Example sentences of "[noun sg] [being] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local doctors were said to be sceptical because the water suppliers dosed the water with a large quantity of lime to prevent soluble forms of aluminium being formed as had happened at Camelford . |
| 2 | The attack came in at around 1300 , with Luqa as the main target , the attacking force being identified as comprising thirty-eight Ju87s , twelve Ju88s , ten Do1 7s or 215s ten He111s and twenty to thirty fighters . |
| 3 | This linking of two aspects of a teacher 's professionalism would prevent appraisal being regarded as simply a tiresome extra and could , on the positive side , help the process of planning ( West and Bollington 1990:9 — 10 ) : Planning for appraisal … needs to be carried forward in the light of the full range of the demands confronting the particular LEA , the particular school , the particular teacher . |
| 4 | A combination of means-tested assistance being withdrawn as income rises , together with an increased tax bill , has created a particular disincentive for those of the poor who try and improve their own position by personal effort and initiative . |
| 5 | A similar argument applies to cases where investment is lumpy ( e.g. large processing plants ) : agreements to take turns in investing may be necessary to avoid excess capacity being built ( or to avoid insufficient capacity being built as firms are afraid of excess capacity ! ) . |
| 6 | A free radical is defined as any species capable of independent existence that contains one or more unpaired electrons , an unpaired electron being defined as one that is alone in an orbita . |
| 7 | The step from ‘ asking the wrong question ’ to the error being regarded as jurisdictional is only made by the assumption that any matter which is in any sense a ‘ condition ’ to the exercise of jurisdiction becomes jurisdictional . |
| 8 | But further up the social scale , unrewarded deference was often required , often with the constable being treated as simply another flunkey in uniform , an attitude that might provoke a retaliatory reaction . |
| 9 | A group of historians and architects , tired of all the architectural products of this period being dismissed as ‘ monstrous carbuncles ’ , have formed a new society to attempt to redress the balance . |
| 10 | Eve certainly would n't like her business being discussed as she lay unconscious . |
| 11 | ( b ) a recognised body which is an unlimited company shall retain its status as an unlimited company , save where the Council consents to the body being re-registered as limited by shares under the Companies Act 1985 ; |
| 12 | In view of the international and domestic controversy generated in 1985 when Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone visited the shrine , together with the complications arising from Japan 's strict constitutional separation of church and state — those commemorated by the shrine being revered as Shinto deities — and the recent accusations of incipient militarism made by many neighbouring countries following the enactment of the PKO bill , however , Miyazawa stressed that his visit would be " in a private capacity " and would not take place on Aug. 15 , the anniversary of the ending of the Pacific War . |
| 13 | A score out of 10 is given for each set , the score being tallied as user progresses . |
| 14 | They were both attacked , one having a violent headache , the other being possessed as I now realised I had been . |
| 15 | The most common were ‘ changes in employment ’ , most notably ‘ gaining employment ’ and ‘ course content being seen as too difficult ’ . |
| 16 | The recent recruits from Lancashire were allowed to go home , but about 1300 others were taken prisoner , four officers on half-pay being shot as deserters and 150 of the more prominent civilians being led through London , amid mocking shouts from the crowd , with arms tied behind their backs and preceded by — a final gesture of contempt — a man carrying a warming-pan . |
| 17 | A wide range of so-called sexual sicknesses was diagnosed , Instead of masturbation being classified as wrong or harmful , as it had been in Victorian times , it became not only permissible but obligatory by the new standards . |
| 18 | EE173 had completed a raid on Berlin on January 15 , 1944 when it was shot down , its crew being listed as missing . |
| 19 | London 's traditional advantages — light but effective regulation , lots of established firms , liquidity — are in any event being eroded as other centres catch up . |
| 20 | The absence of a written constitution similar to that of the United States and other nations has led to the British Constitution being described as unwritten , but such a description is misleading . |
| 21 | mechanically , with LENGTHS of rod being added as the device travels towards its target . |
| 22 | I shall start with a misunderstanding which the method of explanation adopted here is likely to give rise to among readers used to philosophical explanations of concepts such as authority being presented as accounts of the meanings of words . |
| 23 | I am even more opposed to the question of that penalty in the United Kingdom being submitted to a tribunal outside this country and to the decision of that tribunal being treated as binding . |
| 24 | This avoids any approach being viewed as parochial and makes clear that the views expressed have equal force throughout the EC . |
| 25 | If the lack of challenge depends upon the monarchy being perceived as ‘ substantially weak ’ , then behind the overt support may lie implicit criticism . |
| 26 | This discovery precipitated the Red Lake Gold Rush , and their find became the Howey Gold Mine , the first in the Red Lake district , resulting in Burnt Bay being renamed as Howey Bay , the name that it retains to this day . |
| 27 | Some faint glow of light from the direction of the town below caught the angle of a new padlock , the gate being chained as well as shut . |
| 28 | When she starts to give birth to the older litter , the upheaval of delivery may lead to the younger litter being ejected as well . |
| 29 | In the present case , this may be illustrated by the assumption that the ‘ representative ’ consumer chooses his supply of labour L s to maximize U ( X , Y , L s ) subject to , the supply of capital being taken as fixed . |
| 30 | In the face of Cadwallon 's army , Eadwine is depicted as retreating , if not fleeing , many of his army being slain as the Britons pursued them across the salt sea , and Cadwallon advances to Caer Caradog , even setting York ablaze . |