Example sentences of "what being a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was what being a modern woman was all about . |
| 2 | This explains that ‘ Our recommendations begin with matters such as how people may in the future learn more effectively what being a citizen actually means … . |
| 3 | Henry was never quite sure what being a nice bloke entailed — it certainly was n't much to do with behaving scrupulously well towards one 's fellow man . |
| 4 | That 's what being a machine is all about . ’ |
| 5 | I wish there was a abetter metaphor , but like Pink Floyd we could have made music about what was really going on in my head and messed around with what being a pop star was all about . ’ |
| 6 | But it is much more difficult to justify on academic terms an expansion of what I will call ‘ educational exposure ’ ; the development , through extensive first-hand experience , of an understanding of what being a teacher involves , of the demands it makes upon those who teach for month after month , of the stresses and strains ( as well as the joys ) of the classroom . |
| 7 | Curiously enough , however , these are among the very people who tend to shy away from any kind of subjective description of what being a believer is like , and one frequently finds an empathic researcher who does not believe and may even be unsympathetic giving us a greater insight into what it is like to be a member of a particular religion ( see , for example , Cashmore , 1983 ; Judah , 1974 , Westley , 1983 or Lofland , 1976 ) . |
| 8 | That is what being a citizen involves . |
| 9 | To contend under these circumstances that Jesus was a feminist , or that he spoke out for women , must imply a very low estimate of what being a feminist ( or speaking out for women ) might mean . |
| 10 | I think we have given rather a gloomy vision of what being a parent is |
| 11 | ‘ Then again , I 'm not too sure myself what being a friend is about anymore . |
| 12 | The researchers ' long-term aim is to find out what being a good enough parent really means and their conclusions to this million-dollar question will be eagerly awaited . |
| 13 | See if you can get one to come along to a Brownie meeting and tell you more about what being a Guide is like . |
| 14 | That was what being a Catholic meant . |
| 15 | After duelling had been done , everyone relaxed around a barbecue , which apparently is what being a marauder is all about . |
| 16 | We then heard an exposition of what being a Sufi was about from Nazir 's own brother — and he suggested that this was no more and no less than what being a truly spiritual Muslim was about . |
| 17 | We then heard an exposition of what being a Sufi was about from Nazir 's own brother — and he suggested that this was no more and no less than what being a truly spiritual Muslim was about . |
| 18 | understand the first principles of what being a woman is , if that 's what |
| 19 | As we also found earlier , it is far from easy to specify exactly what being an autonomous agent actually consists in , although we have a firm conception of a kind of ideal type — someone moved by the pure light of reason who ponders the evidence before them and makes considered , unconstrained decisions . |