Example sentences of "[noun pl] of be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A decade after the end of the first post-war period in Britain ( that is , during the sharp oil price rise mentioned above ) social mobility was characterized both by heightening opportunities of rising socially , as well as increased risks of being caught in a downward spiral — particularly for those of working-class origin , who are among those who most easily fall prey to recruitment into the underclass . |
| 2 | The Doctor ordered Howard to stop the car at the top of the road leading down into the city , weighing up the risks of being attacked by one side or the other . |
| 3 | ‘ Young men are far more likely to be victims of violent crime than women and the risks of being raped by a stranger are very small indeed ( approximately one in 25,000 ) but most women would put the risk at a lot higher . |
| 4 | Her occasional protestations of being moved by Dame Freya 's works or touched by her personality read like sops — a pretence of even-handedness — in a narrative of quiet , relentless aggression . |
| 5 | After three months of being examined in prison , awaiting sentence' he announced his renunciation of non-cooperation . |
| 6 | This has the advantage over our conventional representative institutions of being based on a new model of decision-making , one which seeks to ensure adequate consideration of all competing interests , including even poorly organised ones . |
| 7 | They dived overboard as the 13,000-ton Royal Pacific went down within 15 minutes of being hit by a large trawler . |
| 8 | Within minutes of being trapped behind a 20-feet thick wall of coal , steel and rubble completely filling the 12-feet high and 16-feet wide tunnel , they were in contact with colleagues on the opposite side using the undamaged Tannoy system which runs along the wall of the roadway . |
| 9 | Within minutes of being released by the police , these youngsters were back in an amusement arcade . |
| 10 | Under the bill , anyone who falsely accused fruit or vegetables of being tainted with dangerous preservatives or pesticides could be fined up to three times the value of lost product . |
| 11 | The values of are plotted against the corresponding M i and connected by a smooth curve as shown in figure 8.5 , to give the integral distribution curve . |
| 12 | I 'm sure we can all recall cases of being driven to distraction by blaring music and late night noise especially during the working week . |
| 13 | After a youthful marriage ended tragically with the death of his wife and two children , the grief-stricken Kalmu began to behave bizarrely and showed signs of being possessed by a powerful local deity . |
| 14 | Before this visit , Anselm shows no signs of being influenced by the Gregorian concept of the libertas ecclesiae ; after his visit , he both used the phrase and supported the policy which the phrase summed up — at least to some extent . |
| 15 | The council showed signs of being influenced by opposition demands , but it remained firmly in the hands of ‘ officialist ’ candidates . |
| 16 | Despite the lavish production , it shows all the signs of being assembled in great haste . |
| 17 | In a television documentary to be screened tonight , details will be given of a study at one British school which found that 60 per cent of boys and 30 per cent of girls showed signs of being addicted to the games — many of which feature violent activities . |
| 18 | Well , that just proved what a lot of mumbo-jumbo it all was , because the last thing that had happened had been that Luke infuriating Calder had exhibited any signs of being attracted to her … and vice versa ! |
| 19 | Any woman in the early 1970s did not need to be very observant to notice that there were serious dangers of being discredited by name in the media . |
| 20 | Researchers always warn ‘ beginner ’ researchers of the dangers of being tempted into data analysis prematurely , eg as the first flow of questionnaires returning slows . |
| 21 | For de Gaulle himself , the experience taught valuable lessons , particularly about the dangers of being trapped in the role of party leader . |
| 22 | ( Died of Parkinson 's disease and pneumonia aged 73 within 24 hours of being readmitted to hospital after being in an old people 's home for less than a month . ) |
| 23 | No matter how often we tell people that a dog is for life , not just for Christmas , some are always abandoned within hours of being given as a present . ’ |
| 24 | The requirements of the crusade and the tensions of being brought to the brink of battle both pointed to the need for a long , rather than a short truce . |
| 25 | Such precise understanding of their needs , expressed by many women , may be related to earlier good experiences of being comforted by their own mothers . |
| 26 | Finally , as if all this was n't enough , the effects of being covered with this diseased , filthy mucus are identical to those from falling into the Miasmic Marsh ( area 63 ) — although they are not cumulative with those effects . |
| 27 | He says that the sheds need a good clean up , some of the cattle are showing the effects of being kept in such muddy conditions . |
| 28 | It tells the story of an engineer who loses his job because of the effects of being gassed during the First World War . |
| 29 | I was interviewed recently and I mentioned the long-term effects of being asked about drugs in interviews . |
| 30 | A dramatic experience of a submarine under attack in the North Atlantic and the terrible effects of being torpedoed in the freezing ocean — adrift on a raft ! |