Example sentences of "being a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ST HELENS will be defending an impressive Regal Trophy record when they take on last year 's beaten finalists Leeds at Knowsley Road tomorrow in what looks like being a tremendous clash of the giants . |
| 2 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
| 3 | At most , it suggests that he lacked the courage of his more radical convictions , rather than being a straightforward conservative . |
| 4 | Castors , as well as being a straightforward mobility device , also help with kitchen hygiene when it is time to clean the floor . |
| 5 | It reveals how close U2 can come to being a straightforward rock group — one of those ! — and simultaneously how far they can move away from that . |
| 6 | In other words , the great domain , far from being a closed unit , required the market to dispose of its surpluses and to meet its needs for extraneous products . |
| 7 | Despite being a closed set of terms linked with a number of functioning elements , deixis lacks a taxonomy of occurrences because of its pragmatic base . |
| 8 | The idea of a triangle is made up from the ideas of being a closed figure , and having three straight sides ; the idea of gold from those of yellowness , malleability , and fusibility . |
| 9 | Being a violently-educated eighteen-year-old , I was familiar with Marx 's elaboration of Hegel : history repeats itself , the first time as tragedy , the second time as farce . |
| 10 | Seeing Dancer and Drew talking to Mrs Sherwood and Rupert and , being a terrible star fucker , he barged into the group . |
| 11 | The order is also the biggest ever MOD contract to be won by Vauxhall with fleet market ‘ whole-life costs ’ , economical running , servicing , durability and second-hand value on replacement being a crucial factor . |
| 12 | These are signs that the ranking of ‘ wife ’ or ‘ housewife ’ is low relative to other occupations — signs which indicate that there may be a measure of agreement in society generally about the status of wife ( such agreement being a crucial determinant of social prestige hierarchies ) . |
| 13 | The Italian manufacturer seems to be happy with the arrangement because , being a medium-sized manufacturer , it is considered that it would be too expensive to set up their own distribution facilities in the United Kingdom , and Argent Distributors seem to have performed a reasonable selling job on their behalf . |
| 14 | The elation of witnessing birth may be followed by a sense of disorientation at being a displaced person . |
| 15 | In the UK , " exchange status " is largely equated with being a recognised investment exchange ( RIE ) under the Financial Services Act 1986 ( FSA ) . |
| 16 | Subject to the Rules and to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares , on a show of hands every member who ( being an individual ) is present in person or ( being a recognised body ) is present by a duly authorised corporate representative [ , not being himself a member entitled to vote , ] shall have one vote and on a poll every member shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder . |
| 17 | Subject to the Rules and to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares , on a show of hands every member who ( being an individual ) is present in person or ( being a recognised body ) is present by a duly authorised corporate representative [ , not being himself a member entitled to vote , ] shall have one vote and on a poll every member shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder . |
| 18 | Besides being a smoother narrator , Clarke scores over Asimov by stirring in more new elements , reworking fewer old ones . |
| 19 | There is one thing in favour of total non-hypocrisy : at least you know where you stand , for as long as you are allowed to stand , and , of course , as long as you can be sure they are n't being a tiny bit hypocritical too . |
| 20 | At this time , it was believed that female genitalia were merely internal versions of the male , with the clitoris being a tiny penis , and it was the greater heat of the male that had expelled his organs . |
| 21 | In truth Patrick Harper had not really noticed Lucille 's dress , but , being a married man , he knew the importance a woman attached to a compliment . |
| 22 | ‘ And you do n't let scruples about his being a married man trouble you , I hope ? ’ |
| 23 | The more couples are able to tolerate differences in their partnership — between men and women , and between babies and parents — the less will the satisfactions of being a parent and being a married partner be eroded by children . |
| 24 | Could she be happy once the novelty of being a married woman wore off ? |
| 25 | The Interludium therefore occurs in a later copy than the extant copy of Dame Sirith , and since Dame Sirith contains details that are also found in the other European versions of the tale , such as the object of the clerk 's desires being a married woman , not a " girl " , it is regarded as impossible for Dame Sirith to be derived from the Interludium . |
| 26 | But , feeling glad to have got him off the subject of how apparently her virginal innocence did not tie up with her being a married woman , ‘ Well , if you do n't mind , I 'll just collect my car and head back to England , and — ’ |
| 27 | A brief structural guide is all I 'm after … and then my tutor wo n't kill me and give me bad references for being a lazy git ( which I admittedly am ) ( This was supposed to be in last july ! ! ! ) |
| 28 | Being a lazy lad , much given to the idea of rising late when given half a chance , he had delayed his arrival in the world until 1 January . |
| 29 | We know he will enjoy watching the sports programmes despite the fact that Bristol Rovers football team have not quite made it on to Sky TV yet ! is well know for being a keen supporter of Bristol Rovers , a fact which did not go unrecognised by who presented him with a beautiful jugglers top hat in his favourite team 's colours . |
| 30 | But with being a keen golfer , I developed a keen eye for a golf ball and a distance . |