Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] being [adj] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The -ing form would have referred more to the mere experience of being alone at that moment than to the unexpectedness of finding himself alone . |
| 2 | It just was n't a thing you could ignore , and being alone at it was to combine the worst elements of being alone at any other time , and multiply them by two hundred and fifty . |
| 3 | People can immerse themselves in the spiritual dimension without being religious at all . |
| 4 | It is important to make the student aware of the subtle difference between being safe at all times and being safe in particular conditions . |
| 5 | The concepts were developed to conceptualize problems which arose in therapeutic work — problems such as the resistance of patients to being well at all , and not merely to particular interpretations offered to them by Freud in his role as analyst . |
| 6 | Christopher Ricks , trailing his coat in the wake of the MacCabe Affair , claimed that the critic should have ‘ principles ’ rather than ‘ theory ’ , while Stanley Fish has made a comparable distinction between ‘ theory , ’ and ‘ belief ’ : ‘ A theory is a special achievement of consciousness ; a belief is a prerequisite for being conscious at all . |