Example sentences of "[being] [adv] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important overt reason was this ‘ discovery ’ of a large group of people who were being effectively denied legal representation . |
| 2 | This rule is being rigorously enforced this year . |
| 3 | Indeed before we even come to the characterization of characters within the drama we find the poem itself being apparently characterized one way but then characterized another in the opening three stanzas : ( As I travelled along a path I heard the tale of one , a spirited man , and proud ; he was wise in learning and splendid under his clothes , and clothed in fine array . |
| 4 | Her accommodation provides considerable luxury for two couples , there being excellently appointed double cabins at both ends of the yacht . |
| 5 | The signature of the agreement had been delayed from December 1989 , partly over the question of East German access to the Schengen area , it being finally agreed that border controls would apply only at East Germany 's borders with Poland and Czechoslovakia and not at the existing inter-German border . |
| 6 | The central importance of the developmental role undertaken since 1988 by the Department of EPD was recognised by it being formally constituted this year as a division of the University , with a status equivalent to that of the four Schools . |
| 7 | The new report , entitled Illegal Tropical Timber Trade : Asia-Pacific , estimates the scale of the problem at hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest being illegally logged each year and billions of dollars lost in foreign exchange . |
| 8 | She and Gillian were both in the Leprechauns , being both had Irish parents , although they themselves had been born and brought up in England . |
| 9 | Alas , smarts drinks prove to be non-alcoholic cocktails of fruit juice , lemonade and lurid food colourings being brazenly mixed mere yards away by absurd waiters in blue radiation suits . |
| 10 | One of the main ways in which ads work is through this almost insidious process of being partially noticed many times ; short of actual tests in the market ( see below ) there is no way of imitating this process . |
| 11 | Being regularly outplayed these days . |
| 12 | ‘ You were well paid then and I would remind you that you 're being well paid this time . ’ |
| 13 | This conclusion made her bad-tempered , since being good necessitated much thought and hard work , whereas any fool could be bad . |
| 14 | Ian Durrant , whose midfield creativity will be crucial , appeared briefly as a substitute against Switzerland and Portugal but wins a starting role for the first time since being seriously injured four years ago . |
| 15 | The Caribe apartments are a great holiday base being ideally located five minutes from both the beach and the nightlife . |