Example sentences of "being [adj] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect of being rich is obtained by subtracting the proportion of poor people who would break the law from the proportion of rich people who would . |
| 2 | Although it is fun to be able to go out every weekend I 've learnt that being rich is not all it first appears to be . |
| 3 | On the facts , the benefit of the second contract price being depressed was greater than the loss caused by the breach of the first contract . |
| 4 | In fact , the one thing that erm showed a very high relationship with being depressed was actually sitting watching more television . |
| 5 | The chances of the grouping being accidental are effectively nil ; we are dealing with a true star-cluster . |
| 6 | The fact that our own personal experience of being alive is different to the experience which all other humans and lower creatures have of us , is a clear and obvious pointer to the mind-nature of this physical domain . |
| 7 | She says that danger is what being alive is all about . ’ |
| 8 | Being alive is rather serious , do n't you think so ? ’ |
| 9 | That 's what being alive is , Thing ! |
| 10 | Part of you being alive is that you 're warm . |
| 11 | Being pregnant is hard work , no one told me that . |
| 12 | Being pregnant is a wonderful , life-shaping , sometimes terrifying experience — as you told us in How Does It Feel ? on page 10 . |
| 13 | ‘ That explains why Angy thought my suspicions about her being pregnant were so wildly funny , ’ said Barney , slowly and with some bitterness . |
| 14 | Being irreplaceable is an important source of power in social systems , and groups may take steps to strengthen their indispensability . |
| 15 | At every stage of the arms race the only point in being tall was to be relatively taller than neighbouring trees . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll only be a moment … and maybe we 'll do an extra blood-sugar reading in a little while to make sure being upset is n't making it go wonky . ’ |
| 17 | I thought being rebellious was being a Liberal ! ’ says Solowka . |
| 18 | But an even greater advantage of being private is , according to Davidson , the ability to take a longer-term view of its business performance . |
| 19 | And the worst part of being unemployed is having to be always broke … thinking over where 's the next money going to come from . |
| 20 | More magistrates who know what being unemployed is about , who are in touch with everyday life , would also help . |
| 21 | She feels the worst part of being unemployed is her inability to plan for the future . |
| 22 | They might think they 're getting away with it , a lot of people who , who , I mean being unemployed is n't , you tend , people tend to feel devalued and so if they can think oh , they 've put one over on that , on the er , benefit office , then they 'll go and brag down the pub about it . |
| 23 | Quite a lot of the young people that were coping erm better with being unemployed were involved in things like erm playing in rock groups , or being involved in erm theatre groups and things like that . |
| 24 | Being unpleasant is often the only thing they are good at , and so being successful at it makes them feel important . |
| 25 | This means that for certain prey being conspicuous is a constant risk and not one worth taking . |
| 26 | If a horse is sensible it does not mean that it is plain and ordinary — like an old pair of shoes — rather , being sensible is exactly that . |
| 27 | Being fearless is like being immune to pain : it means we do things which others , in their right minds , would never consider . |
| 28 | Being fearless is a serious disadvantage . |
| 29 | One way of being dignified is to be above it all , to be silent when provoked . |
| 30 | So you were being generous were you ? |