Example sentences of "be to being " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tuners are Jackson-stamped Gotohs and have proved in the past to be man enough for the job , relegated as they are to being mere anchor points for the strings , taking into account the Floyd Rose licensed tremolo employed here . |
| 2 | Higueras warned Jim , ‘ Once a player is as close as you are to being number one in the world , the adjustments should be fractional in your game . |
| 3 | The sickness of morning is already upon us , unaccustomed as we are to being up so early . |
| 4 | Close as they are to being sold , electricity and water will be largely unaffected by this week 's change . |
| 5 | ‘ I shall not rise to the inevitable sexism which comes from the Government front bench , ’ replied Ms Armstrong , and since not even today 's siren Labour party can consider the word ‘ silly ’ to be sexist we must assume that the objection is to being described as a woman . |
| 6 | It remained silent , unused as it was to being asked for its opinions . |