Example sentences of "[vb base] to being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I confess to being sceptical about the whole enterprise , but readers who agree with Hughes that we need a drama that blends the sacred with the secular , on the model of the best Greek tragedies , may feel differently . |
| 2 | Eurodollars can be used to cover transactions inside the US , at which point they cease to be Eurodollars and revert to being ordinary , domestic US$ again . |
| 3 | And if men revert to being masculine , the Hic Mulier figure continues , women will once again become feminine and subordinate . |
| 4 | Sixty per cent said that their opinion had been changed during the course of the evening ; this is certainly an indication that people respond to being involved in informed public discussion . |
| 5 | These stages can be seen as centres of psychic concentration , phases of emphasis that , in ‘ normal ’ development , are passed through as we progress to being mature , integrated people . |
| 6 | Okay Chair , that 's just a note that it er , it 's a matter we 've raised with this Committee on several occasions in the past , and getting close I think to being able to present some detailed figures as to the likely costs in future , of firemen 's pension sch scheme to Shropshire County Council . |
| 7 | Few people admit to being inadequate in this area , most like to think that they communicate rather well . |
| 8 | I admit to being guilty of slapping his face , in anger . |
| 9 | And I admit to being guilty of one of Dewey 's charges : as an editor , I have not shared reviewers ' comments with other reviewers , and I have certainly published papers after they have received negative reviews yet may not have explained why to those reviewers who labour so hard on my behalf . |
| 10 | Foreign Office officials gleefully admit to being freer to launch new ideas , particularly on security policy . |