Example sentences of "to being a [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been a clerk-receptionist phone-answerer-teamaker and she had got the job through her uncle Bob who was as near to being a friend of Thomas Walby 's as it was possible to be . |
| 2 | Although I had thrown a stink-bomb through their letter-box ( I was dared to do so ) and had once pulled the belt off Gertie 's dress when teasing her , I do believe that I was the nearest to being a friend of Jossey 's , than anyone . |
| 3 | That ‘ gentleman ’ admitted to being a member of Mosley 's British Union of Fascists . |
| 4 | However , I 'm very much looking forward to being a member of N C V O as well as being a consumer of its excellent services , and while I 've got the the platform , I 'd like to take this opportunity to wish Judy every success as Director of N C V O. I think she 's got off to a marvellous start , and I 'm sure that N C V O's gon na flourish under her leadership . |
| 5 | I think its very significant , here we are and lots of people have admitted to being a victim of crime but statistics show that twenty five per cent of women will be assaulted within a relationship and yet no women here has said that and that 's probably because the women who have been so assaulted feels somehow it is their own fault , its somehow shameful . |
| 6 | He added : " Without solidarity among the EC members , Europe might revert to being a continent of fear and apprehension . " |
| 7 | In addition to being a gathering of worshippers , such congregations may be at the centre of the life of a community in ‘ alien ’ surroundings . |
| 8 | In short , " you know what I mean " has gone from being an agreement-seeker to being a marker of agreement in conversation . |
| 9 | However , looking back , and especially looking back after all the interlacements of Volumes Two and Three , one might well think that besides an image of life ‘ the Road ’ has crept up to being an image of Providence . |