Example sentences of "[vb pp] for being [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who , like Newman Hall , let Gothic design take over , were criticized for being imitative and for demeaning the sermon . |
| 2 | But I think I knew unconsciously that the supposed crime was twofold : I was being punished for being female and for having grown up . |
| 3 | At home , the cows were managed by the women , who hand-milked them and ensured that they continued to yield plenty of good quality milk and were selected for being docile and good-tempered . |
| 4 | One girl spent the whole afternoon talking to me about her family 's obsession with beauty , how she had always been praised and noticed for being pretty and not much else , and then , just at the end , spoke guiltily of ‘ wasting my time ’ with a subject so unimportant . |
| 5 | In all cases the ‘ boys ’ were given more freedom to explore whilst the ‘ girls ’ were kept close and scolded for being noisy and for ‘ tomboyish ’ behaviour ! |
| 6 | She is also known for being frugal and will often only serve visiting supporters after running a used teabag three or four times through a mangle . |
| 7 | Praised for being economical and concise while offering a clear definition of mental illness and its own activities , its second ever entry also made effective use of colour and included a prioritised , strategic plan . |
| 8 | He was chased and bitten by a police dog and then arrested for being drunk and disorderly after he became abusive . |
| 9 | He enjoyed talking about art with Rodrigo and , respecting his resoluteness ( it was said of him that he was the only Sohoite to be arrested for being drunk and orderly ) , asked him to act , with Anthony Lousada , as his executor . |
| 10 | Although topic work is sometimes justifiably criticised for being shallow and unstructured , I believe it to be one of the most valuable aspects of the primary school curriculum . |
| 11 | and Hechter 's original thesis has been criticised for being unhistoric and too-abstract . |
| 12 | The region is often criticised for being bureaucratic and remote without too careful an analysis of these concepts ( Page and Midwinter 1979 ) ; but one criticism must surely be accepted — the ‘ certain balance ’ that Wheatley advocated is scarcely obtained when one region outweighs the rest . |
| 13 | During the riots , the Guard was criticised for being panicky and uncoordinated ( Brewer et al , 1988:117 ) . |