Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , it has been criticized for being unable to deal with problems of unemployment , which continued to rise throughout the 1980s . |
| 2 | They have been criticized for being slow ( a minimum of a 3-week offer is involved ) , cumbersome and expensive . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | The jury in the Mona Bauwens libel case have been discharged after being unable to reach a majority verdict . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Welcome back:The people who look after the Malvern Hills have been accused of being secretive and undemocratic . |
| 7 | And the buttonhole might never have become his trademark had he not been accused of being ostentatious . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This election campaign has been criticised for being negative . |
| 10 | Drummer Chris Cooper explained : ‘ We 've been criticised for being shoddy live so we decided to do something about . |
| 11 | At more than 18 hands , Party Politics , who was the tallest of Saturday 's 40 runners , had been criticised for being ungainly . |
| 12 | But it 's been criticised for being unsightly . |
| 13 | and Hechter 's original thesis has been criticised for being unhistoric and too-abstract . |
| 14 | It has been criticised for being difficult to learn and praised for being efficient once proficient . |
| 15 | I can confirm that he is supported by a competent staff , and has never actually been convicted of being foreign or of committing serial buttock fondling in his office or elsewhere . |
| 16 | In March 1544 , before the Rough Wooing began , Lennox had been warned against being one of those who ‘ favoured the case of England or their new opinions ’ — a warning which he did not heed . |
| 17 | ‘ We 've been spoiled by being able to buy a mango whenever we fancy one , but we 've got to return to cooking turnips in November and having tomatoes in July . |