Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with the end of the Cold War , Western imperialist intervention under the guise of ‘ fighting Communism ’ is beginning to be laid bare , and the Allies in the Gulf are being exposed as never before . |
| 2 | He ushered in a new era in the study of religion and of theology ; he brought a new conception of what the disciplined and ordered study of both could be ; he underlined in epoch-making fashion the importance of the subjective aspect of religious awareness , pointing to what lies deeper than intellectual formulations , yet is not reducible to inchoate and diffuse ‘ feelings ’ ; he attempted to grasp and express in an original and modern way the abiding significance of Jesus , and to uncover the living and personal meaning of what were in danger of being dismissed as merely the fossilised accretions of doctrine . |
| 3 | But further up the social scale , unrewarded deference was often required , often with the constable being treated as simply another flunkey in uniform , an attitude that might provoke a retaliatory reaction . |
| 4 | Alternatively , they could seek to arrange their affairs so that part of their income is received on a self-employed basis , rather than being treated as overtime . |
| 5 | As its critics feared , the legislation quickly established an area of production where cheapness was the only important criterion , with film being treated as so many yards of celluloid filled with moving figures . |
| 6 | By sweeping back and forth through figures of eight , a Flexifoil will build up speed even when wind strength is such that without movement or being flown as though on a single line , it will just hover with the spar nearly straight . |
| 7 | The underlying purpose of recording new information must be made clear to avoid it being regarded as just a bureaucratic exercise . |
| 8 | This linking of two aspects of a teacher 's professionalism would prevent appraisal being regarded as simply a tiresome extra and could , on the positive side , help the process of planning ( West and Bollington 1990:9 — 10 ) : Planning for appraisal … needs to be carried forward in the light of the full range of the demands confronting the particular LEA , the particular school , the particular teacher . |
| 9 | Naturally they took what was on offer , and no doubt thoroughly enjoyed the experience — just as a later Scottish politician , James VI , did when he collected £58,000 in pensions from the notoriously parsimonious Elizabeth , without feeling any need to deviate from the path which suited him and his kingdom , and without being regarded as particularly unprincipled . |
| 10 | One of the most characteristic features of Gnostic thought was the fundamental dualism of God and the world , the Deity being regarded as completely transcending the world which , so far from being his creation , was the realm of the Devil and consequently irredeemably evil . |
| 11 | But Edison identified his two sides by ‘ L ’ and ‘ R ’ , presumably for ‘ Left ’ and ‘ Right ’ ; clearly they were being regarded as very short fat cylinders ! |
| 12 | The number of candidate words being discarded as too short or too long is quite small , and in fact the number of correct candidates being incorrectly discarded is slightly discouraging . |
| 13 | But two other claims are being made as well : " Lord of the Flies is William Golding 's best novel " , and " There was widespread pessimism about the morality of children in the 1950s " . |
| 14 | But I was being hunted as well . ’ |
| 15 | As might have been expected , the larger exhibitions attracted considerably more visitors than the smallest exhibition , but all three received a generally favourable response from the public , with both the Carlyle and MacLean exhibitions being rated as Very Good or Good by at least 90% of those who saw them , and with 78% of those who saw the Skinner exhibition giving it similar ratings . |
| 16 | Were they to be realised , patronage might not disappear entirely but it would wither substantially as a result of being seen as increasingly unnecessary and underhand . |
| 17 | Blocs are being seen as increasingly irrelevant today largely because the global capitalist system is perceived as increasingly salient . |
| 18 | Another social factor is the whole thing about foreign holidays being seen as somehow superior . |
| 19 | As the rats moved around the arena , the relative perceived positions of the landmarks in egocentric space would have been likely to change as much in the fixed as in the varied condition with , for example , L+ being seen as often to the left or right of L- both within and across trials . |
| 20 | In contrast popular dissenting tracts frequently insist on a strong separate identity , suspicious of being seen as formally composed and keen to assert scriptural language as a key to asserting their own experience . |
| 21 | The most common were ‘ changes in employment ’ , most notably ‘ gaining employment ’ and ‘ course content being seen as too difficult ’ . |
| 22 | The local government review is being seen as long overdue by some of those who were affected the most by the last major changes eighteen years ago . |
| 23 | Both are perceived to have characteristics of femininity and lightness , as well as being felt as still and carrying associations of civilization . |
| 24 | But this does not prevent the threat from being felt as very real , with all the consequent aggressive reactions . |
| 25 | He started accusing everyone from Sam Gristy to Jan Treffry himself of meddling with his fish barrels , and insisted on one of Sam 's barrels being opened as well ; but when it was found to be brim full Martha told him in plain terms that as far as she was concerned , he had lost the contest . |
| 26 | This means that the charges are much higher in the early years , resulting in both profit and asset value being shown as artificially low . |
| 27 | This means that the charges are much higher in the early years , resulting in both profit and asset value being shown as artificially low . |
| 28 | There is , however , nothing to stop the PC1512 being used where either text on it own or simple text and graphics from programs like Gem Draw are involved . |
| 29 | And when we are actually doing the massage i the massage itself is relaxing but to have the sweet smelling erm , essential oils being used as well , it really is very nice ! |
| 30 | There it was again : that feeling of being mesmerised as obediently she met the ice-blue gaze which devoured her . |