Example sentences of "to being [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is how bands who openly admit to being influenced by The Clash sound today , poor old Strummer and Jones ca n't be getting much sleep at night . |
| 2 | If this is how bands who openly admit to being influenced by The Clash sound today , poor old Strummer and Jones ca n't be getting much sleep at night . |
| 3 | ( 2 ) If an employee does consent to being transferred to the purchaser he will lose all accrued statutory rights . |
| 4 | A EUROPEAN ruling today pushed Britain closer to being placed in the dock over the killing by SAS soldiers in Gibraltar of three IRA terrorists . |
| 5 | Little by little , however , the force of this long glen beneath the austere greyness of the Five Sisters touched Johnson , and he moved his position from that of first considering the political role of such remoteness , and the opportunities it gave for military strategies and subsequent escapes — Glenshiel had been the scene of a battle fifty-four years earlier in which local Highlanders unsuccessfully reinforced a Spanish invasion force — to being lulled by the sight of so many waters , brooks , burns , and silver rivulets , ‘ which commonly ran with a clear shallow stream over a hard pebbly bottom ’ . |
| 6 | Only that he objected to being scrutinized in the shower . |
| 7 | This is because you are not used to being shackled to the author 's words . |
| 8 | All the disabled professionals could see advantages relating to being disabled in the work context . |
| 9 | Ian Smith was essentially a worthy man , who unfortunately submitted to an ineradicable hostility — not to the blacks but to being governed by the blacks . |
| 10 | ‘ Since Natasha was born six months ago , I 'm used to being disturbed in the middle of the night . ’ |
| 11 | In addition to being under-counted in the unemployment figures , a woman 's class is determined by that of her husband , all tables are presented with the male figures first , the ‘ head of the household ’ definition systematically favours men , and housework is not classified as work . |
| 12 | This is perhaps symptomatic of the fact that the principle of equal opportunities between the sexes has been so heavily promoted by educationists , in addition to being supported by the DES and politicians , that the law has been viewed as having a very much secondary purpose in this area . |
| 13 | But he admitted to being confused about the Serbs ' current aims . |
| 14 | … on the one hand , close to being submerged by the detritus of civilization whose broken-up quality she both registers and exemplifies … ; on the other hand , playing with that very sense of loss , that same detritus , and producing ( sometimes ) an exhilarating laughter . |
| 15 | Details such as these reinforce the ideal that the object before the viewer is a record of an actual and sustained encounter between the artist and the model , as opposed to being drawn from the artist 's imagination or from reproductions . |
| 16 | And as Jake nodded , Shiona reluctantly resigned herself to being trapped at the table with him for another little while . |
| 17 | He admitted to being surprised at the progress being made in Scotland , and expressed much admiration for the work currently being planned by the SCU and Teamsport Scotland in developing coaching at both school and club level . |
| 18 | He admits , however , to being torn over the interest rate argument ; part of him wants to see rates held to stabilise the economy , but he also wants to see quick cuts to boost business . |
| 19 | Oddly enough , I had been interested in it three or four years ago when it was on the market prior to being bought by the lady who sold it to me . |
| 20 | The nearest I 've come to being arrested in the line of duty was when I was told to go out onto the streets , microphone in hand , and smile at people . |
| 21 | Consent to being tapped on the shoulder in the street , consent to jostling in a rugby match or on the football terraces , are implied . |
| 22 | In other words the worker in these situations might leave a colleague within hearing distance while conducting an interview on a one to one basis as opposed to being accompanied throughout the interview . |
| 23 | In addition to being attracted to the Algarve , Leif Haraldsen was also attracted to her and , as the months passed , had begun to make his attraction increasingly plain . |