Example sentences of "[being] [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Mr Jarvis observed ‘ The old days of teachers being trusted to be professional and to show commitment have gone . ’ |
| 2 | The women , however , were more aware of being pushed , of being expected to be unusual . |
| 3 | The first dilution is prepared and the tube is then emptied , the amount left being considered to be equivalent to one drop . |
| 4 | Well he knows that his views may not necessarily be the majority and count in the end , but at least they 're being taken into account and being considered to be important . |
| 5 | It is not about sincerity , so much as being seen to be sincere . |
| 6 | Being seen to be Green |
| 7 | Also , even if a subject is never directly or completely ‘ freed ’ trom repression by its displacement , he or she may be empowered in other ways — for example , by being seen to be homophobic in a homophobic culture . |
| 8 | Being seen to be soft on the City is something that Mrs Margaret Thatcher has always dreaded . |
| 9 | Although paperwork is boring , it is not difficult to do , but there are other duties where there is a risk of being shown to be incompetent , which are disliked for this reason . |
| 10 | Whether human , environmental or financial risks are involved , prevention strategies are being shown to be good business . |
| 11 | I think that the changes in the health service are increasingly being understood to be welcome and to be providing a better health service for the future . |
| 12 | In the history of social improvement and development , compacts and other examples of ‘ limited ’ ( e.g. ‘ feel good ’ ) partnership activities run the risk of being judged to be brief and enthusiastic failures . |
| 13 | After four years of unusually low rainfall , most UK water reserves are low , and many areas have hosepipe and sprinkler restrictions in force , whilst in other areas , people are being asked to be sensible with water , and not to waste it . |
| 14 | Other analysts criticized him for being both too political and unscientific — science being assumed to be apolitical in principle . |
| 15 | Machismo is neutered by being assumed to be synonymous with stupidity and tedium . |
| 16 | Certainly the word for spirit is female in Hebrew , and there is a long tradition of the divine wisdom being conceived to be feminine . |
| 17 | There was much running of baths , rushing about with garments , laughter on the stairs and in the bedrooms ; telephoning of florist for more button-holes ; small boys trying to help and being urged to be careful . |
| 18 | Uncertainty provokes disputes ; ambiguities may be resolved contra proferentem and , in extreme cases , uncertainty may lead to a term or a whole contract being held to be void . |
| 19 | In the proceedings brought by the Secretary of State for an injunction , the question arose whether the Secretary of State should be required to give an undertaking in damages to recompense Hoffmann-La Roche in the event of the Order being held to be invalid . |
| 20 | The first is that the effect of such an undertaking would be to impose an obligation on the council to indemnify Wickes against damage suffered by it , in the event of section 47 being held to be invalid as inconsistent with article 30 , irrespective of whether in such circumstances Wickes has a right to damages — i.e. , irrespective of whether the Bourgoin case is wrongly decided . |