Example sentences of "being see " in BNC.
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| 1 | This lethal game is often called ‘ last across ’ , the idea being to see how close you can be to a train before it hits you or you can get out of the way . |
| 2 | G. does n't do anything , the purpose of the visit being to see what conditions are like . |
| 3 | Doherty , from Strabane , had joined Derry on a one-month contract after being released at Old Trafford , the intention being to see how things worked out at the Brandywell . |
| 4 | They are books which bring together all three of the worlds we inhabit , and they are books which appear to thrive on being seen through — on the transparency of their suggestion that tyrannies , that sycophancy , conspiracy and repression , courts and courtiers , are all on the royal right , and in the bush , and running into the sand . |
| 5 | And later — much later at the National Theatre playing the young Captain Absolute — did that grow out of being seen in these performances ? |
| 6 | Rather than such force being seen as a prerogative of the state , it is seen by many in the alliance to inhere in the people of Ulster who over and over again need to assert their autonomous rights . |
| 7 | That planning has been poor is more the fault of the economy than BR , the high interest rates at the end of 1989 being seen as likely to repeat the recession of 1981 out of which we climbed so painfully . |
| 8 | Neighbours who will do this service for you should use the back door , where there 's less chance of them being seen going in and out . |
| 9 | It would also now risk being seen to act as much in the interests of its own credibility , as in support of a sincerely-held belief . |
| 10 | The Government 's insistence that the Channel tunnel rail link be privately-financed is being seen as the first stage in a longer term plan to privatise the entire British Rail network . |
| 11 | She has been discovered by the feminists , who have rescued her from being seen as a minor pastoralist ; but in certain cases , they have also subject her to psycho-symbolic sexual analysis which she would have loathed , or blamed her for not having cared more for sexual politics or stood out for lesbian sexuality . |
| 12 | Mr de Klerk 's announcement is being seen as recognition finally that the South African government will have to deal with the black majority through the leadership of the ANC if civil war is not to wipe the republic off the face of Africa . |
| 13 | Where possible , therefore , this is work to be avoided because of the risk of being seen as incompetent . |
| 14 | The fact that some policewomen carry out both sets of duties allows them to contrast the two types of community relations , with general community relations work being seen as ‘ fun ’ and juvenile liaison as more demanding and difficult . |
| 15 | Part-time reserve policemen and women also patrol the Easton area on foot , with no particular intention other than , as one policewoman described , ‘ being seen on the streets … usually we just walk around ’ ( FN 7/9/87 , p. 23 ) . |
| 16 | But such a situation is also presented as a thing pre-done , interpreted by being seen in terms of Antony 's meeting with Cleopatra as portrayed by Shakespeare , and as a thing re-done , since the third meeting , that of Princess Volupine with Sir Ferdinand Klein presents us again with a similar situation . |
| 17 | Also , even if a subject is never directly or completely ‘ freed ’ trom repression by its displacement , he or she may be empowered in other ways — for example , by being seen to be homophobic in a homophobic culture . |
| 18 | So women do n't need to wear Burkhas to avoid being seen by strange men . |
| 19 | As another example , subjects have to draw an irregular shape — the shape being seen as a reflection in a mirror . |
| 20 | Each aircraft will be acting as an extra set of eyes for the other in an attempt to see before being seen . |
| 21 | The great British films all tap into a problem , the gap between what is felt and what can be expressed , that is universal but gains a particular inflection from being seen in the British context . |
| 22 | Dubcek urges Communist hardliners to stand down continued from page one possible five-year jail term on charges of sedition in what is being seen as a test case of the regime 's genuine commitment to a dialogue with the opposition . |
| 23 | Mr Czarnogursky , meanwhile , faces a possible five-year jail term on charges of sedition in what is being seen as a test case of the regime 's genuine commitment to a dialogue with the opposition . |
| 24 | In what is being seen as Lloyd 's ‘ Big Bang ’ , the change should allow the giant insurance operation to move in on a growing slice of business which it has found elusive . |
| 25 | In what is being seen as Lloyd 's ‘ Big Bang ’ , the change should allow the giant insurance operation to move in on a growing slice of business which it has found elusive . |
| 26 | With this government any issues soon take second place to being seen to win . |
| 27 | Mergers , especially between banks serving the same area , are being seen as the swiftest route to big cost savings ; these , in turn , free up capital . |
| 28 | But most EC members are now no longer ashamed of being seen to strike tactical alliances with Britain . |
| 29 | He fancied being seen with two women who were at each other 's throats . |
| 30 | We left the church without being seen . |