Example sentences of "[adj] to being [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are lots of things about being a Guide which are similar to being a Brownie — but there are also lots of new and exciting things for you to look forward to . |
| 2 | It was much , much easier to be mischievous , to be slightly bad ; and while , of course , being very good was an infinity , an eternity , away from being very bad , being a bit bad was very similar to being a bit good and unfortunately offered more opportunities for fun . |
| 3 | You were half-way to being a lady 's maid with these private patients and if they wanted you to paint their fingernails while they told you their life histories you could n't choose but obey . |
| 4 | At the studio it becomes apparent that it will not be appropriate to being a class here , and after an hour we leave . |
| 5 | It seemed to my amused eyes that the two chefs were in chilly unfriendliness , marking out their territories , each , in the normal course of events , being accustomed to being the boss . |
| 6 | Following them was Kim Philby , who escaped to Moscow just ahead of MI5 in 1962 , and Anthony Blunt , who finally confessed in 1964 to being a long-time and important Russian spy only after having been granted immunity from prosecution . |
| 7 | I think it 's from being a haulier to being a parcel carrier now , Peter . |
| 8 | He was the nearest possible to being a walking encyclopedia . |
| 9 | It did n't take long for Richard McGilvray to get used to being a celebrity . |
| 10 | Every member of the Royal Family enjoys star status ; they are used to being the centre of attention and there is strong unstated rivalry between them . |
| 11 | Andrew is used to being the centre of attention , especially after last summer when he did the unthinkable by stepping down as captain of Camborne to join Redruth , their neighbours and rivals — Cornish rugby 's equivalent of a footballer leaving Manchester United for City . |
| 12 | As the Prince of Wales , he was used to being the centre of attention and the focus of flattery and praise . |
| 13 | Penguins at Birdland are used to being the centre of attraction , some even starred in the last Batman movie . |
| 14 | They were used to being the pet of the house , and so whenever I went to my uncles , both dogs never seemed to take their eyes off me and their big mouths were always gaping wide , showing long sharp teeth , and I knew fine they 'd like to sink them into me . |
| 15 | At just over six foot , with thick curling brown hair and eyes that owed their startling blueness to his Irish ancestry , Tom was used to being the object of female appreciation whilst being slightly puzzled by it . |
| 16 | Although I had thrown a stink-bomb through their letter-box ( I was dared to do so ) and had once pulled the belt off Gertie 's dress when teasing her , I do believe that I was the nearest to being a friend of Jossey 's , than anyone . |
| 17 | Never again will they imagine that to be an administrator is to be superior to being a cleaner . |
| 18 | Never again will they be sentimental and imagine that being a cleaner is superior to being an administrator . |
| 19 | Scarborough and , and , and Harrogate are pretty even and they 're also very close to being a quarter |
| 20 | The question was close to being a statement . |
| 21 | LIBF director Brian Bradford said this week that demand for stands had been considerable and the fair was already close to being a sell-out . |
| 22 | The holder of three scientific degrees — from Oxford , UCLA and MIT , all summa cum laude — in electrical engineering and electronics , Denholm was as close to being an electronics wizard as any man could ever hope to be . |
| 23 | Since ‘ acceptance ’ , for Hart , involves a critical , hostile attitude , his concept of law comes very close to being the morality of the legal officials of the society or even the morality of the ‘ ruling class ’ . |
| 24 | Output Q then assumes Logic 1 ( equivalent to being a battery positive voltage ) . |
| 25 | Her job , her leisure , her religion were devoted to being a provider of at best health and knowledge , at the least of time or food . |
| 26 | ‘ I decided on four days because I reckoned that that 's as near to being a full-timer as you can be , while still gaining something significant for yourself . |
| 27 | Still , the struggle within Parliament for the reform of Parliament came near to being a revolution on whose comprehensive and rolling tumbril Owenites and Owenism could have expected to secure , as a preliminary to the reconstitution of the country as an industrial democracy , a terminal passage for the old corrupt order . |
| 28 | She had been a clerk-receptionist phone-answerer-teamaker and she had got the job through her uncle Bob who was as near to being a friend of Thomas Walby 's as it was possible to be . |
| 29 | The reason for this is that the silicon connected to various pins is as near to being an insulator as makes very little difference . |