Example sentences of "of being [noun] of a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Joseph Rowntree 's words , this ensured ‘ that residents should not be placed in the position of being recipients of a bounty ’ . |
| 2 | Also without evidence , Orrin G. Hatch ( Utah ) accused her of being part of a plot by civil rights activists to smear Thomas . |
| 3 | Both men were accused of being part of a plot to assassinate UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi . |
| 4 | Few managers admit that boredom is a threat to the job but equally few would deny that being part of a pilot scheme or of being part of a trial run of new development can carry with it some air of excitement . |
| 5 | You are standing on someone else 's design — like a piece on a chess board — and you are always conscious of being part of a whole . |
| 6 | Evidence that drug-related corruption had penetrated Venezuelan institutions came with the arrest in June of Adolfo Ramirez Torres , a former governor of the Federal District of Caracas , who was accused of being part of a cocaine smuggling ring . |
| 7 | Common observation suggests that other social groups enjoy the conviviality and sociability of being part of a crowd and find open spaces ‘ with nothing to do ’ dead and unappealing . |
| 8 | The happy muddle of the Rectory drawing-room , the flushed children , the feeling of belonging , of being part of a group of humans who all wanted her , among whom she could be entirely herself , all seduced her stay . |