Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is all the more remarkable that in France , Spain and Italy , where politicians hesitate before being less than wholeheartedly Europhile , parties have either come into government , or may soon do so , that are less enthusiastic about European union than those they replaced . |
| 2 | Also , dreary though the suggestion sounds , if economies look like being the order of the day , two-car families might assess whether , come retirement when perhaps husband and wife will be doing more things together , two cars are really such an essential as before . |
| 3 | And if men revert to being masculine , the Hic Mulier figure continues , women will once again become feminine and subordinate . |
| 4 | Grosvenor High School headmaster Ken Reid called in the police last week after pupils confessed to being offered soft drugs by another pupil . |
| 5 | There is no theoretical reason to suppose that a transition from labour market income to state benefit income induces the onset of dependency : indeed , logically the reverse should happen , as individuals shift from being dependent on finding employment in the labour market , to being in receipt of an independent income guaranteed by the taxable capacity of the state . |
| 6 | When patients recover after being given glucagon , oral glucose or carbohydrate should be given to replenish glycogen stores and prevent recurrent hypoglycaemia . |
| 7 | For example , the Police National Computer ( PNC ) has a Suspect and Stolen Vehicles file which lists cars seen at demonstrations or owned by people who the police simply wish to keep an eye on , as well as vehicles suspected of being stolen or belonging to criminals ( Manwaring-White , 1983:58–9 ) . |