Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , what many yoga fans will have heard about is the ‘ life-force ’ , especially if they followed Richard Hittleman 's Yoga for Health series on television . |
| 2 | I think a lot of the modern maths that we 've , we 've heard about is still very much aimed at the brighter children who were going to do O-level and , and beyond even in mathematics . |
| 3 | Those who , like Newman Hall , let Gothic design take over , were criticized for being imitative and for demeaning the sermon . |
| 4 | For example , it has been criticized for being unable to deal with problems of unemployment , which continued to rise throughout the 1980s . |
| 5 | I can not understand why our pigs were criticized for being too fat because the meat was so sweet and tender , almost like chicken . |
| 6 | The pragmatists , and Dewey in particular , have been criticized for being overly optimistic about the power of creative intelligence to reconstruct social institutions through a programme of educational reform . |
| 7 | The concept of ‘ instinct ’ can be criticized for being logically circular . |
| 8 | Although these characters have been criticized for being too emblematic , they arguably symbolise America 's divided attitude towards the war . |
| 9 | In time , the system came to be criticized for being too narrowly focused on land use ( to the exclusion of social planning ) , as well as for being slow and inflexible . |
| 10 | More seriously , the proposed authorities were criticized for being too large and too remote . |
| 11 | Clearly , the originators of the major schemes can not be criticized for being ignorant of principles which were not recognized when their schemes were initiated . |
| 12 | The plan had been criticized for being geared towards extracting the optimum " harvest " from remaining forests , of lacking consideration towards forest peoples and of being slow to meet requests for assistance from developing countries . |
| 13 | Latterly , he had been criticized for being more concerned about " restoring dignity to politics " and strengthening Slovenia 's Catholic and conservative traditions than about solving the economic problems resulting from communist rule and independence . |
| 14 | They have been criticized for being slow ( a minimum of a 3-week offer is involved ) , cumbersome and expensive . |
| 15 | The patchwork quilt of powers and relationships stipulated by the Constitution has been criticized for being neither useful nor relevant in the political environment of the 1970s and 1980s . |
| 16 | He got assassinated for being too you know . |
| 17 | No pornographer has ever been punished for being a woman-hater. but not too long ago information about female sexuality , contraception and abortion was assumed to be obscene . |
| 18 | But I think I knew unconsciously that the supposed crime was twofold : I was being punished for being female and for having grown up . |
| 19 | I am being punished for being an invalid and paying my national insurance contributions for 40 years . |
| 20 | It is interesting to contrast this with similar descriptions in child abuse in which , for example , a baby is punished for being dirty , the expectations of the parent being quite unrealistic . |
| 21 | This summed up the view of many : in previous decades intellectuals were frequently punished for being politically ‘ reactionary ’ , i.e. rightists . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , Miss Isabella , ’ she said , ‘ let's see if your angels can stop you being punished for being a lazy , stupid little girl . ’ |
| 23 | When the workers who produce the wealth of society demand an increase in their pay to match the rise in prices they are rebuked for being ‘ greedy ’ . |
| 24 | He says he was made redundant from his storeman job but Mrs Smith says he was sacked for being drunk . |
| 25 | He says he was made redundant from his storeman job but Mrs Smith says he was sacked for being drunk . |
| 26 | In Australia his memory is revered for being a left-arm unorthodox spinner who occasionally sent down literally unplayable deliveries . |
| 27 | I do n't think so when I went to let him in he 'd pulled himself up round the patio and looked as though he expected to be walloped for being silly he 's taken us this morning . |
| 28 | Indeed , the visitor could be forgiven for being a little disappointed , although when it is floodlit at night the theatre very much comes to life . |
| 29 | The other girls could be forgiven for being depressed — after all , they were facing a racing dynamo , who seemed indestructible , regardless of weather conditions . |
| 30 | Ken wrote asking to be forgiven for being ‘ a foolish old man ’ . |