Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the statement " The concept lion is not empty " obviously is not likely to convey the desired information unless it is already clear from the context , or is otherwise indicated , that what is being talked about are actual and not merely imagined or fantasized lions . |
| 2 | The only things I think about are calorie-counting and weighing myself , and making sure that I do n't put on the weight I 've lost , and passing my O levels . |
| 3 | The types we are aiming for are active and free-moving . ’ |
| 4 | They see the practice of taking a bath , which is cold , after being hot and sweaty from work , as being harmful . |
| 5 | For instance you probably know that Christians believe that Jesus came alive again after being dead and buried for three days . |
| 6 | she ca n't identify though with a woman that 's kind of been mild and had kids |
| 7 | We went to this restaurant one night up in the mountain , he was starting to tell you , we walked in and there was all these people about eighteen and twenty sitting in the middle of the room and we went in , and it was late , it must of been eleven and we said you know can we eat and he said yes , yes and after he said , he said |
| 8 | Basically , like but she was must of been such and such champion , I mean I did n't appreciate probably how good she was , sort of thing because I 'm not in their show circuit but probably she was the you know , one of the top |
| 9 | As Robert Walpole explained to his brother : " Their cry and complaint was of being underworked and starved by the Irish . " |
| 10 | Perception of reality is a matter of having ‘ ideas of sense ’ , which have the characteristics of being involuntary and not subject to our control , of being strong and lively , and of having a coherence and order . |
| 11 | Well if , if you look at erm a female worker , er as opposed to a male worker and you look at the o oppression that she suffers , does she not suffer both the oppression of being working and the oppression of being a woman ? |
| 12 | On the other hand , other studies indicate that , if parents wish to encourage in children an ability to care about what happens to other people , they need to point out clearly and forcefully to their offspring , when young , the consequences of being unkind and aggressive . |
| 13 | It was not quite what she envisaged for herself but it had the advantage of being cheap and it went some way towards satisfying Grace , who was convinced that London was a den of iniquity waiting to swallow up her unsuspecting daughter . |
| 14 | A Goblin Big Boss has the advantage of being cheap and he will do almost as good a job , especially if you give him the Crown of Command to raise his leadership to 10 . |
| 15 | The panel sat mesmerized until it slowly began to dawn that the applicant appeared to be suffering from the old Fleet Street problem of being tired and emotional . |
| 16 | The service 's efficiency can be gauged by the fact that the country 's dissident movement is small to the point of being tiny and that the cult of President Ceausescu 's personality has been unassailable . |
| 17 | He finds Miriam appealing and she holds for him the added attraction of being married and committed herself . |
| 18 | But I did n't get married four times because I like trolling down the aisle , I got married four times because I like the idea of being married and I like sharing my life with a man . |
| 19 | In those days , when the trains still ran , it was called trespassing and possessed the double attraction of being unlawful and dangerous . |
| 20 | He was accused of being dictatorial and of attempting to overthrow the Constitution . |
| 21 | They also have the disadvantage of being dark and prone to damp , and are seemingly tempting places to deposit litter , or worse — so do not hesitate to turn them down if you are offered any . |
| 22 | ‘ I can understand why we were accused of being vague and naïve , ’ says Miss Kier . |
| 23 | That description captures perfectly the feeling of being invisible and diminished that is our worst fear about ageing . |
| 24 | He accused Mr Lang of being complacent and said the Government needed to invest in creating jobs . |
| 25 | The point is surely that the properties of being good and being yellow are not complex properties as being a horse is , which is ( we may take him to be supposing ) a matter of having a whole lot of simpler properties , such as having a certain sort of head , a certain sort of tail , and so forth . |
| 26 | The authorities accused the SDF of being sectarian and pro-Nigerian . |
| 27 | The pupils were evidently prepared , despite their protests , to accept this physical means of censure in return for the continued excitement of being noisy and abusive . |
| 28 | After the game , Hungarian officials lodged a complaint against the Newcastle team , specifically Gallacher , accusing them of being drunk and disorderly . |
| 29 | After the Sheffield football disaster , within a week we heard accusations against the police , against the clubs , against the fans themselves who were accused of being drunk and causing trouble . |
| 30 | Brine , who admitted two charges of being drunk and disorderly and failing to surrender to bail , was conditionally discharged for a year . |