Example sentences of "[is] [prep] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's worth being brave : the staff are normal and charming . |
| 2 | " Capital sum " for these purposes has the same meaning as in s677. ( b ) Associated payments In relation to any capital sum paid to the settlor by a body corporate the expression " associated payment " means : ( i ) any capital sum paid to that body by the trustees of the settlement ; and ( ii ) any other sum paid or asset transferred to that body by those trustees which is not paid or transferred for full consideration in money or money 's worth being a sum paid or asset transferred in the five years ending or beginning with the date on which the capital sum is paid to the settlor ( s678(3) ) . |
| 3 | The manager can manipulate some things to stave that off , but pop music is about being popular . |
| 4 | This is because they sing songs with titles like ‘ Love Girdle ’ , which , so the singer tells us , ‘ is about being in love with , well , a fat girl . ’ |
| 5 | A few weeks earlier that same candidate had drawn the member of parliament 's attention to ‘ one David Denholm an old worn out officer at Thorntonloch nigh Dunglass in East Lothian who is about being supperannuated ’ . |
| 6 | As Mr and Mrs Atkin from Newcastle , on their third Disney World visit , told me : ‘ Coming to Disney is about being in America . |
| 7 | ‘ Jean-Michel 's success is about being in touch with the market and adapting to suit it , which is what retailing is all about , ’ says an admiring Neil Prosser . |
| 8 | It is about outfoxing your opponent , about leading defenders into false positions … it is about being one step ahead' |
| 9 | It is about being one step ahead . ’ |
| 10 | this , this is about being in lines . |
| 11 | Robin Lee in The Times maintained that both books were beneath criticism , Faludi 's for using the ‘ low-brow , flirtatious idiom of Cosmopolitan magazine ’ , French 's for being ‘ aggressive and intemperate ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'ope you like it , Joe , it 's for being me best friend ever . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ That 's for being a prick , ’ she said , and walked out . |
| 14 | Obviously , it is in a ‘ plugger 's ’ interest to claim that it was his or her work which made a record into a hit , but if you employ a ‘ plugger ’ it is worth being sceptical when deciding what to believe . |
| 15 | When Jack and Alick , after being shipwrecked and narrowly escaping murder , starvation and sundry other perils , are reunited with Terence on board a brig-of-war , he declares it is worth being lost when reunion is so pleasant and ends with a flourish : ‘ Old fellows , I knew you would come back somehow or other ; I always said so ; astride of a dolphin , if in no other way … ’ |
| 16 | It is worth being clear in your own mind about the possible usefulness of Blake 's grid . |
| 17 | It is through being able to see simultaneously both backwards as well as forwards , without the need to glance over his shoulder . |
| 18 | Another way is through being in contact with parents of young people to try to help them . |
| 19 | In the British case ( and Saunders makes it clear that he is generalising about the home in British society ) the best way in which the occupant of a house can acquire ontological security is through being its owner . |
| 20 | It 's about being young and terribly embarrassed and wanting to make an impression but not knowing what it is . |
| 21 | The English novelist Kingsley Amis , considering the film and its possible interpretations , came to the following conclusion : ‘ It 's about being bloody frightened of being eaten by a bloody great shark . ’ |
| 22 | So it 's not about being aggressive it 's not about being aggressive or submissive it 's about being clear to true to yourself being aware of what you want from any given situation . |
| 23 | This session 's about being pro-active rather than reactive . |
| 24 | AFIRM of auctioneers which sold two oil paintings for £840 five months before the works fetched £88,000 at Sotheby 's after being attributed to the 18th century master , George Stubbs , won its appeal yesterday against a judge 's ruling that it had been negligent . |
| 25 | It 's of being on red . |
| 26 | The one position he or she should avoid is of being a kind of co-conspirator with the politician against the legitimate interests of the audience and that , it has seemed to me lately , is an increasingly easy trap to fall into . |
| 27 | The danger now is of being lulled into a false sense of family security . |
| 28 | The earlier you discuss a potential or actual problem with the lender , the more chance there is of being able to arrange matters satisfactorily . |
| 29 | The most deeply spontaneous , the gut reaction , from every viewpoint except the destitute , or of a criminal ready to pay for the advantage of robbing by the risk of himself being robbed , or of the kind of anarchist who acclaims private theft as a blow to the oppressive institution of private property , is of being threatened . |
| 30 | The earlier you discuss a potential or actual problem with the lender , the more chance there is of being able to arrange matters satisfactorily . |