Example sentences of "[noun] [being] [vb pp] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below is some of the text that Shannon used in the test with spaces between words being shown as underscores . |
| 2 | I had brought off a successful forced landing , with no damage to man or machine , and afterwards I was able to describe the symptoms which led to the failure , which in turn led to the fault being found and cured . |
| 3 | Bob Dwyer , Australia 's coach , watched his side being demolished and tried to explain why Fiji were so much better than the world champions at sevens in contrast to their 15-a-side form . |
| 4 | There were the usual pairs of opening lights over each saloon window , all each side being opened or closed together by a small lever . |
| 5 | Berthon was livid at one of his cars being butchered but had to acknowledge that it handled better . |
| 6 | She told the Bury St Edmunds tribunal that ‘ unpleasant things ’ could happen , such as cars being vandalised and implied threats being made . |
| 7 | However , given the readiness of our subjects to talk at length about their drug use , the time limits placed on the research , and the possibility of a number of informants being sentenced and/or convicted before the second interview took place , it quickly became clear that the majority of interviewees would probably be seen only once and that in-depth interviews should be conducted on first contact , if that suited the informant . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | For we can easily imagine a legislative structure that would produce compromise statutes mechanically , as a function of the different opinions about strict liability or racial discrimination or abortion among the various legislators , without any legislator being asked or required to vote for the compromise as a package . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In the weeks leading up to the anniversary , police had been active throughout Beijing , and there were many reports of dissidents being beaten or detained . |
| 12 | The government must subsidise the rendering industry in order to avert the serious environmental threat posed by thousands of animals being abandoned or buried in the countryside , according to an investigating commission . |
| 13 | Some people say we farm people get used to animals being hurt or killed , but that 's just not true . |
| 14 | At the programmer 's discretion , errors resulting from dangling cross-references can result either in the new data being rejected or accepted with reservation . |
| 15 | The ban is a serious infringement on the right to receive and impart information : it prevents representatives of lawful political organisations ( Sinn Fein has an MP as well as dozens of local councillors ) from stating their case on matters which have no connection with terrorism , and it denies to the public the opportunity to see and hear those who support violent action being questioned and exposed . |
| 16 | If a particular human is capable of handling the proper aspects of a gadget , which must include mental knowledge of its place in the Machine of Evolution , then it is possible to use it as an aid , but as there are increasing numbers of gadgets being invented and marketed , so the human brain has no time and space to see these in relation to its own life/thought scale because , upon being born , the human is thrown immediately into a multi-armed and legged wrestling match with levers , wires , buttons and switches and fails to grasp the meaning of it all , being occupied totally in rushing to partially master the use of one before the marketeers rush in faster with 10 new gleaming diversions . |
| 17 | He said that ending the agreement would jeopardise the future of small or family-run shops , lead to fewer books being published and increase prices of all but a few best sellers . |
| 18 | This direct experience of seeing books being valued and enjoyed has been a timely reminder of their importance in the educational process . |
| 19 | A correspondent writing to the Public Ledger in 1816 expressed the view very clearly : ‘ That the French Revolution , with all its constant horrors , was preceded by a total revolution of decency and morality , the virtuous dualities of a mind being sapped and undermined by the baneful exhibition of pictures , representing vice in the most alluring and varied forms , to a depraved mind , is a truth that unfortunately will not admit of doubt . ’ |
| 20 | Your enemies were annihilated , no fewer than twenty of their men-of-war being sunk or taken . ’ |
| 21 | ( FCA ) of having been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 6.03 in that the firm at Shipley between 16 March 1989 and 12 March 1991 sent business letters relating to its investment business without bearing the legend ‘ Authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to carry on investment business ’ contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.02 and in that the firm at Shipley between 9 September 1988 and 1 October 1989 entered or required its Principal to enter into an association or arrangement with a person which might result in the defendant being constrained or induced to refer or introduce a client to a person who was not an independent intermediary with a view to that person giving investment advice contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.03 and in that the firm at Shipley between 16 March 1986 and 31 October 1989 failed before recommending or effecting for a client a transaction in units in an authorised unit trust or a recognised collective investment scheme , to take reasonable steps to establish that other more advantageous or suitable policies or units were not available contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.11 and in that the firm at Shipley between 1 November 1989 and 16 October 1991 having given advice to a client which was such that when acted upon it resulted in commission being received by the defendant , failed to notify the said client in writing of the amount and terms of such commission as soon as that information was available , contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.32 was reprimanded , fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £500 by way of costs . |
| 22 | Are losses being taken and shown on the profit and loss account or balance sheet ? |
| 23 | He was troubled by the strange things the Rannoch eagles had said about the Wrath eagles being exterminated and wondered if his own capture had been part of that . |
| 24 | They are completed by hand by the scientist at or near the time of the work being recorded and form a chronological , step by step log of what was planned , what was done and the results gained . |
| 25 | There was no hierarchical organization in the modern sense , the work being allocated and dealt with in what struck the newcomer , later to become the Department 's Permanent Secretary , as being a delightfully haphazard way . |
| 26 | It is particularly important for South African , Israeli and other non-British passport holders , and anyone with a passport with a Israeli entry stamp , to check the requirements for entry by charter flight with the Consulate of the country or countries being visited or transited through before booking your holiday . |
| 27 | His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him , but he felt an uncontrollable flame of fury whenever he saw a child being bullied or mistreated which blinded him to all else . |
| 28 | Will this simplification , especially as the assessment system is to be discussed in terms of levels , lead to the child being labelled and known prematurely as a ‘ level one child ’ or a ‘ level two child ’ and so on ? |
| 29 | People who respond in this way have often had a difficult early life when they had separation forced upon them , maybe by a parent being hospitalized or going away or dying . |
| 30 | Under the provisions of the 1911 Act ( a measure to which the Lords acquiesced under threat of being swamped with a mass of new Liberal pro-reform peers ) , the House could delay passage of nonmoney bills for only two successive sessions , such bills being enacted if passed by the Commons again the succeeding session . |