Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Top : These roses have been placed in a pot of water prior to being pressed gradually as the petals open . |
| 2 | Relief operations in the wake of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait [ see pp. 37631-41 ; 37697 ; 37988 ] were considered to be only marginally the concern of the UNHCR , being seen primarily as the evacuation of third-party nationals to their home countries , rather than the repatriation of refugees . |
| 3 | The NARAL advertisement is an example of nonsexist language being used apparently as the norm , but in reality to make a point , to make people think of women in a context where ordinarily they might not ( as the inheritors of constitutional rights ) . |
| 4 | Newcomers — especially such crucial ones as the Chairman — were being inspected carefully as the jigsaw of the company began to fall into place . |
| 5 | Investment criteria that are applied as a matter of course to every other company are in danger of being abandoned completely as the institutions face the prospect of being sucked in by the Government 's subtle propaganda . |