Example sentences of "of [being] [adj] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elisabeth was grateful that the Colonel had no intention of being unkind to his wife . |
| 2 | Harvey was clowning around pretending to be a gunman , which was his way of being sarcastic to me . |
| 3 | The idea of being nice to someone because they were going to leave you their money was not pleasant ; Tom often told himself this , but it was the reason for his going to see his grandmother . |
| 4 | Here the owners saw the advantages of being close to their raw material of steel , their power supply from coal , and their markets in Glasgow and along the Clyde valley . |
| 5 | This is really a differentiation within the category of sexual instincts as first conceived , the ego instincts of the first conceptualization being taken into a differentiation within the sexual instincts instead of being opposed to them . |
| 6 | The complexity stems from the aim of being fair to everyone , particularly existing investors . |
| 7 | It 's just a case of being true to what you feel and being true to yourself giving yourself as good a chance as any of being heard . |
| 8 | Sarah understood instinctively the romantic feel of the product , coupled with Laura 's personal philosophy of being true to oneself as a woman and letting everything revolve around the home . |
| 9 | Thank goodness neither Keininger nor The Londsdale Clock Co. of Swaffham , their agents , were guilty of the luxury of being rude to their customer . |