Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not purely a result of them being faster sailors , but partly a measure of the clean wind they have had by being at the front . |
| 2 | Again , this type of insertion sequence is common among monolinguals : here it is clearly offset by being in London English in the midst of a Creole turn . |
| 3 | Some aspects are best appreciated by being on the train . |
| 4 | That is , the sensation itself we would apprehend as , perhaps , a mild , diffused prickling , and the warmth and coldness would be our classification of it as ‘ the sort of sensation which is usually caused by being in hot water ’ and ‘ the sort of sensation which is usually caused by being in cold water ’ . |
| 5 | That is , the sensation itself we would apprehend as , perhaps , a mild , diffused prickling , and the warmth and coldness would be our classification of it as ‘ the sort of sensation which is usually caused by being in hot water ’ and ‘ the sort of sensation which is usually caused by being in cold water ’ . |
| 6 | If there were no regularity at all , if the sort of sensation which is caused by being in hot water were equally often caused by being in cold water , and vice versa , then we would be denied even the possibility of this notional classification . |
| 7 | If there were no regularity at all , if the sort of sensation which is caused by being in hot water were equally often caused by being in cold water , and vice versa , then we would be denied even the possibility of this notional classification . |
| 8 | This experimental system has also illuminated the social nature of cells , since their response to the inducing signal in early amphibian development is enhanced by being in a crowd . |
| 9 | Needs for Personal Social Services for children are assumed to be predominantly determined by being in a lone-parent family , regardless of the economic circumstances of the family . |
| 10 | The Working Party felt it was very necessary to have a closer contact with Society members than was possible at present and that this could be best achieved by being in direct communication with them . |