Example sentences of "[noun] as being in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considering the discussion of religion in The Future of an Illusion and elsewhere , especially in Civilization and Its Discontents , it is clear that Freud thought of religion as being in need of explanation because it was irrational and did not further the happiness of mankind . |
| 2 | Rhines sees the current semiconductor industry as being in turmoil , as the impetus in the industry moves from the vertically-integrated companies to functionally-defined companies — Japan being an exception to the rule however ; and the purchasing power of vendors such as Compaq Computer Corp , Dell Computer Corp and Apple Computer Inc for example , causing major growth in the merchant market . |
| 3 | For him , the first question is , ‘ By what criteria do we come to locate or mislocate sensations as being in some sense of ‘ in ’ in the right knee or in the pit of the stomach ? ’ , as though it were obviously not simply a matter of having the sensation in a certain place . |
| 4 | Ryle asks , ‘ By what criteria do we come to locate or mislocate sensations as being in some sense of ‘ 'in ’ in the right knee or in the pit of the stomach ? ’ |
| 5 | In the case of property in Greater London , where property is described in early title deeds as being in the now defunct counties of Middlesex or parts of Surrey , give the old as well as the present description ; otherwise entries relating to the land may be overlooked ( Practice Direction of the Chief Land Registrar dated 28 January 1970 ) . |
| 6 | Robbie began , then remembered that it might be wiser if Fen thought of Hugh as being in the present tense rather than the past . |
| 7 | This has led to the conceptualisation of older people from minority ethnic communities as being in ‘ double jeopardy ’ ( Dowd and Bengtson , 1978 ) . |
| 8 | That we think of this fourth-dimensional aspect of our lives as being in a different ‘ category ’ from the rest is really a matter of perception rather than reality . |
| 9 | Some writers suggest that reduced participation in work was encouraged by Victorian moralists through an idealization of the role of the home , while others saw that in the early twentieth century ‘ the development of separate suburban environments in the maturing industrial/commercial city was itself of crucial importance in the establishment of the home as a separate sphere and in the enforcement of the social definition of a woman 's place as being in the home ’ ( Mackenzie and Rose , 1983 , 169 ) . |
| 10 | In a long account of this hunt , Green refers to himself at one point as being in the ‘ plebeian party . ’ |
| 11 | The Namibian authorities opened a border post in the Caprivi Strip at Mpelela Island in the Zambezi River on Nov. 1 , describing this as an effort to meet the needs of Zambians travelling to Namibia by river and to stop smugglers of drugs , corn meal and other goods , and presenting the move as being in accordance with a 1990 agreement with Zambia ; the latter , however , claimed that the Namibians had acted unilaterally and that , without a post on its side of the border , Zambia would lose customs revenue from undeclared goods . |
| 12 | Relabelling her importance as being in control of her family 's health by providing a healthy diet , encouraging and participating in physical activities is one method of cognitive restructuring that can help . |
| 13 | And when people are asked for the alternatives as being in Europe , they tend to stumble . |
| 14 | We regard expenditure in the community as being in a par with expenditure in any other sphere of business activity , and subject to the same management disciplines . |
| 15 | Mutual life insurance companies should follow all applicable authoritative accounting pronouncements — such as those issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board — if they are to describe their financial statements as being in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles , according to a new FASB exposure draft . |
| 16 | Prior to Sandys the orthodox military priesthood had seen nuclear weapons as being in support of conventional forces . |
| 17 | Such indications that young people may not view the CAB as being in touch with their attitudes and problems has prompted many bureaux to devise special outreach projects . |
| 18 | However , it is clearly infeasible to treat every market situation or example of firm behaviour as being in principle open to investigation and decision by the competition authorities . |
| 19 | If you imagine stress as being in ‘ hot water ’ then there are roughly three stages in its creation . |
| 20 | They confessed to such things as being in league with foreign powers , sabotaging economic projects , poisoning the workers food , causing railways accidents and plotting to assassinate Stalin . |
| 21 | The ‘ kinship defenders ’ see the natural parents who come into contact with statutory agencies as being in a relatively weak position , with their rights severely eroded by various legal provisions , most recently the 1975 Act which strengthened the powers of both local authorities and foster-parents to an unacceptable degree . |
| 22 | One observes that the only difference between these verbs and know lies in the type of condition invoked as allowing one to represent the person or thing denoted by the direct object as being in the state denoted by the infinitive : knowledge vs belief or opinion . |
| 23 | When I became in a conscious way feminist I pondered long what it meant that a woman could not in such a way depict Christ as being in her image . |
| 24 | The budget , after much parliamentary debate , was presented on March 24 by Finance Minister Ivan Kostov as being in accordance with IMF and World Bank recommendations . |
| 25 | This throat-gripping melodrama about ‘ sex , greed and violence in our consumerist society — how everything passes from the mouth to the anus , ’ has a cast that includes Helen Mirren , Michael Gambon , Richard Bohringer , costumes by Jean Paul Gaultiere , stunning photography by Sasha Vierny and a score by Michael Nyman , ‘ the film — rich , intelligent , dynamic and funny — looks magnificent and confirms Greenaway as being in the forefront of European directors . ’ |
| 26 | Mr Bérégovoy , who so prided himself as a good manager , had to hear Edouard Balladur , the new prime minister , describe the economy as being in its worst state since the second world war . |
| 27 | As such it was certain to be seen as a global cartel , and it was in fact denounced by individual European governments and the EC Commission as being in contravention of GATT . |
| 28 | The International Commission of Jurists criticised the 1968 Act at the time of its passing as being in violation of international law . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Secondly , we might think it daring in the extreme , if not plain wrong , that the storyteller should represent God as being in Jacob 's grip until nearly the end of the contest . |