Example sentences of "a [noun] [be] [being] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 The Whigs were concerned that the arbitrary power of a prince was being replaced by the arbitrary power of the legislature .
2 There would have been no danger of a Wanda 's being mistaken for his niece .
3 Blanche 's antennae were very sensitive at gauging the progress of an investigation but she relied on Dexter to hoover up male gossip that was beyond her reach , idle chatter in the canteen or the gents ' toilet that sometimes hardened into hostility or resentment at some way a case was being handled .
4 If these products then contaminate a test tube in which a PCR is being set up , a false positive reaction will result .
5 While the village unit remained small there was less chance of a decision 's being imposed by the community 's more influential members , and in any case the imposition of status and ranking tended to reduce the passive acceptance of inferiority which might have attended its acquisition through achievement or wealth .
6 A DECISION was being taken today on whether the 92-year-old Queen Mother , newly released from hospital , can immediately get back to work by attending her first official engagement , scheduled for tomorrow .
7 A budget was being prepared and it was hoped that a weekend inclusive of all meals would cost in the region of £425 per couple , subject to cost finalisation and price movement in the interim .
8 The paranoia which is evinced in the diaries of her last years at Clarence Gate Gardens is then partly justified , if she knew that such a course was being taken against her .
9 Similarly , all the poses and/or gestures performed by each character must be distinctly national , no matter how minor a part is being played .
10 As the words of a sentence are being recognised , using their orthographic structure , their sentence context or whatever , then they must be pieced together to reconstruct the underlying meaning of the sentence .
11 A bear had broken loose amongst the stews ; a whore was being whipped outside the gates of St Thomas 's Hospital ; two butchers who had sold putrid meat were riding back to back on some old nag , their hands tied behind them , the rotten offal they had sold fastened tightly under their noses .
12 As a result of the difficulties often encountered by users , a differentiation is being made between naive and experienced users of online catalogues .
13 A computer is being used here to record types of pottery .
14 Forty cases of illegal logging have been brought to court in the last three years , but the loophole in the regulations makes it difficult to prove charges , so a technique is being developed to date the year of felling , using tree rings .
15 A fight is being waged to save war pensioners ' housing benefits .
16 Another man with a harness was being lowered .
17 These are the in-between years when a crossing is being made between one phase of life and another .
18 ( c. 36 ) Whereas outside the realm , the king needed warning of any rebellion by subject peoples , or any imminent attack , " inside the realm [ the vital point was to find out ] if the people ( populus ) in any part , region or corner of the realm was in a state of disturbance , then what was the cause of it , and if a complaint of the people was becoming serious or if a noise was being made about some injustice about which it was necessary for the general assembly to deal " .
19 However , he will always know that his performance on a simulator is being assessed and , except for the business of risks , he may well take more care than he would in a real plant .
20 A demonstration is being arranged and our initial examination indicates we can contain this phase within the existing budgets .
21 A figure is being carried into an ambulance .
22 Landlord John claims that a lot a weight is being thrown behind a lady in Essex who has knitted a 200ft history of the Colchester oyster from the unpicked sweaters of noted pop stars , including some fascinating applique work cunningly created from one of Madonna 's pointed bras .
23 There was no sound of a light 's being switched on in the sitting room , but we might not have been able to hear it .
24 In this way a loss is being experienced , the return on money being forgone .
25 A study is being made of metal prices in relation to annual consumption on a global scale to extend earlier work for the years 1972 to 1977 .
26 A study is being conducted in two rural areas to examine the implications of these changes .
27 We welcome the fact that a study is being undertaken to assess potential resources in the Bristol Channel and trust this will help to identify important physical relationships that must not be prejudiced through excessive dredging .
28 We welcome the fact that a study is being undertaken to assess potential resources in the Bristol Channel and trust this will help to identify important physical relationships that must not be prejudiced through excessive dredging .
29 Meanwhile , a screenplay was being concocted from Henri Charrière 's 1969 semi-autobiographical bestseller Papillon .
30 Similarly , in a court where a witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination , or in a meeting where someone hogs the discussion and refuses to listen to an important point which is being made , it may be important that the injunction is resisted .
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