Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [prep] being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We try to give a picture of Israel as a democracy , a country that has strengths and weaknesses , that has reasons for being distrustful . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You do n't catch colds from being cold , ’ she informed him . |
| 3 | In the broad sense of the term ‘ political ’ , the answer must be in the affirmative , but it would be difficult to describe these intellectuals as ‘ dissidents ’ , Many have , in fact , refused to accept this label ; it has overtones of being unpatriotic . |
| 4 | However , perhaps to counteract accusations of being overdependent on Soviet gas , a deal has also been concluded with Denmark for gas from the North Sea , although the contract is not a large one . |
| 5 | Such statements serve only to confuse and prevent artists from being creative . |
| 6 | The powers involved were under Section 52 of the 1971 Town and Country Planning Act : however , subsequent intervention in late 1981 by the Secretary of State for the Environment appears to have prevented planners from being able to specify the nature of occupiers of new housing . |
| 7 | We can not accuse teachers of being sole agents of reproduction : they may themselves be considered deviant by the pupils or parents if they try to encourage domestic skills in boys or engineering orientations in girls . |
| 8 | This meant that preparation for future ‘ learning ’ could occur at the expense of present understanding ; on the other hand , not to take notes , but to concentrate on the lecturer 's words , would prevent students from being able to learn the work later . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 : |
| 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 | When knitting , if you suspect needles of being faulty , you can pick them out more easily while the knitting is on the machine . |
| 14 | Furthermore , because the approach is abstractive , only Marxist approaches can allay claims to being able to predict how capitalist societies will develop . |
| 15 | Housing departments often exclude homeowners from being eligible for rehousing . |
| 16 | But is accuses manufacturers of being misleading . |
| 17 | On the one hand , such proposals seem no more than simple common sense : why should courts decide disputes without being aware of the wider ramifications of what they are deciding . |
| 18 | The mist looked as though it had been created by the BBC special effects department for a studio play about Jack the Ripper , and yards away I could hear voices without being able to see the humans making the sound . |
| 19 | Labour yesterday demanded publication of the report , which warns that British industry is in a lamentable state and will take decades before being fit enough to compete internationally . |
| 20 | First , to be real is to satisfy criteria for being real which belong to some social practice or institution . |
| 21 | The Regions would take turns in being Primary and Secondary hosts — the primary visit would be for about two weeks and the secondary for about one week . |
| 22 | Badenoch admitted charges of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy and cannabis between October 1991 and April 1992 . |
| 23 | When asked how his release had been arranged Jacobsen and Waite both charged reporters with being irresponsible and endangering the lives of the remaining hostages . |
| 24 | Debarring people from golf clubs for reason of colour , or religion , seems weird to normal people , but nobody accused golfers of being normal , did they ? |
| 25 | Training focused on topics such as the problems of identifying those who should receive the care programme approach , assessing needs without being prescriptive , and achieving inter-professional cooperation for reviews . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't spoil things by being conventional , Joe ! |
| 27 | As I became more withdrawn , so I became more secretive and more cunning in finding ways of being alone . |
| 28 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
| 29 | They are able to ask questions and form opinions without being self-conscious about the other members of the selection group . |
| 30 | I had visions of being stuck in a cell all night . ’ |