Example sentences of "being [prep] a [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many parishes the parish magazine has been in being for a number of years and is a great repository of local information — which event was held by which organisation in which year , who won prizes at the horticultural show , etc. , etc . |
| 2 | The Christian belief in God 's being as a Trinity of Father , Son and Holy Spirit was traditionally interpreted by the Church Fathers who formulated theology , as an interplay of power , wisdom and love . |
| 3 | The new agreement , which came into being after a year of negotiations between the Association 's solicitors and those at the EC Commission , has been drastically amended to meet the requirements of the Treaty . |
| 4 | For Alfred Watkins , it was not a sudden flash of inspiration from the beyond but something which had been building up within the deeper levels of his being throughout a lifetime of contact with his native countryside . |
| 5 | Sports enthusiasts do n't lack for activities with Silverstone Race Track and the Delapre Golf Complex being amongst a host of activities and leisure pursuits just a short drive away . |
| 6 | As the title indicates , life is presented as being like a game of hopscotch , the object being to find a way to the square of ultimate reality . |
| 7 | Hydraulics also play a part in the display as they are used to help give visitors the sensation of being inside a pint of Guinness . |
| 8 | Maggie thought back to what the WVS woman had said about locals being in a state of shock . |
| 9 | Being in a state of readiness for the unpredictable does seem to result in it being less easy to use the quiet periods of duty time productively , which includes relaxing and taking care of oneself . |
| 10 | He did n't like being in a position of ignorance on any subject , and started probing . |
| 11 | Being in a position of power , his stupidity does not just affect him , nor just his family , but a whole kingdom , showing the universal not only the domestic significance of the old 's relationship to the young . |
| 12 | It is probably more difficult to explain to someone who is used to being in a position of authority . |
| 13 | It was like being in a sort of ghost theatre and it was terribly forlorn . |
| 14 | For all practical purposes the republican leadership saw its movement as being in a phase of activity which would concentrate on non-violent , political agitation . |
| 15 | The advantages of being in a club of cells do n't stop with size . |
| 16 | Besides , works can gain by the company they keep in a museum collection , a landscape being in a group of works of similar date and intentions , or a portrait seen among contemporaries . |
| 17 | Pat is keeping remarkably cheerful despite being in a lot of pain . |
| 18 | But it will be like being in a gale of light , after this black hole . |
| 19 | To this end , unbeknown to the millions who have brought about the event , Jesus Christ has been cast in the role of a surrogate Created God , and by ascribing to him all that goodness that they wish to preserve , those who profess the Christian faith , have been doing just what the concept of the Created God requires , and what this book advocates , except that they have deified a single historical individual , Jesus Christ , instead of an abstract conception drawing its being from a myriad of sources . |
| 20 | We can think of the presence of the specialist teacher as being on a continuum of visibility . |
| 21 | In other cases the mother 's resentment builds up as her child demands breastfeeding despite being on a diet of solids . |
| 22 | In attempting to discern what distinguishes the notions of making and causing , it soon becomes obvious that there are many objects which can be conceived as being made but not as being caused : this is true , for example , of cars , boats , bread , plastic , in short anything that is brought into being by a process of fabrication . |