Example sentences of "being on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many years ahead , unions will be seen by voters as being on the Labour side of the fence . |
| 2 | In view of the lack of English success in the past years , the war was now being discussed in terms which suited the French , the emphasis being on the feudal interpretation of the treaty of Brétigny . |
| 3 | It is nonetheless advanced as being on the right lines . |
| 4 | The child is in what is described as a position of ‘ transverse lie ; ’ with the elbow projecting through the cervix and the head being on the right side . |
| 5 | Caspar said , in a rather flat voice , ‘ At least we can be sure of being on the right road . ’ |
| 6 | The same indescribable appearance of the eyes , probably caused by the constant lack of sleep and the strain of being on the alert all the time . |
| 7 | Please thank Renata very much too for doing one ; her point about the reference count being on the small side for usefulness even to the general learner is a crucial one ; likewise yours about the belt-and-braces reassuringness of the transitive/intransitive label . |
| 8 | The umbrella being on the upper deck . |
| 9 | Only once , in a fleeting reference to Matisse is there a sense of the boot being on the other foot , of art offering a sense of liberation from social ideology . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin talked of the boot being on the other foot . |
| 11 | I was roasting , ’ said the youngster , who preferred being on the other side of the camera . |
| 12 | Being on the sourthernmost tip of the island it 's not exactly cool ! |
| 13 | for many hours on day one the river seemed amazingly narrow , one bank of it always being on the front end of my canoe . |
| 14 | I apologise for not being on the Front Bench for the debate . |
| 15 | In the event of the name of a member nominated being on the official panel of available parliamentary candidates of an affiliated organisation the consent in writing of the Executive Committee thereof must also be obtained and sent in with the form of nomination . |
| 16 | Having non-practising members who , in many instances , have no experience apart from being on the receiving end of audits , has brought a breath of fresh air and realism into board discussions . |
| 17 | And in his present state of mind , I for one would not enjoy being on the receiving end of his temper . |
| 18 | The consequences of being on the receiving end of such a notice are , of course , little less severe than when an expulsion is put into effect . |
| 19 | After being on the receiving end of the challenge which brought Marsh 's late dismissal , he allowed Piatnitski to complete a night which showed the strides the home side must make if it is to re-establish itself as a European force . |
| 20 | ‘ Raised ’ from the ruck , originally , by his family 's wealth , he does n't want to ‘ sink ’ , and rejects ‘ the idea of defeat ’ that prevails in the Third World : ‘ I 'm tired of being on the losing side . |
| 21 | FitzAlan and Simon de Villiers were the only people in Winchester who knew her , but she still could not banish a feeling of trepidation at being on the high street in broad daylight . |
| 22 | IV or Four was on the door to the right and round the corner on the left was the Handwork Room , the Headmaster 's Study being on the extreme right next to the bathroom and opposite the Staff Common Room . |
| 23 | Milton gathered his ideas not only from older books but from contemporary pamphlets issued by those frequently characterised by the social and cultural elite — then as now — as being on the lunatic fringe . |
| 24 | I hate being on the Social . |
| 25 | IT 'S a woof life being on the old dog and bone all day … |
| 26 | Any delay in arriving at a solution will be due not to our being on the wrong track but simply to the enormous complexity of the problem . |
| 27 | The plucky Ms Simonsen , not accustomed to being on the wrong end of a double Bacardi , took a principled feminist stance , complained to the management and insisted that the local police were called . |
| 28 | Tony Coton should get a large fat bonus to supplement his pay check — he earned it , and saved City from being on the wrong end of a large fat scoreline . |
| 29 | It means a lot of being enjoy being on the wrong side , if I can put it that way . |
| 30 | A DOG saved his owner from being on the Thai crash plane — by BITING him . |