Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] [prep] being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this neat division of labour is predicated on being able to distinguish traded and non-traded goods in a precise fashion . |
| 2 | You can see , therefore , that when hypnosis is compared to being asleep , nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 3 | But the processing capability is in itself , no matter how good the program , only half the benefit ; the other half is derived from being able to get the answers when they are wanted and not have to wait for them . |
| 4 | During the riots , the Guard was criticised for being panicky and uncoordinated ( Brewer et al , 1988:117 ) . |
| 5 | Two-thirds of disabled people are over the age of 60 and poverty is correlated with being old . |
| 6 | A licence is that consent which , without passing any interest in the property to which it relates , merely prevents the acts for which consent is given from being wrongful . |
| 7 | Lotus Development was criticised for being slow to recognise the importance of Windows applications two years ago when Windows 3.0 took off . |
| 8 | It is interesting to contrast this with similar descriptions in child abuse in which , for example , a baby is punished for being dirty , the expectations of the parent being quite unrealistic . |
| 9 | This policy of reflecting the subject labels and relationships present in the literature of a subject is known as being consistent with literary warrant . |
| 10 | Apparently , the owners of the ranch bungalow were suspected of being involved in the exhumation of bodies at two local churches when skulls and other bones were removed , and also the disappearance of three goats on or about the thirteenth of each of the previous three months . |
| 11 | the other thing is to do with being fascist , yes , but you know you erm , you can talk about Russia , you know , running under the Czar and all the rest of it before communism came along . |
| 12 | For instance , the forms of masculinity among the working class lay more emphasis on physical prowess , than those of the middle classes , where appropriate career is more important because masculine status is limited to being successful as husband-father breadwinner . |
| 13 | The Rainbow Centre 's two-colour report was praised for being imaginative on a low budget . |
| 14 | Our hair became longer and — in police terms — almost verged on the wild , confirming Hallpike , ( 1969 : 260 ) , who argued : ‘ the hypothesis I wish to advance in this article [ is ] that long hair is associated with being outside society and that the cutting of hair symbolizes re-entering society , or living under a particularly disciplinary regime within society … . |
| 15 | A tenancy from year to year is saved from being uncertain because each party has power by notice to determine at the end of any year . |
| 16 | The rating system was criticised for being unaccountable — only householders paid rates and , moreover , local authorities relied on grants from central government for the majority of their funds . |