Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] from being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One theory suggests that as the non-endothermic therapsids diminished the food base changed , and this in turn obliged the sub-orders like the cynodonts to switch from being passive to active homeotherms . |
| 2 | But it was to be a short-lived glory ; with his death the Bretwalda -ship passed elsewhere , and Sussex reverted from being prime among Saxon kingdoms to a minor position , on the periphery of the long-drawn-out struggle for national leadership between the rulers of Northumbria , Mercia and Wessex . |
| 3 | There is no theoretical reason to suppose that a transition from labour market income to state benefit income induces the onset of dependency : indeed , logically the reverse should happen , as individuals shift from being dependent on finding employment in the labour market , to being in receipt of an independent income guaranteed by the taxable capacity of the state . |
| 4 | Only a few varieties , Improved' , are self-fertile and even these varieties benefit from being cross-pollinated by another compatible variety . |
| 5 | Some months after Wilson resigned from being prime minister , he admitted to two journalists that he believed there was a faction in DI5 sympathetic to the South African and Rhodesian authorities . |
| 6 | Within groups — collections of individuals , with no special ties with each other , grew into closely-knit groups ; the group climate changed from being play-orientated to work orientated , and leadership tended to become more autocratic ; each group became more highly structured and put a much greater emphasis on loyalty and conformity . |
| 7 | For example , there are dual currency bonds , where the coupon payments are in one currency and the redemption proceeds are in another ; currency change bonds , where coupons are first paid in one currency and then in another ; deferred coupon bonds , where there is a delay in the payment of the first coupon ; multiple coupon bonds , where the coupon payments change over the life of the bond ( although in a predetermined manner ) , fixed-then-floating bonds , where the coupons change from being fixed rate to floating rate ; floating-then-zero bonds , where the bonds change from being floating-rate coupon bonds to zero-coupon bonds ; and missing coupon bonds , where a coupon payment is missed whenever a dividend payment on the issuing corporation 's shares are missed . |
| 8 | George McLennan , Les Knight , Peter Richardson and Adrian Robins recovered from being 1011 down at ten ends to beat J Willey , J Caldwell , J Jarvis , A Jones on a winning line by 16–12 . |
| 9 | But the benefit that the trees obtained from being tall did not go up . |
| 10 | Another suggestion , favoured by Dr Roper on the basis of the radio-tracking results , is that in a large sett badgers benefit from being able to move from one sleeping chamber to another to escape fleas . |
| 11 | Other possible explanations are that badgers simply like large setts because they are better ventilated , and that subordinate females benefit from being able to breed in remote outlying chambers , well out of the way of dominant breeding females . |
| 12 | Concrete of the same consistency as is used for pool construction is used to form the waterfall , which like the pool benefits from being 15 cm ( 6 in ) deep . |
| 13 | For example , there are dual currency bonds , where the coupon payments are in one currency and the redemption proceeds are in another ; currency change bonds , where coupons are first paid in one currency and then in another ; deferred coupon bonds , where there is a delay in the payment of the first coupon ; multiple coupon bonds , where the coupon payments change over the life of the bond ( although in a predetermined manner ) , fixed-then-floating bonds , where the coupons change from being fixed rate to floating rate ; floating-then-zero bonds , where the bonds change from being floating-rate coupon bonds to zero-coupon bonds ; and missing coupon bonds , where a coupon payment is missed whenever a dividend payment on the issuing corporation 's shares are missed . |
| 14 | She glanced at Luke apprehensively , knowing that he was mature enough to control his dislike of Florian — but probably only as long as Florian refrained from being provocative ; if he did n't , and one never knew with Florian , Luke might say or do anything . |
| 15 | His real advantage comes from being proficient in all of them at the same time , and this is a much rarer ability . |
| 16 | Real freedom comes from being true to your real beliefs . |
| 17 | So that much of ICI 's opportunity comes from being able to bring together its manufacturing skills in each area to get into less competitive markets . |
| 18 | ‘ Many nurses may find the task of entering the script onto the GP 's computer is delegated to them so the time saved from being able to prescribe starts to disappear . ’ |
| 19 | One way of distinguishing between them is to define needs as basic physical and psychological drives arising from being human ( eg need for food , clothing , self-esteem etc ) , and to define wants as specific desires directed towards fulfilling the basic needs . |
| 20 | He believes the ‘ crisis ’ in the computer industry stems from the market changing from being technology-driven to customer-driven . |
| 21 | So our perception of the nature of time changed from being independent of the universe to being shaped by it . |
| 22 | Clara switches from being aggressive to being acquiescent and Lucio does the reverse . |