Example sentences of "[prep] [being] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Giving and taking jibes and insults is very much part of being a footie fan ; usually it 's fun . |
| 32 | Whether the word is morphologically simple , or whether it is complex as a result either of containing one or more affixes ( that is , prefixes or suffixes ) or of being a compound word . |
| 33 | Since 1979 Brian has managed to combine all his other duties with that of being a Cheshire magistrate and he also serves as chairman of the Cestrian Trust for kidney dialysis . |
| 34 | Berlin was always more densely textured than other European capitals , with industry , offices and homes jumbled up together even in the inner city , and , in spite of being a free-market island in a sea of socialism , west Berlin was the country 's biggest industrial centre . |
| 35 | He felt humiliated — apart from everything else , the soppiness of being a shop assistant in a family of miners brought out a terrible blush for his masculinity : absurd , you might think , but not so absurd if that was your world . |
| 36 | He says : ‘ My first two marriages ended in divorce because I was too young and dreamed only of being a movie star . |
| 37 | The former wartime brigadier , who is accused of being a war criminal ‘ with the blood of 70,000 Cossacks and Yugoslavs on his hands ’ , insisted that he left V Corps on May 22 . |
| 38 | It depends how you see the whole business of being a pop star . |
| 39 | Another pleasant , non-right-wing Tory is Peter Luff who , in spite of being a PR man , is actually quite pleasant . |
| 40 | If nature has endowed a particular market participant with all the current endowment of a certain resource , he is in the fortunate position of being a monopolist resource owner . |
| 41 | He died drunk and alone in 1983 , a victim of his own temperament and the trappings of being a Hollywood star . |
| 42 | SCOTTISH Opera 's new production of The Magic Flute can not be accused of being a routine stroll through Mozart 's opera . |
| 43 | ‘ IBM needs to make something happen with OS/2 2.1 , or it 's facing the possibility of being a niche product for a very long time . ’ |
| 44 | When I made a television documentary that concluded that there was no evidence for nuclear fusion products , I received a letter from Martin Fleischmann alleging that there was a warrant issued in Utah for the arrest of the film crew , accusing me of having gained ‘ illegal access to the National Cold Fusion Institute ’ and of being a media person masquerading as a scientist . |
| 45 | He 'd never given the impression of being a dog lover . |
| 46 | But although ‘ Tuxy ’ Girdle may not have been a youthful Hooligan , it did emerge that he had been running whores and he received a substantial sentence of penal servitude for the assault on the man whom the gang had suspected of being a police spy . |
| 47 | It was here that he first conceived the idea of being a peasant painter . |
| 48 | For Lamb , catering is a very satisfying part of being a prison officer , but he does have dissatisfactions : ‘ I do n't think the rations are enough and there is n't enough variety . |
| 49 | Inside , the room was bathed in a chic and sickly light , so sickly and so chic that it gave the impression of being a chartreuse light ( chartreuse is this year 's chic colour ; its sickliness needs no introduction from me ) although it was in fact pink . |
| 50 | It was quite a car and who has n't dreamed of being a repo man ? |
| 51 | ‘ People accuse us of being a chain hotel with a standardised product , but we believe our staff do make a difference , and that our systems should never be unwieldy . ’ |
| 52 | Europe has repeatedly been accused of cultural imperialism , of being a trade fortress and a rich man 's club . |
| 53 | The chance to learn the art of being a Wychwood Warrior . |
| 54 | Another aspect of the craft to be mastered is the ability to conceal the conflicting demands of being a conciliator bargaining to secure compliance , while ultimately doing a policing job . |
| 55 | You 've got to remember that David has a 20-year history of being a rock star , and he 's broken his word and come back from retirement about three times . |
| 56 | I 've learned to accept the fact of being a rock star and how big the band 's become . |
| 57 | Although I would also say that I do n't suppose there are very many Councillors that do n't actually , at the end of the day , being a Councillor is costing them a lot of money and those members ' allowances are very , very small and they certainly in my case nowhere near cover the cost of being a County Councillor . |
| 58 | But despite being a household name , pools is the most secretive part of Littlewoods ' business . |
| 59 | Denis Law who despite being a scum bastard sometimes amuses me , thought the ref had got it right . |
| 60 | DESPITE being a monster flop in the TV charts , property experts reckon the BBC soap Eldorado is tempting planeloads of Brits to look at dream homes in the sun . |