Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The philosophies of Rousseau and of David Hartley , whose work had become a powerful influence on Coleridge , convinced them both that ‘ Vice is not natural to Man ’ , and that given strong reasons for being virtuous , ‘ Man would approach very near perfection ’ . |
| 2 | It is absurd , every time we introduce another element of our policy , for him to leap on to the populist pitch and then , as he no doubt will in a few minutes ' time , find some detailed reasons for being opposed to it . |
| 3 | We try to give a picture of Israel as a democracy , a country that has strengths and weaknesses , that has reasons for being distrustful . ’ |
| 4 | He could have many reasons for being vindictive . |
| 5 | There are many different reasons for being alone and equally different needs to be considered for the people who find themselves in this position . |
| 6 | Millie had her reasons for being concerned . |
| 7 | It is fairly easy to envisage the value of human acts as being capable of definitions falling on , above or below a neutral line between good and evil . |
| 8 | The company is also targeting the growing market for children 's cereals with a series of activities for 's Golden Bites , a sugar puff style product . |
| 9 | ‘ The idea came from speaking to businessmen who had missed important meetings after being stuck in a cab in heavy traffic , ’ says Cave . |
| 10 | I had none of the schizoid suicide 's delusions about being able to survive my own death . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't blame the fans for being sceptical , ’ said Beck . |
| 12 | The Christians soon acquired a reputation even among the pagans for being generous with their money ; they thought it better to give than to enquire too closely into the merits of the recipients , and were therefore occasionally easy game for confidence tricksters . |
| 13 | The Captain had no illusions about being able to guess what Demontis knew or did n't know . |
| 14 | And , if she 'd had any illusions about being able to deceive him , his behaviour over the past two days had put paid to that . |
| 15 | I do not think come this weekend either that we will have any worries about being able to last the pace , ’ he asserted . |
| 16 | Age was the main influence upon all politicians ' ratings for being energetic . |
| 17 | Few voters gave her low ratings for being tough or decisive , and they were an unpredictable few . |
| 18 | It 's become a reflex for critics to castigate the readers for being partisan , for being sluggish and single-minded in their choices . |
| 19 | Lyons flies out to Brunei this week to take charge of the national team less than six months after being surplus to requirements at Huddersfield Town . |
| 20 | Just as the injunctions may serve to exaggerate the feeling of powerlessness , in the face of a limited ( even if substantial ) loss of power , so they lead people to exaggerate the imagined risks of being honest . |
| 21 | But the minister pointed out : ‘ The basic fact would seem to be that , the longer the campaign has gone on , fewer people have been prepared to take on the commitments and risks of being part-time soldiers . ’ |
| 22 | Perception of reality is a matter of having ‘ ideas of sense ’ , which have the characteristics of being involuntary and not subject to our control , of being strong and lively , and of having a coherence and order . |
| 23 | Of course , we had many political differences but the twin oppressions of being Irish lesbians and immigrants brought us together and gave us a strong framework upon which to build our own movement and within which to begin articulating our anger at English feminism . |
| 24 | But is accuses manufacturers of being misleading . |
| 25 | This is a year when you could realise the attractions of being self-employed . |
| 26 | Considering the deeper aspects of being alive , one notices , too , that the higher the consciousness , then the greater is the capacity for both love and the awareness of other creatures as living entities . |
| 27 | I 'd even go a step further than the physical necessities of being able to see and hear properly and say that the audience must be in the right mood , too , to receive the message . |
| 28 | Gay men , under pressure , could return to the closet and regain all the privileges of being male . |
| 29 | Young people are keen to be granted the privileges of being adult , while parents major on the responsibilities involved . |
| 30 | What we are really talking about of course is entitlement — sharing the privileges of being able to be in touch with other cultures . |