Example sentences of "[being] [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burmin 's EIA was reported as being due to be completed in July 1990 . |
| 2 | Part of this dependence is simply being used to being ‘ under the influence ’ or ‘ stoned ’ for a long period of time and drugs such as cannabis and amphetamines may go some way to overcoming this problem . |
| 3 | Cases sometimes tread uneasily between being trying to be funny and pointing to serious danger . |
| 4 | Being cruel to be kind is a real killer |
| 5 | Not being prepared to be beholden to those who were lobbying you , McLeish observed , considering the formidable professional across the table . |
| 6 | It is by being prepared to be people 's servants for Jesus ' sake so that the light may shine through to them . |
| 7 | Well , I 'm not being prepared to be held to ransom by them . |
| 8 | They did not talk much , being content to be together at last . |
| 9 | It seemed to my amused eyes that the two chefs were in chilly unfriendliness , marking out their territories , each , in the normal course of events , being accustomed to being the boss . |
| 10 | Are you aware that the array of funerals , commonly made by undertakers , is strictly the heraldic array of a baronial funeral , the two men who stand at the doors being supposed to be the two porters of the castle , with their staves , in black ; the man who heads the procession , wearing a scarf , being a representative of a herald-at-arms ; the man who carries a plume of feathers on his head being an esquire , who bears the shield and casque , with its plume of feathers ; the pall-bearers , with batons , being representatives of knights-companions-at-arms ; the men walking with wands being supposed to represent gentlemen-ushers , with their wands : are you aware that this is said to be the origin and type of the common array usually provided by those who undertake to perform funerals ? |
| 11 | You can see how Dorothy Sayers did it by having the victim being supposed to be actively painting when in fact he was dead , and it is by using some such piece of lateral thinking , making the victim provide the alibi in this instance , that the trick is probably most easily brought off . |
| 12 | ‘ Despite the variation in language of the various judges , the principle of Donoghue v. Stevenson [ [ 1932 ] A.C. 562 ] as appears from the examination of these authorities imposes tortious liability on a person who performs some careless act which may injure any person whom he should reasonably have had in contemplation as being likely to be injured in consequence of his carelessness and who in fact is injured by his careless act . |
| 13 | Lord Justice Parker differentiated between liability of the car driver to her passenger , who must have been within her reasonable contemplation as being likely to be affected by her omission to remove her broken down car from the carriageway and any drivers who may have been proceeding in the opposite direction on the other carriageway . |
| 14 | Foul is most foul , being foul to be scoffer . |
| 15 | He widened the faculty from being Anglican to being for all denominations . |
| 16 | Gordon Mahoney had gone , overnight , from being helpful to being downright rude . |
| 17 | force someone who is being negative to be more positive |
| 18 | Sid , being unlikely to be displayed to the company , had been excused Dickensian dress . |
| 19 | ‘ I get satisfaction from being able to be involved in a number of activities in the part of the world where |
| 20 | The teacher 's perception is likely to be affected by his feelings about the pupil , dented self-confidence through not being able to be a ‘ good enough ’ teacher to him , which a more objective analysis may help to restore . |
| 21 | Being able to be himself he could talk to teachers from the heart in a way which was amusing , touching and inspiring . |
| 22 | But it will scarcely be more , nor need it be more , than the mere fact of no name being able to be clearly attached to the murderer till the book is nearly over . |
| 23 | Men , there are men who hate women , I agree with that but there are men who love and respect a a th what a woman is for how how good and and stre , the strength of women who can make you feel good and who who gives you the power of being able to be yourself and I I 'm sorry I I , that is part of it , I think there are two sides . |
| 24 | Erm one from Paddy and I have an official letter er apologizing for not being able to be here . |
| 25 | I give my apologies for not being able to be present myself . |
| 26 | During his last days was his Golden Wedding Anniversary , many of his BIE friends being able to be present with Tom and Sylvia at its celebration . |
| 27 | What we are really talking about of course is entitlement — sharing the privileges of being able to be in touch with other cultures . |
| 28 | It has to be experienced through people being able to be honest with themselves and reaching towards integrity . |
| 29 | Out here in Japan we tend to get info on the football on a wing and prayer so being able to be part of this listing is great for this Leeds supporter . |
| 30 | The distinction is important since the androids are becoming so lifelike that they differ little from humans , being able to be programmed with memories , emotions and empathy so that some androids even think themselves human . |