Classes are a relaxed, collaborative affair, with much time spent contemplating plans and frequent breaks to discuss the stock at a local wood supplier or how to fake a Stradivarius.

"And someday you can explain to me why you think death is preferable to a long life spent contemplating crimes," Sisko said.

But the more time he spent contemplating what Vines had done, the more bizarre the implications seemed to be.

After a few hours spent contemplating the works of gifted but obscure artists with names like Zé Caboclo, or Joe Hillbilly, we found it hard to disagree.

Although Flouwen do not seem to physically age, they reveal that it's possible that their ages are reflected in the amount of time they spend contemplating in rock form.

Shia Muslims spend very little time contemplating Barzakh because it is their belief that it is incomprehensible until one actually reaches the realm beyond our physical world.

And she believes that Woolf's writing reflects a lifetime spent contemplating her strange tangle of traits.

Despite the horror she'd put him through, despite the long, lonely years spent contemplating his disappointment and his failure.

How long Bandar spent contemplating the immensity of Bololodom he would never know.

Eventually, after a long time spent contemplating the inevitable, we had to get up.