Example sentences of "[prep] [being] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old skills are junked as China moves towards being a throwaway society . |
| 2 | Ms Sanderson is suing Mirror Group Newspapers for stories which quoted Mrs Evans as accusing the athlete of being a marriage wrecker . |
| 3 | The order was for the production of material relating to the purchase by a client , Mrs G , of certain real property , the allegation being that she was a member of the family of another person who was suspected of being a drug trafficker and who was using her for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of such trafficking . |
| 4 | Radicals accused the government of representing authoritarian , elitist , uncaring values , and of being a US puppet , influenced by ex-Nazis . |
| 5 | A United States journalist working for the Tampa Tribune , Todd Smith , was kidnapped in the Upper Huallaga valley on Nov. 17 and subsequently found beaten and murdered in Uchiza , accused of being a US spy . |
| 6 | I though about sei-sei-ying , or the condition of being a birch leaf in early autumn , but did not find it helpful . |
| 7 | Yet Pallister began as a centre forward in schools football , with ambitions of being a goalscoring professional . |
| 8 | In short , you pay for the privilege of being a walking billboard for Lee 's past and future films . |
| 9 | They gave the impression of being a hunting party — not far from the truth , Grant thought , but for the fact that many carried baseball bats and all had their faces heavily smeared with camouflage cream . |
| 10 | The drugs coverage underlined that the paper was shifting rapidly — if erratically — from its earlier goal of being a London community paper , or maybe that the community to which it was addressing itself had changed rapidly in the year since its birth . |
| 11 | My companions start talking in Arabic again and I have the depressing sense of being a hick tourist fallen among real travellers . |
| 12 | Apart from the obvious benefits of being a Harlow Sportcentre member — an attractive personalised membership card being just one . |
| 13 | If you have always fancied the idea of being a cover girl , this could be an accessible way to live out your fantasy . |
| 14 | As far as the DEA was concerned , therefore , Coleman had none of the status or protection of being a government agent ; he was a civilian consultant on a short-term contract who , as instructed , and as a matter of courtesy , had provided the Cyprus country office with a copy of his alternative identity papers . |
| 15 | And having done it , and having experienced aspects of being a solo artist , I know that in many ways it 's a lot easier being a solo artist ! |
| 16 | Products are defined in s. 1(2) : " any goods or electricity and … includes a product which is comprised in another product , whether by virtue of being a component part or raw material or otherwise " . |
| 17 | ( b ) Product Under s1(2) of CPA 1987 , " product " is defined to mean : any goods or electricity and … includes a product which is comprised in another product , whether by virtue of being a component part or raw material or otherwise . |
| 18 | ONE could never accuse Jacob Rees-Mogg , 22 , fogeyish son of Lord Rees-Mogg , of being a road hog . |
| 19 | ONE could never accuse Jacob Rees-Mogg , 22 , fogeyish son of Lord Rees-Mogg , of being a road hog . |
| 20 | When you consider all the privileges of being a lodge owner — the exquisite luxury , the excellent facilities , nd not least the sheer exclusivity of the location the actual purchasing price may well come as a pleasant surprise . |
| 21 | It , like his , has the recommendation of being a realist conception , which is to say one which does not withdraw from its subject-matter . |
| 22 | Here 's a man who 's very good-looking , whose very name is enough to get women in an audience squealing with delight but who ca n't bear the thought of being a sex symbol . |
| 23 | The last number in the show was ‘ Olde Tyme Dancing ’ , better known from years of being a Family Favourite as ‘ Stately as a Galleon . ’ |
| 24 | He recalled , ‘ I was under the pressure of being a family man with a daughter , and one day I accepted a job to act in a movie in the day-time and was writing another movie at night . |
| 25 | The family say Pringle even told Leanne , who once dreamt of being a beauty queen , to leave the house . |
| 26 | I think he fancied the idea of being a record company boss . ’ |
| 27 | Within that two years , any time within that two years you can basically be given the sack for not coming up to the grade or not coming up to scratch or sometimes they prolong your pr probation for another six months so instead of being a probationer constable for two years you 're a probationer constable for two and a half years . |
| 28 | And yet , once his entrepreneurial resource purchase has been made , he is in the position of a producer who is a monopolist by virtue of being a resource owner . |
| 29 | All this business of being a Cabinet Minister is still unreal to me … . |
| 30 | He was the powerful one , in terms of being a Cabinet minister , and that was the main thing that attracted her . ’ |