Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eventual movie Black Legion followed the detail of the Detroit story in many respects although the idea of a member of the jury actually being recognized as a member of the Legion as had happened in Detroit was dropped . |
| 2 | He emphasized the need for single command of strategic forces and for a common foreign policy , with the Commonwealth being recognized as a subject in international law . |
| 3 | We have then no reason to be surprised if the distinction between ascription and association in adjectives is overlooked or mistakenly supposed to be a matter of " nuances of meaning " , rather than being recognized as a systematic variation . |
| 4 | A variety of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin , Sousa chinensis , is being threatened with extinction by the construction of Hong Kong 's new airport , just as it is being recognized as a distinct species . |
| 5 | The RSDLP should be reorganized as a federal party , with the Bund being recognized as the sole representative of Jewish workers and the party programme promising ‘ personal cultural autonomy ’ ( that is , all Jewish workers , regardless of where they lived in the empire , would be members of a national Jewish association , responsible for all Jewish educational and cultural affairs ) . |
| 6 | Steve Young threw three touchdown passes , including two to Jerry Rice , while Joe Montana , back in uniform for the first time in two years , stayed on the sidelines after being listed as the 49ers ' third-choice quarterback . |
| 7 | No matter how often we tell people that a dog is for life , not just for Christmas , some are always abandoned within hours of being given as a present . ’ |
| 8 | The system is targeted at scientists and engineers needing to access , manipulate , analyse and present large volumes of information , quickly and easily , being intended as a kind of happy medium between traditional user-hostile statistical software and spreadsheets , which are inadequate for complex technical data analysis . |
| 9 | By extension , the term clause may be applied to both ( or all ) members of the sentence , the leading member being distinguished as the main , head or principal clause from the other(s) as sub- , subordinate or dependant clause(s) . |
| 10 | On the other hand , if you appear too submissive you stand in danger of being dismissed as a bit of a weed . |
| 11 | Although no one had claimed responsibility for the attack by last night , it was apparently being treated as a terrorist incident by the Belgian police . |
| 12 | MainMan was n't started right at that point but then DeFries had the idea that he could keep a better eye on David , myself and eventually Mick Ronson , as he was being treated as a solo artist . |
| 13 | McLeish took her briskly through the course , making the now familiar speech about Angela Morgan 's death being treated as a case of murder , which meant taking statements from everyone who had been associated with her and might be helpful . |
| 14 | Come to think of it , he was almost being treated as a woman . |
| 15 | ‘ His biggest problem was always behavioural and emotional , resulting from his frustration at being treated as a difficult or educationally backward child . ’ |
| 16 | The Table also shows that cutting usually involves the wrist or forearm , which has resulted in wrist-cutting being treated as a distinct syndrome ( Rosenthal et al. 1972 ) . |
| 17 | We have looked briefly at forming a limited company , but this we understand could give rise to our lower flying costs being treated as a benefit in kind by the Inland Revenue — and subsequently taxed . |
| 18 | AD 695 that travellers from afar , or foreigners , are instructed to shout or blow a horn before leaving a road , to avoid being treated as a thief or worse ; this says as much about the controls placed on the English population as the desire to protect foreigners . |
| 19 | His name was one of hundreds on the ‘ potential suspect list ’ but he was not being treated as a priority . |
| 20 | Alkaline explains : ‘ It 's an angry track , just releasing the tension inside about how things are going with British rap at the moment , and how we 're being treated as a rap group . |
| 21 | Like some of the multinational headhunters and unlike many other British firms , researchers are encouraged to accompany consultants at client briefings and become closely involved in the assignment , rather than being treated as a mixture of secretary , librarian , PA and headhunting dogsbody . |
| 22 | Some of the disadvantages of being treated as a believer rather than a researcher were experienced in a rather dramatic fashion by a sociologist who , while studying a Hindu sect , underwent a perfectly genuine conversion . |
| 23 | The company has been operating independently since January 1 , and is not yet being treated as a discontinued operation by Tandy , although that should happen next time the company reports . |
| 24 | Secondly , if , instead of being treated as a claim about the actual functioning of the suggested markets , the argument is taken to mean that it is possible to design a set of rules such that the proposed markets do operate to restrain corporate managerial power , it encounters an overwhelming obstacle . |
| 25 | Westermann , who died in 1981 , is being treated as a special case . |
| 26 | Perhaps , therefore , a distinction should be drawn between allowing oneself voluntarily , and where there is no danger to oneself , to be treated as a means to the satisfaction of someone else 's needs , and being treated as a means to the satisfaction of someone else 's desires . |
| 27 | Thirdly , the criticism might be made that the distinction I earlier drew ( in the section on ‘ Autonomy ’ ) — between someone voluntarily being treated as a means to the satisfaction of another 's needs , and their being treated as a means to the satisfaction of another 's desires — is not adequate here . |
| 28 | Thirdly , the criticism might be made that the distinction I earlier drew ( in the section on ‘ Autonomy ’ ) — between someone voluntarily being treated as a means to the satisfaction of another 's needs , and their being treated as a means to the satisfaction of another 's desires — is not adequate here . |
| 29 | Is being treated as a child an intrinsically humiliating and self-denying experience ? |
| 30 | Alexander was rattled , disturbed in his habits , by instant fame , by being treated as a major dramatist . |