Example sentences of "[prep] being the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historically the Blackburn Perth has the distinction of being the largest flying-boat of the biplane era to serve with the RAF . |
| 2 | At the time of construction the bridge had the distinction of being the largest swing bridge in the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | Greenpeace has accused British industry of being the largest polluter of the north-east Atlantic region , and the UK government of licensing the destruction of rivers and seas . |
| 4 | However , the marked path is still the highest scoring of the paths considered , and it can be shown that , if all the paths had been considered , it would still have a high probability of being the highest scoring . |
| 5 | While the politics of the time may have been sterile , it does appear to have had more than its share of colourful characters ; bogus radicals like A.P.T.James and Chanka Maharaj ; the legendary and fabulously wealthy Bhadase Maraj , who was an American-style ward boss ; Norman Tang , whose mastery of the ‘ art ’ of inscrutability made it possible for him to ‘ develop the reputation of being the only minister never accused by the Civil Service of political interference ’ . |
| 6 | Southport Railway Centre also ran its usual trains , again using the LMS Brakevans , over the Spring Bank Holiday , and thus had the unusual , possibly unique distinction of being the only preservation organisation running trains on its own lines and also on another , privately owned line at the same time . |
| 7 | The author ( front row , third from right ) in charge of the Southern Command cricket team , which he captained by virtue of being the only officer who played cricket . |
| 8 | As both a stimulus and ready source of energy , honey also has the distinction of being the only food made by insects that 's eaten by man . |
| 9 | Ireland prepared to face Cuba today ( 11.00 BST ) with the unenviable record of being the only side not to have scored a goal in the 12-team tournament . |
| 10 | It has the dubious distinction of being the only constellation with no star as bright as the fifth magnitude ; its main star , Alpha ( 5.2 ) , lies between Volans and Gamma Hydri . |
| 11 | Although Stan was older and previously dominant , by virtue of being the only dog , he had not turned out to be the natural leader of he pair . |
| 12 | THE International Cricket Council stand accused today of being the International Cock-up Council . |
| 13 | Men tend to put greater store by their work once there are children ( perhaps because of the burden of being the sole earner , and perhaps because their place at work is not unchallenged in the way it may be at home ) and housework , which before may have been shared equally , often now falls to the woman . |
| 14 | But the association has tired of being the sole supporter and other sponsors are needed . |
| 15 | All in all , this is a most effective collaboration even if the innocent eyed Sunday painter W. Littlefair has to carry the burden of being the sole representative of the newly formed one-year-old Yarm Art Society which boasts 18 members on his shoulders . |
| 16 | I have most of them already and besides I enjoy the reputation of being the best teacher . |
| 17 | Unlike Beatty , who always had the advantage of being the living image of the role-model Hollywood leading man with dark , mysterious eyes , classic features and a huge mop of hair , Nicholson is the unlikely romantic hero . |
| 18 | The alternative candidate for the honour of being the liberal theory of contracts insists that obligations should only arise in order to discourage and compensate harm to the interests of others . |
| 19 | He knew that he should discuss her grandfather with Mariana but remained frightened of hurting her , or of being the immediate instrument of her hurt . |
| 20 | It had all the signs of being the backstage entrance to the building . |
| 21 | look in early nineteen forty eight where we are , wh where the land reform process had taken the Communist Party tt and then we could begin to look forward to where policy was going to go from there in terms of the military , political , economic , ideological future and what I 'm going to do today to , to begin with anyway is , is to just consider where we are and where it is we 're gon na go and in a sense we could , it might be helpful to , to put ourselves back in a position of being the central committee again . |
| 22 | The infinitesimal probability of being the decisive vote , coupled with the significant costs of voting , may indeed mean that no individual has an incentive to vote , even on issues of considerable importance . |
| 23 | If the accused , by reason of being the controlling shareholder or otherwise , is ‘ the directing mind and will of the company ’ he is to be treated as having validly consented on behalf of the company to his own appropriation of the company 's property . |
| 24 | He lived and died in Königsberg , never venturing beyond the province , and had the reputation of being the contented bachelor from whose afternoon walk it was possible to set one 's watch . |
| 25 | Instead of being the penultimate round of the series and — usually — crucial in the title battle , it is now the last event following the move to May by the Rally of the Lakes . |
| 26 | What 's the point of being the other way when you know you 've got to be satisfied . |
| 27 | Are n't you afraid of being the other sort — the sort that stops and suffers ? " |
| 28 | But she is conscious of being the first contact customers and suppliers have with the company and of the need to keep cool under fire . |
| 29 | This acclaimed the accolade of being the first steam locomotive on the railway ! |
| 30 | He enjoys still the odd distinction of being the first person to take a soil sample at what later became the NATO headquarters at Mönchen Gladbach . |