Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That there will be fierce opposition to such changes is fairly certain , and there will be vociferant arguments against them , and whilst these must be listened to , they must be allowed to have influence only if they can help in the process of bringing into being the new philosophy or religion . |
| 2 | The mainstream critics ' thankless task ( their privilege ) is only completed when every last cultural product is herded into this universal corral of taste where , to quote Bourdieu once more , ‘ the most classifying privilege has the privilege of appearing to be the most natural one ’ . |
| 3 | Despite her efforts to be helpful and well-behaved , Mildred had an uncanny knack of appearing to be the cause of any trouble which was occurring , and it must be admitted that there were occasions ( particularly when her rather wild imagination ran away with her ) when she managed to turn some peaceful event into a scene of total chaos . |
| 4 | Yeah so They say what properties do you expect lithium to have , you 'll have a look at it and you 'll say well it 's sort of going to be the same as sodium and potassium , rally . |
| 5 | At present he is still in the difficult , frictional , vulnerable position of striving to be the best , of running towards an unknown destiny . |
| 6 | After the moral squalor of the night before , he needed the redemption of playing at being the respectable husband , father and grandfather . |
| 7 | Nigel says its just the complete thrill of trying to be the best in the world … |
| 8 | Another matter worth commenting on is the noticeable disparity in acceptability for the same adjective qualifying the same noun but with the remainder of the phrase varying . |
| 9 | For women , education in the men 's system has meant learning a lot about men in male ways and a lot about learning to be the women men have determined we should be . |
| 10 | They took turns at leading , each of them having begun by trying to be the man . |