Example sentences of "[vb infin] from [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did Manchester resign from being happening ? |
| 2 | The options you can choose from are Art or Physical Education or Drama , French or German , Geography or History . |
| 3 | Given that the two parties were perceived as representing different poles of the political spectrum , government policy would lurch from being right of the political center under one adminstration to being left of center under another . |
| 4 | Here is a passage which shows that a survey can benefit from being used with other books ( even though three of the sculptures mentioned are illustrated by Janson ) . |
| 5 | In this context they are not so much cleaning agents as ‘ brighteners ’ and would benefit from being described as such . |
| 6 | You will thus benefit from being clear in what you are aiming at and successfully achieving it more often than not |
| 7 | You will thus benefit from being able to use your own behaviour as a powerful influence . |
| 8 | However , the therapist will benefit from being able to discuss the case with other members of the team or a supervisor in order to be given support and guidance . |
| 9 | Women with bulimia who are abusing drugs or alcohol or both can benefit from being referred to specialist services , at least initially . |
| 10 | Which suggests that both bands would benefit from being afforded the time and backing needed to develop , without being under too much pressure to sign a deal . |
| 11 | Some products will benefit from being generally available for photography or for legitimate testing . |
| 12 | Similarly , if investment appraisal is to rely upon more non-financial data , the logical link between those data and improved financial performance in the longer run should still be implicit and may well benefit from being made explicit . |
| 13 | The second reason for linking the British currency to the Deutschmark was the argument that by so doing Britain would benefit from being inextricably tied to ‘ sound ’ German financial policies , especially those aimed at controlling inflation . |
| 14 | This should be translated : I personally , off the top of my head sitting in my study , never having visited the Arctic , never having seen a polar bear in the wild , and having been educated in classical literature and theology , have not so far managed to think of a reason why polar bears might benefit from being white . |
| 15 | This is because as and when the trust repayed the loan which the settlor had guaranteed the settlor would benefit from being released from his guarantee obligations which he gave bounteously in the first place . |
| 16 | But like all students , disabled students will benefit from being able to defer payments if their income falls below 11,500 pounds . |
| 17 | Note that this is only half the apparent pay advantage the average woman would reap from being paid like a man . |
| 18 | Bad temper might result from being in such a home . |
| 19 | Many damaging consequences can result from being a heavy drinker but alcoholism does not come simply from drinking too much . |
| 20 | An example is provided by Rome in the late fourth and third centuries BC , the period which saw Rome emerge from being just one of the cities in Italy to become the conqueror of Carthage and a principal power in the ancient world . |
| 21 | Any discussion of crime must be cognizant of the fact that serious adverse consequences can and often do follow from being indifferent to the outcome of one 's actions ( or inactions ) . |
| 22 | Armed with such views , Mosley entered upon a turbulent political career which saw him move from being the Conservative MP for Harrow in 1918 to , after several political adjustments , becoming Labour MP for Smethwick in 1926 . |
| 23 | We shall generally ignore paralinguistic features in spoken language in this book since the data we shall quote from is spoken by co-operative adults who are not exploiting paralinguistic resources against the verbal meanings of their utterances but are , rather , using them to reinforce the meaning . |
| 24 | Archaeology has become significantly more scientific , with the result that science is helping it evolve from being something of a treasure hunt to a high tech study . |
| 25 | Co-operative schemes can range from being small and informal , to being relatively large , and highly formally organized . |
| 26 | The scheme includes access to databases on health and safety topics which can help representatives overcome the sense of isolation they might otherwise experience from being based offshore , he said . |
| 27 | The fashionable question ‘ How does the head office add value ? ’ would be clearer if it asked , ‘ When and why does a firmlet gain from being part of a company ? ’ |
| 28 | We might turn away from our own particular church — we might go through a period of not knowing what we believe in — we might change from being a Catholic to a Buddhist or from a Jehovah 's Witness to an Anglican ; but , no matter how many times we reject religion , we know it will never reject us . |
| 29 | First , as a general point , an industry may change from being a natural monopoly not only through changes in underlying technology but also through changes in demand . |
| 30 | When , however , this breaks down , goods can change from being relatively static symbols to being more directly constitutive of social status . |