Example sentences of "[prep] being [vb pp] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bearing in mind the provocation , and the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced a second time , the sentence was far too lenient , and a proper sentence would have been two years ' immediate imprisonment : that sentence would be substituted . |
| 2 | The sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal presumably incorporates a discount to reflect the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced a second time , but there is no indication of the extent of the discount : the case is therefore of limited value as an indication of what the proper sentence would have been at first instance . |
| 3 | Traditional grammars give two main explanations of the use of the definite article ( the ) rather than the indefinite article ( a , an ) : the former is used before nouns referring to something unique , or before a noun which has become definite as a result of being mentioned a second time . |
| 4 | On being asked the second time by the farmer how the machine worked , the old worker said : ‘ It be whoolly fine now , maaster . |
| 5 | To bolster his case for being given a second term — and to outflank the opposition Labor Party — prime minister Malcolm Fraser has announced new research initiatives in biotechnology , satellite research , industrial R&D and in the Antarctic . |
| 6 | Dr. Johnson then completed a hat-trick of honours by being elected the first holder of Oxford 's David Phillips chair in Molecular Biophysics . |