Example sentences of "[being] behind the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the wheel brake is powerful , the effect of any rapid deceleration increases the inertia effect of the mass being behind the main wheel , and so accentuates any swinging tendency . |
| 2 | In this case , the reality of ( say ) of an orange being behind the breadboard is different from the appearance — which is that of a breadboard leaning against the kitchen wall . |
| 3 | No one ever accused Old Blue Eyes or Mr Trump of being behind the times . |
| 4 | Police also arrested Francis Minnah , then First Vice-President , who was accused of being behind the coup attempt . |
| 5 | The original plan was that Anita would do the cooking and her husband would serve the customers , but she did not enjoy being behind the scenes and eventually taught Gordon to be a fine cook while she spent her time out front chatting up the customers . |
| 6 | They had heard , or heard of , prophets such as Jeremiah or Ezekiel speaking of God being behind the disaster , of him fighting on the enemy side . |
| 7 | As a commentator he achieved an international double by being behind the microphone for two Test matches and one rugby international . |
| 8 | The outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters admitted being behind the attack on the Sinn Fein advice centre in Lepper Street in the republican New Lodge area of north Belfast , saying the aim had been to murder three members of the party . |
| 9 | The computer generated imagery and the reproduction of the various different airport locations , really did create an atmosphere of being behind the controls of a 737 . |
| 10 | They accused Islamic fundamentalists of being behind the military regime with the aim of promoting fundamentalism in the region . |
| 11 | He identified 10 senior members of the armed forces as being behind the coup attempt , including two rear admirals — Hernán Gruber Odreman and Luis Cabrera Aguirre |
| 12 | It appeared that she 'd been right about Harry Martin 's being behind the attempts to intimidate her . |