Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] being [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technical field being considered for the full proposal is inertial navigation technology . |
| 2 | Nothing is written down , unless by the parent , the stated reason being to allow for flexibility . |
| 3 | For example , Asians , particularly Pakistanis , are more concentrated in manufacturing than West Indians , the ethnic balance being reversed for transport , and services more generally . |
| 4 | With so much pollution flowing down the Taff and Ely rivers , there is little or no prospect of the 600-acre lake being used for contact water sports — the health risks are expected to be far too high . |
| 5 | Osborne , a board member of the Royal Opera House , envisages the great courtyard being used for opera performances and concerts al fresco and has brought the ROH 's Angus Stirling and Jeremy Isaacs into the discussions . |
| 6 | On the two outer roads of three bays coaches can be built , the fourth bay being used for a large door-making gang , step board makers , seat makers , and for dealing with steel panels , roof irons , stores , etc . |
| 7 | With the wind in their favour Ballymena dominated the first half being encamped for long spells in the Hawick territory . |
| 8 | The higher price being paid for environmentally sound produce also means that , despite the smaller crop , his income will stay much the same . |
| 9 | Modha 's coloured wax casts of tongues are a more playful exploration of the idea of Babel : the same organ being used for so many different languages , resulting in so much misunderstanding . |
| 10 | It is important to understand that it is never treatment in the abstract which can be described as ‘ extraordinary ’ , but only treatment in the context of the particular patient being cared for . |
| 11 | When they did enough to earn wages , they were allowed to keep or spend half , the other half being saved for them on their release . |
| 12 | … whether norm or criterion referenced , the examination entails rank-ordering , even where a range of grades is not in the strictest sense being competed for . |
| 13 | The airlift will build a total of three kilometres of paths at an average cost of about £30 a metre , with the whole operation being paid for by the Countryside Commission . |
| 14 | Hence word shape information need not be stored in the inverted look-up structure , it can be generated from the matched words at run-time and compared with the shape of the unknown word being searched for . |