Example sentences of "a [noun] of [v-ing] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personal idiosyncracies are not relevant here : what really matter are those sentiments and axiomatic patterns of thought and action which come , as we would say ‘ naturally ’ , as a result of having been brought up or ‘ socialized ’ in a particular society and culture . |
| 2 | ‘ A degree of spitting is beneficial . |
| 3 | Investment is expected to remain subdued and a period of destocking is possible as firms respond to lower demand . |
| 4 | It follows that the recurring emphasis within Elizabethan and Jacobean plays on life itself as a process of playing was not merely theatrical projection ; the world as a stage , life as artifice , and so on ; these were ideas which the theatre derived from , as well as conveyed to , its culture . |
| 5 | All you have to do to stand a chance of winning is answer the following questions correctly : |
| 6 | Few of the exhibits , which are expected to fetch around £100,000 in total , come with a guarantee of having been used in any particular film or show . |
| 7 | With a feeling of having been unexpectedly let out of school , I drove over the hills on the road to Reading and coasted along the unfenced part of the Quillersedge Estate until I thought I 'd come more or less to where Gareth had dropped the paint : parked off the road there and searched more closely for the place on foot . |
| 8 | She swung to face him angrily , her pale cheeks now flushed to wild apricot , her breasts rising and falling with bottled-in emotion , annoyance , embarrassment and a feeling of having been manipulated into a situation where she had behaved like an ill-bred lunatic . |
| 9 | She had a sense of having been betrayed , cheated , deceived . |
| 10 | If you are meeting people in the morning and a lot of talking is involved , try to have a complete break ( without having to speechread ) before you tackle the afternoon . |
| 11 | It is questionable whether the study of patients with a history of having been diagnosed with cervical cancer can form the basis for conclusions about the seroepidemiology of this disease . |
| 12 | A way of seeing is a way of not seeing . |
| 13 | A spot of bonking is expected of one when one takes a bride , is n't it , Johnny ? |