Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well if , if you look at erm a female worker , er as opposed to a male worker and you look at the o oppression that she suffers , does she not suffer both the oppression of being working and the oppression of being a woman ? |
| 2 | There is a vast array of both scientific and anecdotal evidence for the existence of states of being other than the physical , and there are various ways of understanding such states . |
| 3 | One of the councillors on the libraries committee took a copy of Gay News home to study so that he could n't be accused of being uninformed when the time came for him to vote for its rejection . |
| 4 | That 's where the fuel tanks are located and though it seemed likely that the partial tearing away of the wing had also ruptured the fuel lines and spilled the fuel , there was no way of being sure and no one , again as far as I know , has ever come up against the problem of what happens when an oxyacetylene jet meets a fuel tank under water . |
| 5 | The combination of being overweight and a smoker killed her . |
| 6 | Robert Beale , clerk to the Privy Council , advised councillors and secretaries of state ‘ to avoid opinion of being new-fangled and a bringer-in of new customs ’ . |
| 7 | It is an important feature of being independent and a vital ingredient of providing care in the community to people with all kinds of disabilities . |
| 8 | Labour accused senior ministers , including the Prime Minister , of being aware that the arms embargo against Iraq was being breached . |
| 9 | Eva never speaks of being afraid as the various political situations blew up even though at times it must have been rather like walking a tightrope after UDI . |
| 10 | A UEFA spokesman said : ‘ Tbilisi argued that the only thing they were guilty of being naive but the rules are clearly stated . |
| 11 | The use of the plastic ring device termed an Intrastromal Corneal Ring has the added advantage of being reversible if the surgery does not improve the sight condition . |
| 12 | It is permanent in the sense of being waterproof and the colours used in each range are co-ordinated and compatible . |
| 13 | Well , it is abnormally low body weight for age and height , an intense fear of gaining weight despite being underweight and a misperception of body size and denial of the problem . |
| 14 | One one of was white and the other was coloured . |
| 15 | I only wish that the House had listened to the present Minister of State , the right hon. Member for Plymouth , Sutton ( Mr. Clark ) 10 years ago when , in March 1981 , in a highly prophetic speech against the views of his Tory colleagues , he said that far from being strong and a threat to the world , the Soviet Union was in the process of retreat and disintegration . |
| 16 | From being surprised that a ball rolls away on a gentle slope , a child will purposely ride his scooter down the same slope for enjoyment , knowing that he then has to push it up again . |
| 17 | All these reforms may be necessary , but alas , so far from being sufficient that a reassessment of future conservation needs to be made . |
| 18 | According to the narrator , Patrick is ‘ so far from being anti-semitic that a couple of his best friends really were Jews ’ ( but who can these two best friends be — can Ormerod , unmentioned in the later novel , be one ? ) . |
| 19 | High standards of technical skill and of ethics , for example , are argued to be necessary because the client can not judge the service he receives . |
| 20 | A successful outcome in these areas would seem to be necessary if the EC is to be able to finance the activities necessary to build the new European Economy . |
| 21 | ( f ) Insurance If the matrimonial home is in the sole name of the husband then it is best to change the insurance arrangements once agreement is reached or the court order made ; the husband may neglect or to be unnecessary where the property already stands in the joint names of husband and wife and a separate declaration of trust is made . |
| 22 | Less than a third agreed they came by their fees easily , while half felt they made a positive effort to support and understand clients and 59 per cent that they respond very positively to requests for help and advice ( although these two groups of responses should be seen in the light of that ‘ distress purchase ’ attitude , where lawyers are unlikely to be negative when a client suddenly calls up offering business ) . |
| 23 | These all turned out to be negative and the examining doctor decided to take rectal samples when she returned for her results as he felt she would be unlikely to come back a third time . |
| 24 | Also , subjects were asked to describe the first meeting with a close friend or partner ; in this case all the persons described in the account were found to be favourable and the account are being made in retrospect . |
| 25 | Lower gear ratios are likely to be suitable when the motor 's speed capability is restricted . |
| 26 | Where the breach is of a less serious type , a clause which totally excludes liability for it is still likely to be reasonable where the breach is caused by force majeure and unreasonable if the breach is caused by wilful default . |
| 27 | In addition , the investors will be keen to obtain warranties in respect of the business plan and future financial forecasts along the following lines : ( a ) The Business Plan has been carefully prepared in good faith having regard to the information available and the market conditions prevailing at the time of its preparation and the figures contained therein have been carefully considered and are honestly believed to be reasonable and the Managers have made all reasonable enquiries so as to ascertain all such information and conditions which are relevant to the preparation of the forecasts contained therein . |
| 28 | No area of the law can ever be said to be easy but the legislation dealing with obscene and indecent publications seems to be unduly complicated . |
| 29 | Crosby said : ‘ It is never going to be easy because the FA Cup final is a big thing for everyone concerned . |
| 30 | Starving Somalis , and now it seems , starving Bosnians , and many others have reason to be grateful that the generous conscience of America can still be roused to action , often at major risk to American lives . |