Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] to [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FRENCH PABX MAKER BARPHONE CLOSE TO BEING ACQUIRED |
| 2 | The Arnoldian tradition relates art firmly to being in all its existential , moral and aesthetic modalities , but in so doing perhaps diminishes our awareness of the unique properties of the arts as arts ; conversely , while the continental schools in various ways direct our attention to the formal or technical properties of the arts ( even when contesting them ) , they perhaps risk losing the human frame of reference . |
| 3 | There is a lot more to being a national team member , however , than just sliding around on skis . |
| 4 | Arthur Golding 's translation of Ovid 's Metamorphoses may not yet be ‘ canonical ’ ; but it is a lot nearer to being so because Pound campaigned for it . |
| 5 | ‘ It was good quality stuff , good to work on and I gradually worked my way up to being one of the house engineers and it took off from there . ’ |
| 6 | Because I 'm afraid of being the victim I 'll bubble my way up to being either the rescuer or the persecutor . |
| 7 | He confessed in the magazine Psychology Today to being uneasy with fans who asked him to make their day by autographing their guns . |
| 8 | Rejecting the QALY calculation , Harris suggests that since there is no rational way of choosing between the two people the way closest to being just is to choose randomly . |
| 9 | Nick and Linda were one step closer to being in danger themselves , and something had to be done . |
| 10 | The General Synod 's historic vote means Gloucestershire 's would-be women priests are a huge step closer to being ordained . |