Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [being] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I hope to demonstrate later , by far the largest majority of infants are biased towards being social rather than antisocial . |
| 2 | For example , it has been criticized for being unable to deal with problems of unemployment , which continued to rise throughout the 1980s . |
| 3 | They have been criticized for being slow ( a minimum of a 3-week offer is involved ) , cumbersome and expensive . |
| 4 | ‘ When he took me into the lead I did n't want to be there that soon — so many horses have been caught after being clear , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Nowadays the victims are blamed for being vulnerable . |
| 6 | The jury in the Mona Bauwens libel case have been discharged after being unable to reach a majority verdict . |
| 7 | Prime Minister John Major has been accused of being insensitive after turning down an invitation to visit Hartlepool from the town 's Labour candidate , Peter Mandelson . |
| 8 | Welcome back:The people who look after the Malvern Hills have been accused of being secretive and undemocratic . |
| 9 | And the buttonhole might never have become his trademark had he not been accused of being ostentatious . |
| 10 | The museum , it turned out , had invited to the opening ceremonies the Croatian president , Franjo Tudjman , who has been accused of being anti-Semitic ( he denies it ) and has talked about ‘ Judeo-Nazis ’ in criticising Israelis ' treatment of the Palestinians . |
| 11 | In particular , as outlined below , one area of potential dissension and difficulty in the modern small private company is the very fact that some of the relevant legal rules and remedies are based on being able to distinguish the capacity in which a particular individual may be acting at a given time . |
| 12 | Their hash was settled by the advent of the Romans who are credited with being cultural , organised and generally smart Alec . |
| 13 | You are praised for being selfless , a good sport . |
| 14 | The inhabitants are known for being bourgeois , inward- looking , and conservative . |
| 15 | The other girls could be forgiven for being depressed — after all , they were facing a racing dynamo , who seemed indestructible , regardless of weather conditions . |
| 16 | I do n't think so when I went to let him in he 'd pulled himself up round the patio and looked as though he expected to be walloped for being silly he 's taken us this morning . |
| 17 | Clearly , the originators of the major schemes can not be criticized for being ignorant of principles which were not recognized when their schemes were initiated . |
| 18 | ‘ People have suggested that I will be attacked for being homophobic for going into Hoover 's sex life in such detail , ’ Summers says . |
| 19 | It would recognise , too , that industrial democracy can not be conjured into being overnight , no more than was political democracy , no more than was the joint stock company as the common expression of industrial capitalism . |
| 20 | There 's money to be made , advantage to be gained and amour to be won by being bold . |
| 21 | NEIL RUDDOCK leads out Spurs at champions Leeds tonight and will not be fined after being sent-off against Crystal Palace on Saturday . |
| 22 | The basic problem with this aspect of the technique is that the movement occurs very quickly , so you could be excused for being unsure quite what has happened . |
| 23 | If E. K. Chambers could be suspected of being dull and pedantic , what were Fox 's qualities ? |
| 24 | Nathaniel Houlton , a widower living in Bristol , itemized the details of his coffin in a will drafted on 26 May 1767 : ‘ First , It is my Will and Desire ( if it can be done without being Offensive ) to have my Body kept for the space of One Week at the Least after my Demise , before my Coffin ( which I direct shall have a Double or false Lid , as my late Wife 's had ) , be closed up ; … |
| 25 | TODAY does not believe in merely telling the Government that something must be done without being able to suggest positive moves . |
| 26 | " There 's a lot to be said for being free , " she panted . |
| 27 | This situation can be prevented by being prepared to release immediately if things start to go wrong , or by being ready to stop the wing coming up suddenly . |
| 28 | The press began to be accused of being one-sided , unfair , of not giving a balanced picture . |
| 29 | In other spheres Margaret Thatcher , Mary Archer ( who chairs the hardship committee at Lloyd 's ) and Helen Sharman , who were all trained as chemists , could hardly be accused of being unsuccessful . |
| 30 | Although a recovering alcoholic and noted for temper tantrums , she could never be accused of being bland . |