Example sentences of "[verb] to being at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The language of the novel makes use of this cliché to demonstrate first that there is a profound ambiguity in the social construction of femininity according to which women are passive but at the same time subversive of the binary distinction which so construes them , and second that all people , male and female , are condemned to being at least partially the product of the language of others . |
| 2 | And she put my head on my hands on the desk in front of me and believe me , I went to sleep , it was must have been very , very new , compared to being at home and perhaps being laid there . |
| 3 | I must also admit to being at something of a loss to explain why Darren Bicknell continues to flit between millionaires ' row and Cannery Row . |
| 4 | Valerie is still hopeful that she 'll be able to get the school reopened but at the moment it looks as if this is as close as these children will get to being at Brockweir School . |
| 5 | They can have up to 35 children with one teacher , training the children to adapt to being at ‘ big ’ school : working quietly , learning letters and numbers participating in larger groups for assembly or playtime . |
| 6 | Even if you admit to being at fault , you may wish management to take fuller account of mitigating factors or to impose a lesser punishment . |