Example sentences of "of [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 . |