Example sentences of "[vb base] think of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is that by thinking of concepts as variables we also begin to think of suitable ways of reflecting their character by numbers . |
| 2 | Moreover , when one group of enterprises is given the privilege of retaining foreign exchange while others are obliged to apply for administrative allocations , which they know that they will frequently not receive , or to buy foreign exchange on the black market at a high price , the latter enterprises begin to think of all sorts of reasons why they too should receive part of the foreign exchange proceeds of exports . |
| 3 | Either you put some flesh on the bones of your idea and your plan really takes off , or you begin to think of all the reasons why it wo n't work after all . |
| 4 | I like to think of this next Fodorian thesis as a kind of ‘ methodological dualism ’ . |
| 5 | You even get to think of two sorts of ownership . |
| 6 | I shiver to think of that breakfast . |
| 7 | Then try to think of one thing at a time as you write . |
| 8 | Try to think of those good points of Sarah 's , Christine , and you wo n't mind about the few points she loses ! ’ |
| 9 | Here are some : To get out of trouble To get someone else out of trouble To make us look better than we are Try to think of some more . |
| 10 | But we try to think of happy memories together too . |
| 11 | Me : I could eat anything , but I keep thinking of nice things . |
| 12 | I keep thinking of all my children . |
| 13 | ‘ I keep thinking of that girl in Pittsburgh , ’ he said with a bitter ruefulness , ‘ and how the bastards who run the peep-show have to put sawdust on the booth floors every hour . |
| 14 | We tend to think of joint finance , in the English context , as involving the district health authority , but there is a range of agencies — from the highest level in the NHS down to the family practitioner committees — who must have a part to play in planning community services and of course in supporting community services . |
| 15 | Although we tend to think of industrial effluent , sewage is a more important source of pollution . |
| 16 | I tend to think of all the convenience food as junk but I 'm sure some must be better than others . ’ |
| 17 | We tend to think of these beautiful insects as being very brightly coloured but when I began experimenting I was unable to get convincing results . |
| 18 | We tend to think of most Central American countries as somehow linked by the Caribbean Sea to the Caribbean islands and cultures ; but all the republics have Pacific coastlines — and so Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras ( with a scant 45 miles of Pacific shoreline along the Gulf of Fonseca ) , Nicaragua , Costa Rica and of course Panama can rightly ( if pedantically ) be thought of as Pacific nations . |
| 19 | We tend to think of light as being in some way ‘ different ’ from the other forms of radiation , but this is misleading . |
| 20 | I mean if you ask what happens when electrons drop down from one orbit to another inside the atom , the emit light , which is the thing we are familiar with , but erm physicists tend to think of this as particles which they call photons . |
| 21 | ‘ You do think of all the might have beens , ’ Sandra admits . |
| 22 | So do think of that . |
| 23 | Draw a picture Y equals five X differentiate think of some coordinates . |
| 24 | It requires firms to stop thinking in terms of discrete groups of people and products , and start thinking of continuous flows . |
| 25 | In fact , I 've thought of little else this past year . ’ |
| 26 | Prince Charles admitted as much : ‘ We 've thought of one or two . |
| 27 | ‘ Aye , I 've thought of that . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've thought of that , ’ he continued , ‘ but the problem seems to be this . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've thought of that , but I 'd better not . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've thought of that , sir ; we put wire trips up there ‘ safternoon . |