman for Cleveland Police said last night . |
| 16 | THE body of a French charity worker killed in the shooting down of a Medicins sans Frontieres ( MSF ) plane in southern Sudan nine days ago exploded at Khartoum airport in what is thought to have been a booby-trap . |
| 17 | This glut of contracts can also be partly explained by the actions of some banks supporting their national exchanges , and by some governments ' policies through their tax legislation and regulation actions which are aimed at establishing a presence in what is thought to be an essential requirement for each country 's financial centre . |
| 18 | The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments . |
| 19 | Now plans have emerged for what is thought could be the first British private medical village . |
| 20 | Another way of looking at it is to think of an actor who rehearses and rehearses his lines in order that his performance may be as near perfect as possible on opening night . |