Example sentences of "and [adj] [prep] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | In part three ( chapters twelve to fifteen ) our objective is to examine what is involved in helping a person in doubt , and to see how this can be made practical and specific without being mechanical and stereotyped . |
| 2 | Even while authoritative actions reflect the subjects ' reasons , indeed in order that they should do so , they may well lead to different outcomes on particular occasions , and that without being in any way wrong or mistaken on those occasions . |
| 3 | Recruitment literature needs to convince the taxi trade that proper organization can , and will , improve their working conditions , and that by being members of a recognized trade union who have expertise in dealing with local authorities , the trade will benefit . |
| 4 | But then the exhibit , the quarrel , hateful and confusing in being exposed to other eyes , changed character and became after all , evidence for the defence . |
| 5 | It was Eastman who invented the name Kodak — easy to spell and memorable without being in any way offensive in many languages . |
| 6 | Some young women are too embarrassed to ask their doctors and afraid of being refused , especially if they are under age . |
| 7 | As Table 5 shows , 66 per cent of the investigations conducted alone by the Team resulted in partial or complete substantiation , 20 per cent were judged to be unsubstantiated and well intentioned and 14 per cent were unsubstantiated and suspected of being maliciously intended . |
| 8 | This found that girls who had felt isolated and embarrassed about being pregnant or having babies felt less stigma about this after they had attended the units and could take a much more realistic view of their situation . |
| 9 | She 's truthful and spontaneous without being at all pushy or loud . |
| 10 | The arts can have a liberating effect on people , encouraging them to change from being passive and dependent to being creative and active . |
| 11 | ? ) On a more serious note , my thanks are due to Dr. Peach , the Tutor for Graduates , for being available and interested without being intrusive , and to the Principal for understanding so well the fears and uncertainties of being new on the job . |
| 12 | Their smiles were like a knowing wink : sussed and street-wise without being in the least dour or po-faced . |
| 13 | Conscious of being the trapper here , and unaware of being the gull of Don John 's plot , Claudio moves uneasily between verse and prose , comedy and seriousness , not fully at home in either . |
| 14 | Commenting on the Khmer Rouge position at the talks , the Independent of June 27 said that for the first time in three years of diplomacy , the group appeared " unsure of themselves , and nervous of being outmanoeuvred " . |
| 15 | In addition , ‘ New Year 's Day ’ was as potent as ever and ‘ When Love Comes To Town ’ was catchy and pert despite being stripped down . |
| 16 | Nowadays he just smoked all night ( the same brand as Madame ) and kept a glass of iced water constantly beside him — Little David would keep it fresh and cold without being asked . |
| 17 | The three piano concertos , which Mozart described as a happy medium between what is too easy and what is too difficult — virtuosic , pleasant to listen to , and natural without being banal — were written for himself to play at his subscription concerts . |
| 18 | They are registered with the English Golf Union and play regular fixtures at Mill Hill and Highgate in addition to Henley where they feel particularly welcomed and privileged by being permitted to play on a Sunday . |
| 19 | By the time the coach arrived back at Oxford the day had been made remarkable and worthy of being talked about . |
| 20 | A room can look festive and jolly without being overwhelmed by lots of gaudy decorations . |
| 21 | If you 're a single parent and sick of being written about as a problem , rather than written for as a reader , One Parent Plus ( Jane Ward , Optima , £4.99 ) should be a refreshing change . |
| 22 | He was a voluminous writer of fiction : his earliest novel , Rogues and Vagabonds , was serialized in One and All before being published as a book in 1885 . |
| 23 | It seemed amazing to be able to leave the house each time without feeling furtive , and irritable at being obliged to feel furtive . |
| 24 | Keegan , however , will not consider withdrawing from the competition , which has been littered with fights and sendings-off after being revived this season following a 20-year absence . |
| 25 | The text is interesting and informative without being too technical . |
| 26 | Are not those successful British companies sick and tired of being talked down by the doom-monger Labour party ? |
| 27 | Stiff with pride — which she was now sick and tired of being told was a Leo trait — and buoyed up by the certain knowledge that it would have been morally indefensible for her to desert her father , Laura had taken some weeks to realise that there must surely have been another way for them to solve their problems . |
| 28 | COACH Ian McGeechan , whose background includes eight Tests for the Lions between 1974 and 1977 plus being coach of the last Lions in 1989 , rates New Zealand ‘ the ultimate challenge ’ . |
| 29 | I went home feeling miserable and ashamed for being such a fool but I did n't have long to indulge my self-pity , for when I entered our house I found my brother Jack and Mum quarrelling loudly . |
| 30 | The Prime Minister 's work was sufficiently heavy and responsible without being subjected to daily vindictive , merciless attacks in the columns of the newspapers , and he urged that whatever government might come into office , measures should be taken to prevent the continuance of this Press tyranny . |