Example sentences of "ceases [prep] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , casting ceases to be just an intermediary stage in the act of creation but is itself the finished product of that act . |
| 2 | A vehicle ceases to be mechanically propelled when there is no reasonable prospect of it ever being mobile again ( Binks v Department of the Environment [ 1975 ] RTR 318 ) . |
| 3 | Above this frequency , the attenuation ceases to be negligible and the phase shift ceases to be sufficiently proportional to frequency . |
| 4 | By Malcolm Gluck YOU CAN date your descent ( or , if you prefer , ascent ) into louche living from the moment champagne ceases to be merely sparkling wine of uniform effervescence and taste and becomes individual bottles of wine to be judged against others of like manufacture . |
| 5 | They must , for example , be able to think of themselves as ‘ the sort of person who does have incestuous sexual desires ’ , is prepared to avow them as ‘ part ’ of the self , and ceases to be so threatened by them . |