Example sentences of "can be [adj] [prep] being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaders in many contexts can be effective without being visionary , and their organizations may be happier places . |
| 2 | Understanding this connection between the form and the function of language will help us to explain how stretches of language , like the request for help with the cat , can be coherent without being cohesive ; it will also help us as language teachers . |
| 3 | Understanding this connection between the form and the function of language will help us to explain how stretches of language , like the request for help with the cat , can be coherent without being cohesive ; it will also help us as language teachers . |
| 4 | Taxation can be redistributive without being progressive . |
| 5 | We can be happier without being happy . |
| 6 | You can be smart without being clever . |