Example sentences of "being [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Berkeley , however , finite extension is not infinitely divisible , and any problems and questions which rely on its being so are spurious . |
| 2 | To be strong and to have a reputation for being so is a source of self-esteem . |
| 3 | And because the French Basque country , unlike the Spanish , is thoroughly rural , it is very much a tourist region ; it would stop being so were terrorism to cross the frontier . |
| 4 | Now according to Hahnemann being better is n't a sign to stop the medicine , his argument is that the symptoms may be gone but the patient has not yet demonstrated that the predisposition has been removed . |
| 5 | Rejecting the QALY calculation , Harris suggests that since there is no rational way of choosing between the two people the way closest to being just is to choose randomly . |
| 6 | For me , just being here 's a tonic . ’ |
| 7 | You could say his being here is simply coincidence , but I think not . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But his being here is coincidence , surely ? |
| 9 | I have a busy life and being here is interrupting it . ’ |
| 10 | No , your being here is just a friendship thing , OK ? |
| 11 | Her sole purpose in being here was to kill some time . |
| 12 | Being here was changing her too and she could n't hide behind the sierras for months on end . |
| 13 | The reason for being here was disappearing more each day . |
| 14 | Expo fever , Ruth had put it down to as Steve had been bowled over by the exquisite beauty of an air stewardess and , forgetting that the idea of being here was to make European contacts for their agency , had resigned himself to some enjoyable flirting . |
| 15 | Their own anger with their mother for not being there is then attributed to her , and their fear results from believing she is in the rage that they themselves are in . |
| 16 | ‘ The only reason for the peephole being there is for employees of the hotel to watch people undressing , showering or involved in sexual intercourse , ’ said lawyer Jerry Summer . |
| 17 | Not being there is really frustrating . ’ |
| 18 | Thus redness , rather than merely looking red , is basic but its being there is bound up in a way which is manifest from the start with how it looks to us . |
| 19 | And clearly , in terms of the fires as a particular the rationale for them being there is |
| 20 | Also controversial at Oxford at this time was the question whether man , being both body and soul , has both a corporeal and a spiritual form : Aquinas taught that in every corporeal being there is one substantial form . |
| 21 | My not being there is hardly likely to lose us the account if Ru — ’ She stopped herself just in time . |
| 22 | So do n't prejudge , the purpose of being there is to organize yourself , get a prime preparation about the customer , look at the area because that could be part of er your talking point so appropriate thing . |
| 23 | He added : ‘ Being there is a rugby education in itself . |
| 24 | ‘ Any information will be treated in the strictest confidence , and your purpose for being there is of no interest to the police . ’ |
| 25 | The beginning was also a time when I was asked if I , too , would soon let them down ‘ like all the others ’ and when being there was expressed for all by Janet : ‘ I 'm only here because my daughter is the way she is . |
| 26 | My reason for being there was that this particular bit of coast happens to be the northern end of the Offa 's Dyke footpath , which winds for 168 miles along the English/Welsh border to Chepstow . |
| 27 | The whole point of his being there was because of his condition . |
| 28 | His real reason for being there was odd enough without having to concoct others . |
| 29 | I hope that my being there was helpful because I certainly came away with many happy memories and no one can take that away . ’ |
| 30 | The experience of being there was a very profound , private and personal time , each person must feel something to benefit themselves . |