Example sentences of "think of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think of the vast amount of work I 've got planned for six weeks , makes me wish it was about ten . |
| 2 | The highest requires that we think of the international system as a set of norms or purposes which shape the process of history . |
| 3 | ‘ If you think of the only alternative . ’ |
| 4 | The D sharp note really means that this is a Blues Scale lick as opposed to a pure Pentatonic lick , but just think of the extra note as a passing note . |
| 5 | Just think of the mental agony you and your family would have suffered in the change . |
| 6 | They 're talking about up the Dales if you , if you , if you think of the marvellous place that goes around he 's got |
| 7 | You ca n't burn the things — think of the toxic smoke — they wo n't dissolve or degrade so what can we do with them ? |
| 8 | Think of the present problem with Bosnia there is n't a single er advanced industrial country that wishes to get engaged in ground warfare in Yugoslavia because there would be simply no point in it and any casualty er would be seen as a waste , as a throwing away of resources and you 'd have many casualties it 's argued . |
| 9 | Ask voters to say what comes to mind when they think of the Labour Party and a large proportion mention , ‘ the unions ’ , ‘ strikes ’ , ‘ the winter of discontent ’ , and ‘ the three-day week ’ , even though this last event occurred under Mr Heath . |
| 10 | If you think of the Elizabethan era , even the men wore hose did n't they ? |
| 11 | As an example which we all know about , think of the famous map of the London Underground system . |
| 12 | We think of the spoken language , the written language , what in practice do you mean by ‘ language ’ , is it an instruction you type on a keyboard , or what in terms of a computer ? |
| 13 | Drinking alcohol during the daytime and over-eating can lead to an over-powering desire to nod off ( just think of the average household after Christmas dinner ) . |
| 14 | If you 're not quite sure where Middle Pavement is if you think of the rear exit of the Broadmarsh Centre , the escalator exit , the escalator brings you out onto a road called Middle Pavement which slopes quite steeply downhill . |
| 15 | Think of the front door to an apartment block , with its array of bells . |
| 16 | But there 's only one piece of advice that matters really : think of the general public , in other words do n't produce something that leaves 99 per cent of the public behind . ’ |
| 17 | Think of the vicious circle of hyperventilation . |
| 18 | Allow your mood to be one of confidence , forget about yourself , think of the other person . |
| 19 | If one side of either foot is more in contact with the ground than the other side , then think of the other side having more contact . |
| 20 | In general , we think of the criminal law as the means by which individuals are prosecuted , tried and punished for the offences ( e.g. theft , assault , etc. ) which they have committed . |
| 21 | It 's a real effort to click back to that frame of mind , which is bad because fanaticism is the true experience of pop , not discrimination and broad-mindedness — I think of the splendid devotion of all those boys and girls , who as soon as they 've got hold of the new Cure or New Order or Bunnymen record , immediately set to learning the lyrics by heart , then spend days exhaustively interpreting the Tablets From on High , struggling to establish some fit between their experience and what is actually some drunken doggerel cobbled together in a studio off-moment . |
| 22 | Think of the total quantity of change involved in going from wolf to Chihuahua , and then multiply it up by the number of walking paces between London and Baghdad . |
| 23 | You always think of the clever remark you could have made afterwards when it 's too late . |
| 24 | Just think of the educational value ! |
| 25 | Think of the dramatic change facing these people who have been completely shielded from economic forces . |
| 26 | Think of the bad example you are to anyone on the list for surgery . |
| 27 | Think of the British Council , or the BBC , for example . |
| 28 | The mountain now stands at 1.2m tonnes — a mind-boggling figure , best be put in context if you think of the 450-mile-long queue of 40,000 lorries which would be needed to carry it away . |
| 29 | If then someone asks you to name article 4 , you simply think of the permanent hook for 4 ( core ) and a ridiculous picture of a set made of apple cores brings to mind television . |
| 30 | I think of the poetic neatness of the novel about the compulsive , enduring desire for a house of one 's own being composed only a few streets away from where someone with infinitely fewer resources tried to mobilise the same dream . |