Example sentences of "being [prep] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the integral parts played by Mind and consciousness , it seems that any purely mechanistic description of the origins of life and the physical universe , is doomed to failure , for it ignores the manner by which the physical creation and physical bodies come into being as expressions of Mind and consciousness . |
| 2 | He had never found it easy to get up in the morning , and being under sentence of death did not make the prospect of a new day any more enticing . |
| 3 | These people should be supportive of animal welfare , of course , but with the understanding that being in support of animal welfare is perfectly consistent with utilising animals for human preferences and interests . |
| 4 | David Whitehouse , 25 , of North Park , Middlesbrough , admitted being in possession of cannabis at the station on May 9 . |
| 5 | The Darlington youth was given a 12-month conditional discharge after admitting attempting to steal a radio cassette and being in possession of cannabis resin in February . |
| 6 | All the judges in the Court of Appeal were agreed that , if there was a contract , it was illegal as being in restraint of trade . |
| 7 | Slesser and Greer L.JJ. thought there was a contract but that it was illegal as being in restraint of trade . |
| 8 | However , a very restrictive express term which tries to prevent an ex-employee making use of mundane skills will be likely to be struck down by the courts as being in restraint of trade . |
| 9 | All contracts could be described quite properly as being in restraint of trade , but this was not a term of abuse , and only those contracts which were in unreasonable restraint of trade would be struck down by the courts . |
| 10 | People who share my views can , and often do , describe themselves as being in favour of Animal Liberation . |
| 11 | There may be occasions when we feel ourselves in favour of particular activities that are defined as crimes ; but that is entirely different from being in favour of crime . |
| 12 | According to the press , the vote at the Scottish Conservative party conference in 1988 at Perth was about 600 to 12 , the 12 being in favour of devolution , one of whom , I happen to know , voted that way simply because he was sorry for the minority . |
| 13 | ‘ It has been her acting experience , being in front of cameras from an early age which sets her apart . |
| 14 | It is highly likely that the decision of the governors of Altrincham Grammar School for Girls to suspend two Muslim girls who wished to wear head scarves to school for being in breach of school uniform rules would also have been unlawful . |
| 15 | The contract will therefore seek : 1 to define the client 's obligations and , so far as possible , to minimise them ; 2 to define the scope of the contract by defining which statements form part of it ; 3 to minimise the scope for variation of the contract duties , by defining the authority of the client 's representatives to make statements binding on it , or to vary the contract ; 4 to minimise the likelihood of the client being in breach of contract , by defining the client 's obligations in flexible terms : for instance , the quantity of goods to be delivered may be subject to tolerances ; or the contract may provide for the time for delivery to be extended in certain situations ; 5 to minimise the extent of the client 's liability for any breach it commits : for instance , by excluding liability for certain kinds of loss , or by placing a financial ceiling on liability ; 6 to define the obligations of the client 's trading partners ; 7 to define the consequences of non-performance by the client 's trading partners ; 8 to provide machinery to encourage prompt performance by the client 's trading partners : for instance , a seller may require interest on late payments , or offer discounts for early payment ; a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment until satisfactory performance ; 9 to allow the client to use procedurally simple enforcement methods : for instance , terms of sale should be drafted so as to allow the seller to bring a liquidated claim for the price of the goods ; 10 to provide the client with security against non-performance by its trading partners : thus terms of sale are likely to seek to provide the seller with security against non-payment , for instance by means of a retention of title clause ; terms of purchase will seek to minimise the buyer 's exposure by allowing some or all of the price to be retained against satisfactory performance . |
| 16 | He admitted being in breach of bail and in breach of a probation order . |
| 17 | if put , put sample in , in er er at paragraph erm we said that it could be , we referred to paragraph two , two , three , this is the third paragraph I 've turn up on page a hundred and thirty six on claim sees to recover and then we say the premises , the claim is unlawful as being in breach of article eighty five , alternatively , unlawful in seeking to enforce agreements |
| 18 | He was used to being in control of events , not the victim of circumstance ; even so , the situation intrigued him . |
| 19 | It was rather like being in charge of Tinkerbell , in that she was the one flashing the torch . |
| 20 | As such it was certain to be seen as a global cartel , and it was in fact denounced by individual European governments and the EC Commission as being in contravention of GATT . |
| 21 | As was suggested above , the young were consistently represented as being in need of protection . |
| 22 | A note duly came at the end of September , hurtful in its brevity , frustrating in its lack of information : — thank you for the money sister which is put to good use your son being in need of shoes and all manner of apparel since he grows apace . |
| 23 | Considering the discussion of religion in The Future of an Illusion and elsewhere , especially in Civilization and Its Discontents , it is clear that Freud thought of religion as being in need of explanation because it was irrational and did not further the happiness of mankind . |
| 24 | The Canadian Senate , which was widely perceived as being in need of reform , had possessed a solid Liberal majority as a legacy of 21 years of almost uninterrupted Liberal government which had ended in 1984 . |
| 25 | League champions Derry are resigned to being without Bank of Ireland All Star defender Tony Scullion , until the championship at the earliest . |
| 26 | Not like being at home of course , not so cosy , but I expect it 's quite interesting . |
| 27 | Being at risk of abuse , then , does not lead to a simple intervention strategy . |
| 28 | I was referred to R.S.C. , Ord. 55 , r. 3 which refers to the appeal being by way of rehearing , but that of course is the same phrase as is used in R.S.C. , Ord. 59 which states that appeals to the Court of Appeal are by way of rehearing and , to put it shortly , without quoting from the note to that rule , it is plain that all that means is that the Court of Appeal has a wide ranging power to consider and deal with the way in which the court below came to its decision but it is not empowered to hear evidence , except in certain exceptional circumstances : see , too , Rayden and Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters , 16th ed. ( 1991 ) , p. 1388 , para. 49.2 . |