Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] being [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tournaments such as Wimbledon may boast larger fields , but for some it is too costly , or inconvenient because of extensive queuing , or the possibility of play being scratched due to rain . |
| 2 | I mean yes of course we should live harmoniously together er who would y'know , sector of those people who have taken advantage of the right to buy and and so on and so forth but we talking about housing management in about housing management costs and if you have an estate of y'know being repaired similar houses which a lot of our estates are , it makes sense that they 're managed as it were centrally er and because that 's the most efficient way of doing it erm if you have a variety of different landlords in er one estate or one street and all the houses are similar , when it comes to things like modernisation and so forth it it 's duplicated a great deal of er er er of work and it is not cost efficient and it does n't make any common sense at all . |
| 3 | The emphasis throughout the novena was on prayer , and the talks focused on the real and imminent threat of euthanasia being given legal approval in our country . |
| 4 | The magazine 's loss of circulation was dramatic , and Lord Denning thought that Goldsmith 's tactics were oppressive : " The freedom of the press " he stated " depends on the channels of distribution being kept open " . |
| 5 | Notwithstanding these drawbacks a large proportion of international trade is conducted on an open account basis with the documents of title being sent direct to the importer . |
| 6 | By the mid-1950s , the actual level of demand being experienced averaged 8 per cent more than the compromise estimate which had been adopted in determining the forward programmes . |
| 7 | It is so grave , because , on any view , the putting to death of a human being by the society to which he belongs is an appalling act , calculated in itself rather to familiarise that society with the taking of life than to heighten the sense of life being held sacred . |
| 8 | The fact remains that the debate on contemporary art seems to have entered a new dimension , with doubt being cast wholesale on the quality and content of recent trends , and on the good faith of the public institutions which give them space . |