Example sentences of "[conj] being [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People may be projecting the present into the past , re-evaluating the past on the basis of the present , or being influenced by some broader underlying general forces of optimism and pessimism . |
| 2 | ‘ And the true order of going , or being led by another , to the things of love , is to begin from the beauties of earth and mount upwards for the sake of that other beauty , using these as steps only … ’ |
| 3 | Here is this man , never previously seen doing his public duty , always seen merely roaring at the Labour Party or being interviewed like any tuppeny-ha'penny minister , now occupying the despatch-box which is the only site that gives credibility to his claim to be a prime-minister-in-waiting . |
| 4 | Instead of your call drowning or being drowned by another , it is intercepted by Contran and you hear either an amplified version of the other call or a brief squelch-like sound in your headset . |
| 5 | It is known from occupational medicine , that exposure to two chemicals at once can be far more damaging than being exposed to each chemical individually . |
| 6 | For instance , inspectors ' powers to acquire information about accidents needed to be extended to include inquiries made to determine whether an investigation was appropriate , rather than being confined to those cases where the Chief Inspector had already ordered an investigation to take place . |
| 7 | Similar sequences , known as self-initiated insertion sequences , are common in the talk of monolinguals : " self-initiated " because the current speaker starts them rather than being prompted by another , and " insertion sequences " because they disrupt the " normal " flow of the conversation . |
| 8 | As in the case of autarchic policy making , effective outside influence would require that public interest in specific social issues had already been articulated rather than being reflected in some generalized public unease . |
| 9 | England traditionally had inheritance laws based on the principle of primogeniture , that is the property should pass to a single heir , usually the eldest son , rather than being divided between all surviving children . |
| 10 | The preferred method is measuring of the contaminant concentration , combined with some other measurement to ensure that the contaminant is being mineralised rather than being transformed to some other intermediate compound . |
| 11 | It was in fact the first time she had thought of such a thing , and it did not seem to be a very good idea , but nothing irritated her more than being addressed in that Listen With Mother voice ( particularly as her daughter-in-law spoke to her children quite normally ) and it goaded her to contrariness . |
| 12 | From the detailed observation of fifteen boards , it was evident that training often followed the pattern of immediate demand rather than being linked to any developmental plan ; thus , a board might ask the headteacher or member of staff for further elaboration of a topic which surfaced at a meeting , such as subject choice by S3 , or individuals might decide to attend an area session on interviewing skills only once they knew that they were to participate in the selection of a senior member of staff . |
| 13 | We may see an object ( visible in the earlier view ) disappearing , and being replaced by another one — as in a game of ‘ peekaboo ’ . |
| 14 | Indeed , to put effort into scoring goals was now positively bad policy since , by taking players away from defence , it carried the risk of actually losing — and being relegated after all . |
| 15 | There was dissatisfaction over times , hours worked , and being visited by several different staff . |
| 16 | You may be better advised to start again , possibly finding your candidates by a different method , than risk the problems of engaging an inadequate candidate and being faced with all the disruption of having to go through the whole process at a later stage anyway . |
| 17 | It is organized as a community with people frequently meeting together and being connected to each other in lots of different ways . |
| 18 | Eventually Humbert was forced to surrender , handing his sword gravely to the English commander and being treated with all the honours of war and politeness of diplomacy . |
| 19 | Twenty minutes later I 'm dressed again and being directed to another department for the bone-marrow expiration . |
| 20 | Known as ‘ Um Yusef 's burgah ’ ( Um Yusef 's mask ) , they were always getting lost and being found by some kind soul who returned them to me . |
| 21 | But being consoled by another mother who seems unfrustrating makes it harder to reconcile the two … ’ . |
| 22 | To her it could just not be right that she should love one man while being married to another . |
| 23 | All of the young persons listed as copper miners were boys , but the census does not reveal a single girl as being employed at all , and that was just not so . |
| 24 | You can t falsely represent yourself to him as being authorised in some official capacity to enforce payment of the debt . |
| 25 | Such that any new example one down here can be seen as being belonging to that set okay ? |
| 26 | Language use among individual bilinguals is seen as being governed by these norms . |
| 27 | not to hold itself out as being entitled in any way whatsoever to contract on behalf of the Publisher unless previously agreed in writing |
| 28 | not to hold itself out as being entitled in any way whatsoever to contract on behalf of the Publisher |
| 29 | not to hold itself out as being entitled in any way whatsoever to contract on behalf of the Publisher |
| 30 | not to hold itself out as being entitled in any way whatsoever to contract on behalf of the Publisher . |