Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [subord] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in other modes of production some external factor is needed to legitimate this arrangement ; and Balibar claims that this is why certain political conditions , or a certain kinship structure , may be represented as a feature of the natural order of things , rather than being regarded as implied by a mode of production . |
| 2 | The descent into Dentdale from Newby Head is even more stimulating than the outward journey , new aspects of the valley being revealed when seen in the reverse direction , with wider and more distant landscapes coming into view . |
| 3 | These latter included screens behind which they could be hidden ; heavy socks and mocassins to prevent feet from being recognised if seen below the screen ; and a ‘ Donald Duck squawk box ’ instrument which distorted an individual 's voice so that it could not be recognised . |
| 4 | Under the provisions of the 1911 Act ( a measure to which the Lords acquiesced under threat of being swamped with a mass of new Liberal pro-reform peers ) , the House could delay passage of nonmoney bills for only two successive sessions , such bills being enacted if passed by the Commons again the succeeding session . |
| 5 | The upholstery pins , escutcheons , lid motifs and depositum plate were affixed to the outer case prior to the insertion of the lead shell , their appearance being enhanced if applied to a fully upholstered case . |
| 6 | Charles Bosanquet assured his readers that ‘ the London poor are accustomed to the notion of being visited and more inclined to complain of being neglected than to look on a visitor as an intruder ’ . |
| 7 | Another bomb fell and he was back in the gutter beside Peregrine , convinced that anything was preferable to being killed while waiting for an improbable train . |