Example sentences of "of being [verb] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Finally , as if all this was n't enough , the effects of being covered with this diseased , filthy mucus are identical to those from falling into the Miasmic Marsh ( area 63 ) — although they are not cumulative with those effects . |
2 | It must be capable of being repeated at some later date . |
3 | He says that the sheds need a good clean up , some of the cattle are showing the effects of being kept in such muddy conditions . |
4 | Maybe they are fed up of being seen as this natural type of band . |
5 | Thus a seminar , in which a number of speakers exchange ideas and information , is still a one-to-many mapping , because only one idea at a time is capable of being absorbed by each individual recipient . |
6 | That is a natural part of being that particular creature , of being surrounded by that particular configuration of mental and tattvic apparatus . |
7 | At my first event in Fort Worth , I had held on to the few people I knew as though for dear life , terrified at the thought of being stranded in this great wilderness . |
8 | In doing that , instead of being distributed on those two factors , it 's all distributed using S S A. |
9 | Meanwhile the passenger in the second car was reliving the horror of being towed at such great speed . |
10 | Some parents even said they had been aware of being watched for some considerable time . |
11 | In the present case , since the decision in Thomas v. University of Bradford [ 1987 ] A.C. 795 shows that judicial review does lie against the visitor , so his decision is capable of being reviewed on any one of Lord Diplock 's three grounds , including illegality . |
12 | Polyethylene terephthalate is , it could be argued , the ideal bottle-making material — immensely strong , very light in weight , with glass-like clarity and excellent gas barrier properties , pure and inert , capable of being produced to any desired shape and in any colour . |
13 | Seeing it , and thinking of him safely in heaven with no risk now of being zipped into this airless rubber gas-bag made Dot start to cry . |
14 | We asked if she was getting tired of being subjected to all these questions , and she said that she had a few more minutes before she had to go and meet Jack and Rod for lunch . |
15 | For example , he or she may complain now of thoughts racing through the head , now of having no thoughts at all , or , on one occasion , of being bombarded by external stimulation , making concentration difficult , and , on another , of being fixated on some trivial detail in the outside world . |