Example sentences of "thinking [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no learning without content , and the National Curriculum helps formulate thinking about content choice , something the post-Plowden primary tradition has fought shy of . |
| 2 | The Davis/Baker/Tear recording , made for Philips in 1977 , is so deservedly well-known and admired that anybody thinking about changing allegiances or buying another version in preference must be urged to think twice . |
| 3 | Well I think this is partly one of the reasons that as urologists we need to be thinking about changing gear . |
| 4 | It should make an interesting text for a graduate-level course in community ecology , help students to plan research and set any ecologist thinking about possible generalizations . |
| 5 | Overall , the crux of this six-point programme is the claim that Realism is a scientific way of thinking about international relations . |
| 6 | That leaves obvious questions about why exactly this illuminates decisions by finite human agents in worlds full of ‘ friction ’ , but we would rather leave them to Chapter 6 , where Game Theory will be found illuminating for thinking about international relations in an ideal-typical way . |
| 7 | Nevertheless this is , as she says , a way of thinking about international politics which is still more or less in its infancy . |
| 8 | I was thinking about certain techniques like the single-handed arpeggios on Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing . |
| 9 | I 'm thinking about black people as well as Antigua and Great Britain and , lastly , myself . |
| 10 | I was thinking about black holes as I got into bed one night in 1970 , shortly after the birth of my daughter Lucy . |
| 11 | Sure enough , we would expect the input systems to ensure that the right kinds of distinctions are drawn — between contour changes that define occlusion and those which define disappearance , for example — but this surely does not mean that the possessor of these input systems is capable of thinking about unperceived entities . |
| 12 | ‘ So I started thinking about alternative ways to earn a living . |
| 13 | The immediate aims are to develop theoretical understanding , suggest research priorities and contribute to thinking about relevant public policies . |
| 14 | Classrooms became ever more informal and when new schools were built their very shape and design proclaimed acceptance of a way of thinking about young children 's learning which was often quite alien to the more traditional views of parents . |
| 15 | The image of three distinct worlds dominated thinking about global politics for almost forty years ( see chapter 7 ) . |
| 16 | Although Bert Cooke , shortly after his conversion , became an active supporter of Paisley 's evangelistic work , he was less than enthusiastic about the public image of the Church : ‘ When I started thinking about full-time service , I did n't want to be a Free Presbyterian . |
| 17 | When Dot began to cry she was n't sure if it was because of thinking about poor Mr Brown 's two missing fingers or because she could n't remember what her father 's face looked like , or merely because of the alarming new orders about train departures cackling from the loudspeakers . |
| 18 | ‘ I was just thinking about poor old Eddy . |
| 19 | ‘ He draws some encouragement from the fact that the British are at least thinking about industrial , as opposed to consumer , co-operatives . |
| 20 | The objectives in Parts 1 and 2 provided a way of thinking about behavioural problems and a set of general methods for dealing with these problems . |
| 21 | So then you start thinking about visual images which give you this impression of power and menace , something like the Nuremberg Rallies of the 1930s , and use that as the basis of your inspiration . |
| 22 | ‘ Tell me , Uncle , is it all right to carry on thinking about ordinary gravity force instead of wonky space — if you want to ? ’ |
| 23 | He 'd more or less stopped thinking about money ; he 'd stopped thinking about ordinary living . |
| 24 | Some of the criticisms which are voiced by service planners and professionals when thinking about ordinary housing for long-term patients is that it is ‘ too expensive ’ , or that ‘ They ca n't cope on their own , ’ or that ‘ They 'll be affected by the same stresses and strains that put them in hospital in the first place . ’ |
| 25 | The timeliness of the Minor award in these terms was noted by the head of history : The project came along at the time when we were thinking about cross-curricular developments anyway , and the school had been concerned about the particular pattern of study skills and how they could be extended and coordinated . |
| 26 | ‘ It subtly reminds the client that they should be thinking about legal issues on a regular basis , ’ said . |
| 27 | Charles Handy redefined the term ‘ conflict ’ to offer a useful way of thinking about destructive and constructive conflict and how it might be managed . |
| 28 | Perhaps the three-dimensional world of trees demands extra computing power for controlling precision leaps , and even more for thinking about efficient paths through a maze of branches that may or may not connect farther on . |
| 29 | The worry takes two main forms : that American managers spend too much time thinking about short-term earnings rather than making long-term investments ; and that American firms face a higher cost of capital than Japanese or German rivals and so reject investment projects that others eagerly accept . |
| 30 | thinking about gloomy things over which you have no direct control ( ie the economy , wars , famine , natural disasters , getting older , dying ) . |