Example sentences of "[subord] being [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were sometimes denied the authority necessary for the fulfilment of their expected role , and it was critically important that they were seen as part of a school 's management team rather than being relegated to the position of mere facilitator . |
| 2 | With no soil fauna , organic material tends to lie on the surface rather than being incorporated into the sand . |
| 3 | Apart from the use of quarterly data , the main difference in this study is that the current monetary shock is included in the output equation rather than being incorporated in the error term , in what — ADD demonstrate — is an asymptotically efficient estimation procedure . |
| 4 | Farm drainage ditches ensure that water runs directly into streams rather than being filtered through the soil . |
| 5 | The only departure from the established procedure lay in the fact that the copy of the order seems to have been served upon or issued to M. 's solicitors by the court rather than being served by the applicant 's solicitor . |
| 6 | Behaviour is observed in its natural setting , and it is possible to make a study of social process , rather than being limited to the snapshot or series of snapshots of the survey researcher . |
| 7 | But when you start to think about it in terms of erm sort of psychological explanation as you 're becoming used to , then it becomes perhaps not such a good way of thinking about perception Matlin 's got some very examples in it of this of those sorts of things By and large were concerned with people 's experience , self-reported experience quite often , of the phenomena saying well tell me what you see when you look at it rather than being based on the sort of lovely stuff that we love , good solid empirical data , yeah ? |
| 8 | The archosaurs stemmed from the thecodonts , an order with teeth set in sockets rather than being welded to the jaw as with modern-day lizards . |
| 9 | The children were followed up some four years later at secondary schools so that the possibility could be considered that such differences were attributable to initial differences in their ability and adjustment rather than being caused by the schools ( Rutter et al. , 1979 ) . |
| 10 | The chief mourner continued to wear a coat with train , together with the mourning hood , but even the manner of wearing the hood changed : draped round the shoulders like a short scarf rather than being worn over the head . |
| 11 | A special protocol allowed the UK to " opt out " of stage three rather than being locked into the process at this stage . |
| 12 | Both chapters warrant inclusion as overviews at the start of the book rather than being buried in the middle of text . |
| 13 | All works of art have the inalienable right to remain in their original abode rather than being shipped around the world for display . |
| 14 | It is better to recognise that situation in good time rather than being caught on the hop . ’ |
| 15 | The strategy which controls the frequency , duration and destination is usually set up on a systems availability base rather than being controlled by the quantity of data to be transferred and its " design delay " costs . |
| 16 | Rather than being confined to the church , therefore , Puritan religious life also focused on the household and various voluntary forms of public worship . |
| 17 | Because keyboards are played by depressing the keys , the keys of the Streicher piano have a balance pin somewhere in the middle , rather than being hinged at the end . |
| 18 | You need a lot of time to yourself in order to explore your dreams , rather than being pinned to the work place . |
| 19 | Yet it is hard to think of a worse ordeal for a political leader than being urged by the party of which he is head to sever relations with his wife . |
| 20 | He cruised along contentedly on the bridle until being sent into the lead a quarter of a mile out and then galloped on resolutely to win by one and a half lengths . |
| 21 | He was used as substitute — scoring against Manchester United — until being named in the starting line-up for the Villa game . |
| 22 | Even if it were to be deduced that there is an outstanding shortfall in the HP4 supply , this appeal , while being determined in the context of policy HP4 , would require to be consistent with the specific terms of policy HP6 , which refers to non-Local Plan proposals . |
| 23 | It was an apt time for the old dilemma of trying to forget where you were ( while being excited by the position ) and trying not to think about the uncertainties of the morrow ( while looking forward to them ) . |
| 24 | Later while being dragged through the house she had noted the dark hair , the strongly built body , but had hardly had time to consider the possible age and attractiveness of her irate and unwilling host . |
| 25 | Some witnesses to the incident , however , claimed that Garcia was unarmed and was fired upon while being beaten on the ground . |
| 26 | The worst moment , apart from his father 's collapse while being helped to the toilet , had been going on stage on the night of his death , and hearing Lydia Dorinskaya say , ‘ All that lives must die , /Passing through Nature to eternity . ’ |
| 27 | Some of these died in captivity while being brought to the coast from the African homeland , and even more lost their lives in the brutal conditions on board the slave ships during the notorious Atlantic crossing or ‘ Middle Passage ’ . |
| 28 | An ontological existent while being posited in the modus per se is nevertheless an object of thought . |
| 29 | That day , while being shown round the Zoo by the Foreman , he came to the Cages just as a female golden eagle was being put in one of them . |
| 30 | There the evidence before him merely disclosed that the defendants whilst being employed by the plaintiffs simply made plans or preparations for their future post termination activities . |