Example sentences of "[prep] being [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But most EC members are now no longer ashamed of being seen to strike tactical alliances with Britain . |
| 2 | Corporate executives contemplating the possibility of being required to commit corporate crimes know that they face a regulatory agency which for the most part will be unable to detect what is going on , and in the minority of cases when it does , it will have no heart and few resources to pursue the matter into the criminal courts . |
| 3 | Can the Minister justify the payment of more than £234,000 of public money to accountants , bureaucrats and consultants to prepare opting-out submissions when that money can be better used to reduce waiting lists or to make a donation to the appeal for the Royal hospital for sick children in Edinburgh instead of being used to propagate Tory party propaganda which is not wanted by the people of Scotland and which would damage the health service in Scotland ? |
| 4 | The second version of the Insolvent Debtors Act did not prevent anyone who mismanaged his finances , or who was commendably cautious but overwhelmed by catastrophe , from being forced to spend two months in prison . |
| 5 | We are lucky in being helped to envisage these statues by possessing a fine bronze statuette of identical character ( fig. 13 ) . |
| 6 | The new partner should , it hardly needs to be said , be given an opportunity of studying the full agreement together with the firm 's accounts for , say , the last three years before being invited to sign any instrument of accession or adherence . |
| 7 | You 're life does n't depend on being asked to answer this question because you know the answer . |
| 8 | Perhaps for lack of alternatives , the left in both countries is gambling on being allowed to fight fair elections , to take power if they win , and then to be able to implement real reforms in government . |
| 9 | The general impression from the media action people who answered the telephones is that people who called appreciated the information point and had no objections to being asked to call another number to deal with enquiries about bills . |
| 10 | The applicant had to sign agreement to a statement that confirmed he or she was not less than eighteen years of age , and they understood that the bank reserved the right to decline the application without being required to state any reason , and that no correspondence would be entered into in those circumstances . |
| 11 | There 's a big price to pay for being caught stealing rare creatures , with fines of up to £2,000 for each animal . |
| 12 | Beginning with monochrome slides , Mr. Powell expressed his pleasure at being asked to judge this type of work which is now very rare in photographic circles . |
| 13 | During the course of counselling , patients who bottle up their feelings are often helped by being encouraged to express these emotions . |