Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] [being] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A multitude of medical conditions are due to being overweight , which in many people may simply be the product of self-indulgence rather than food addiction . |
| 2 | In contrast , other people who are afraid of being ordinary and who miss the diversion of continual excitement may need to create a series of crises and emotionally charged situations to reassure themselves that they are alive . |
| 3 | With a limited budget it has been difficult to acquire top quality works by artists on the museum 's list , however they have been fortunate in being able to purchase Robert Loder 's ( Honorary Curator of Prints , Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge ) collection of 363 prints , while other works were acquired from Marlborough Fine Art . |
| 4 | But they 're far from being identical . |
| 5 | This alarms others who are unimpressed by being able to order their groceries down the tube and remember the TV-eye in Orwell 's 1984 which spied on the populace as well as thundering propaganda messages at them . |
| 6 | Commenting on the Grangemouth project , Richard Buckley , Project Manager , said ‘ CCG are unique in being able to handle such a vast and diverse project on a single source basis . |
| 7 | You should use only those techniques that you are confident of being able to control . |
| 8 | ‘ We are confident of being able to live in that climate . |
| 9 | Thus the rich and famous and the mega-rich and those who are famous for being mega-rich are liberated from guilt and encouraged to contribute . |
| 10 | It means that um particularly in therapy it can be very difficult later on because things that we would ordinarily consider to be supportive like being kind , like erm y'know kind of putting a comforting arm round somebody 's shoulders , like erm y'know ways in which people express support and affection for each-other ah are very very difficult for the survivor to accept because they 're sort of the part of the way in which she , and it usually is a she , has been abused in the past . |
| 11 | Put him in a coach now and by morning Russell might be used to being close to white people again . |
| 12 | The major inhibitions to this process are a natural reserve , the fact that people may not be used to being open about their feelings , a lack of trust caused by limited understanding and , finally , reserve brought about by the relative status of team members , personality and gender issues and a lack of training . |
| 13 | I 'm sorry for being nosey . |
| 14 | The Economist that bastion of left wing thinking commissioned an actuary to estimate the likely number of vacancies during a parliament ten point seven three sorry to be precise about this colleagues Tory MPs can be expected to die over a full five year term , I 'm sorry for being morbid . |
| 15 | Understanding this connection between the form and the function of language will help us to explain how stretches of language , like the request for help with the cat , can be coherent without being cohesive ; it will also help us as language teachers . |
| 16 | Understanding this connection between the form and the function of language will help us to explain how stretches of language , like the request for help with the cat , can be coherent without being cohesive ; it will also help us as language teachers . |
| 17 | Do n't filter them out because they seem silly , and do n't be afraid of being wrong . |
| 18 | But I expect that will suit you , since you seem to be afraid of being alone with me . ’ |
| 19 | Surely she could n't suddenly be afraid of being alone ? |
| 20 | These producer 's lives are not easy though : not only is there a constant pressure on TV bosses to axe unprofitable baby programmes , but their lives are a constant struggle to be simple without being simple-minded , to give information without being dull , and to work in one of the most sophisticated media ever invented without losing that childlike sense of wonder . |
| 21 | We can be happier without being happy . |
| 22 | I 'm sick of being young . |
| 23 | ( If her son enters when he is a few years older , he will surely be unique in being able to say he has been taking part since before he was born . ) |
| 24 | Leaders in many contexts can be effective without being visionary , and their organizations may be happier places . |
| 25 | Taxation can be redistributive without being progressive . |
| 26 | I 'm tired of being careful ! ’ she snapped . |
| 27 | Maybe I 'm tired of being human , if human is what I am . |
| 28 | I 'm tired of being human . |
| 29 | I 'm tired of being quiet . |
| 30 | Somehow he thinks it remote from morality to face the facts ; somehow he thinks it possible to be good without being wise . |