Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But is accuses manufacturers of being misleading . |
| 6 | This is a year when you could realise the attractions of being self-employed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Gay men , under pressure , could return to the closet and regain all the privileges of being male . |
| 10 | Young people are keen to be granted the privileges of being adult , while parents major on the responsibilities involved . |
| 11 | What we are really talking about of course is entitlement — sharing the privileges of being able to be in touch with other cultures . |
| 12 | On the other hand , its perceived opposite , peacefulness , carries with it the negatively valued connotations of being passive and inert ( qualities which furthermore are associated with females ) . |
| 13 | There is a vast array of both scientific and anecdotal evidence for the existence of states of being other than the physical , and there are various ways of understanding such states . |
| 14 | This is one of the skills of being assertive . |
| 15 | In order to become a successful fraudster , these skills of being able to present a convincing front and remain calm under pressure have to become almost second nature . |
| 16 | ONE of the joys of being responsible for a column like this is that the search for news creates opportunities to become involved in developments which are normally outside the availability of most enthusiasts . |
| 17 | Government scientists accused Exxon 's researchers of being selective with their data , deliberately ignoring the worst areas of pollution , and basing their generalizations about recovery on evidence from a small number of sites . |
| 18 | At a time when the middle class , having acquired literacy for reasons of commercial pragmatism during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , started to develop a more imaginative personal taste in reading , they also showed signs of being involved with vernacular piety . |
| 19 | It 's quite alarming — though the dogs show no other signs of being upset . |
| 20 | To take the more obvious example first , Saruman shows many signs of being equatable with industrialism , or technology . |
| 21 | Does the son who wants a motor bike show signs of being ready to handle a potentially lethal machine ? |
| 22 | There have recently been encouraging medical advances in treating people with HIV who show no signs of being ill . |
| 23 | The observers were also especially impressed by the collective concern for those who showed signs of being unable to support themselves at the local level : |
| 24 | Bladder control at night sometimes happens a long time after control in the day , and as with daytime training , it 's best to wait until a child shows signs of being able to develop control . |
| 25 | Others are trying , but IBM is beginning to show signs of being able to achieve it — by USING its culture , not trying fruitlessly to change it . |
| 26 | His great sermons warned of the dangers of being controversial and subjective but confirmed that the movies could greatly increase their emotional power as a story-telling medium by developing a surer sense of society . |
| 27 | Exhorting him to forgive his personal wrongs for the sake of his own greater glory , she sings an ariette about the dangers of being inflexible . |
| 28 | I know that he has shared my experience many times of being involved in what we lawyers call ’ cut-throat ’ trials . |
| 29 | The Conservatives , on the other hand , protect the counties and suspect the great urban authorities of being extravagant . |
| 30 | ? ) On a more serious note , my thanks are due to Dr. Peach , the Tutor for Graduates , for being available and interested without being intrusive , and to the Principal for understanding so well the fears and uncertainties of being new on the job . |