Example sentences of "between be " in BNC.
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| 31 | As you can see , it is a case of finding a happy balance between being too authoritarian and too easy-going . |
| 32 | There is a difference between being a conviction politician and being a rationally guided politician . ’ |
| 33 | Interactionist approaches to explaining crime imply that for the purpose of studying such behaviour there is a correlation between being regarded as a criminal and in fact becoming one . |
| 34 | The newly retired partner is often prepared to do more around the house , but may not realise that there is a difference between being helpful and fully sharing domestic responsibilities . |
| 35 | In the past it hovered uneasily between being a rival to gold in jewellery and coinage and being a highly versatile industrial material . |
| 36 | Once young people recognize the perfectly reasonable link between being responsible and having privileges granted , they may be more inclined to cooperate . |
| 37 | Early in the thirteenth century the aspirations of the knightly class were summed up in the Life of William the Marshal , a great man who , had he lived in the twentieth century , might have made his choice between being a high civil servant and a champion professional boxer . |
| 38 | We are all of us at the mercy of our adrenaline , and there is a very fine dividing line between being justifiably keyed up and ready to do your best and being rendered helpless by panic . |
| 39 | As the move towards a shared life begins to take hold , the process of finding a mutually comfortable balance between being together and being apart begins in earnest . |
| 40 | In relation to these changes , which can evoke highly charged feelings , men and women need to continue to negotiate an acceptable balance in their relationship between being together and being apart . |
| 41 | They were the first molluscs ( such as clams , snails and octopuses ) and arthropods ( insects and crabs ) , and were halfway between being single-celled organisms and a complete colony of cells . |
| 42 | Throughout the '70s and '80s he divided his time between being a minister , a gospel musician and a guitar-maker . |
| 43 | Every night — in that twilight time which comes between being awake and falling asleep — Sylvia was to lie in bed and spend some minutes concentrating on relaxing her mind and her body and establishing a regular breathing pattern . |
| 44 | He dangerously treads the fine line between being adulated rock star and parodying that role . |
| 45 | The finer points of the differences between being a Christian and a Muslim were rarely discussed between us . |
| 46 | There is a strong theme around autonomy and identity , the struggle between being a person knowing who one is , and then being put in a dependent role through some process of infirmity . |
| 47 | The question of what ‘ freedom ’ actually means is acted out — the difference between being ‘ free ’ and being able to do exactly what you like without thought for others is explained . |
| 48 | There 's a whole difference between being 17 and 30 . ’ |
| 49 | But is there not a contradiction between being so fiercely hostile to relativism in history and aesthetics and at the same time asserting that there are no objective criteria for deciding whether a work is good or bad ? |
| 50 | Although you may consider this to be specialist reading , we do suggest that you at least look at it , since maximising your income in retirement could make all the difference between being able to enjoy life or worrying about money . |
| 51 | In the late 1980s it has seemed that social workers and their agencies have been caught in a political crossfire between being criticized on the one hand for allowing some children to suffer unnecessarily , sometimes to the point of death , at the hands of their parent(s) or guardian(s) , and on the other hand of intervening unwarrantably into other families and removing their children inappropriately . |
| 52 | Cases sometimes tread uneasily between being trying to be funny and pointing to serious danger . |
| 53 | There is some difference between being a counsellor and having counselling skills . |
| 54 | The skilled interviewer has to establish a fine balance between being receptive — allowing the client to relax and talk freely — and being in control — so that the client is guided into talking about fruitful areas , and also that the interview is closed on time . |
| 55 | At the root of many of the dilemmas and contradictions is that while mothers gain a great deal materially from these benefits , they run the risk , at an ideological level , of merely con-firming the link between being a woman and necessarily , therefore , becoming a mother . |
| 56 | It is necessary to understand the simple distinction between being a non-believer , and even in some respects opposed to religion 's influence , and making a judgement about the theoretical and practical importance of religion in human societies . |
| 57 | Solti 's reading veers between being becalmed and frenzied , with little feeling for an overview of the vast score . |
| 58 | The drug enters the blood stream directly , absorption begins almost immediately and , thus , the time gap between being ‘ straight ’ and ‘ high ’ is relatively short . |
| 59 | There can be no incompatibility between being a feminist and taking on board the Christian vision . |
| 60 | Exhausting because there is never enough time it seems between being invited " to pitch " for the new business and actually getting everything ready for the big day . |