11.   Being fearless is a serious disadvantage.

12.   Being financially assertive is essential for survival.

13.   Being majority leader is a good position to be in.

14.   Being self-employed is much more risky than being a wage earner.

15.   Being somewhat overweight is not a serious health problem, and obesity is not a terminal illness.

16.   Being young is simply an attitude of mind.

17.   But for many old people, being without children is a significant factor in loneliness and isolation.

18.   But for the United States, to be alone is to be in good company.

19.   But he had a fixed idea in his mind that to be a bishop was not his work.