Example sentences of "[noun sg] being [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distinctive off-white appearance of the crest and upper slopes , often mistaken for snow , is caused by a liberal covering of quartzite scree , the visual effect being of sterility and virgin purity . |
| 2 | Individual locations along the riverbank will be drawn at Preston Park Museum at 9.15 am on the day , with fishing being between 10am and 3pm . |
| 3 | The three islands have distinctive characteristics with the best of the game fishing being on South Uist . |
| 4 | IV or Four was on the door to the right and round the corner on the left was the Handwork Room , the Headmaster 's Study being on the extreme right next to the bathroom and opposite the Staff Common Room . |
| 5 | It requires us to admit that having a pain in one 's foot is really having a pain ( in the void , so to speak ) , and associating it with one 's foot , such association being in the form , say , of a judgement that there is something the matter with one 's foot . |
| 6 | If the free gift is supplied as a genuine gift without the transferee being under any obligation to do anything , there will be no contractual relationship between the transferor and transferee . |
| 7 | report on Fish Farming indicated that more than 50 sites are in the Outer Hebrides with the most important concentration being in the Uig area of Lewis . |
| 8 | If a child is not eating eggs , milk or fish , there is a risk of protein being in short supply . |
| 9 | The remaining car being worth £450 , the seller 's loss on the resale was £850 minus ( £450 plus £350 ) equals £50 . |
| 10 | And so we took advantage of the tender and the contractor being in th in the area , to extend the water pipeline from its current location at the football stadi erm er pavilion , through to the cemetery . |
| 11 | But I think my sister was a bit scared of him , she felt he was a stranger being in u in er soldier 's uniform you know . |
| 12 | Their productivity is low , fixed carbon being of the order of 10 mg m -2 of snow per day ; colour differences are due to different stages in development of the cells , and their sudden , often dramatic appearance during warm spells is more probably due to progressive loss of covering snow than to rapid proliferation ( Fogg , 1967 ) . |
| 13 | This took about six hours to record , the eventual programme being of 30 minutes duration . |
| 14 | A truer parallel is the archaic temple of Apollo at Delphi , with its battle in the west and on the east the frontal chariot flanked by kouroi and korai , a very still composition , the only action being in the animal-groups at the corners . |
| 15 | This came into being when the very first change in the first cell took place , and that change , which was the first biochemical action , ultimately proved to have been , or must be acknowledged to have been , taken to initiate the process which would continue indefinitely to produce a living being with an ever-increasing capacity to enjoy life . |
| 16 | But to eyes not looking through ancient spectacles , it assuredly appears as an affair of the intercourse of a living being with its physical and social environment . |
| 17 | In the Lake District too , Clark ( 1982a , 1982b ) cites an estimate of 11 per cent of stock being in use as second homes in the mid-1970s , with figures of over 30 per cent in some parishes . |
| 18 | The Marshal , whose thoughts were still with the prisoner on his way back to serve fifteen years in the Murate , and who was further distracted by half the talk being in English , was hardly able to follow a word of this interrogation . |
| 19 | Sports enthusiasts do n't lack for activities with Silverstone Race Track and the Delapre Golf Complex being amongst a host of activities and leisure pursuits just a short drive away . |
| 20 | We would be even more a country of two societies than is already the case , with the divide being between the employed haves and the unemployed have-nots . |
| 21 | The entrance to Pennistons Court was through an opening between the Burdens and the next cottage which was occupied by the Stanford family — the court entrance being under some of Burden 's bedrooms . |
| 22 | Mr. Frank Farr leased a garden at the end of a lane called Prospect Place , the entrance being between The Saint Ann 's Street Post Office and Hibberds Antique Shop . |
| 23 | Right at the end of the street was the wall of a very old building , the entrance being around the corner in Barnards Cross . |
| 24 | mind being in in here with blinds down . |
| 25 | However , an increasing proportion of audit appointments have been made to private sector accounting firms , the intention being to ultimately provide for a 50/50 split of appointments between the Commission 's own staff and the private sector . |
| 26 | Short leys , down for one or two years , are generally sown as a fertility-building break in an arable rotation ; the grazing , hay , or silage taken during the ley being of secondary — albeit significant — importance . |
| 27 | Even allowing for the pound being on home ground that is a sizeable difference . |
| 28 | Because of the common age of onset being in the late teens it can easily be equated with the usual somewhat awkward behaviour and natural rebellion of teenagers , and initially be set aside by both relatives and professionals , resulting in great family trauma , and at times violence or suicide . |
| 29 | Regional specialization developed , the major division of labour being between the grain-surplus areas of the south and the grain-deficit areas of the north and centre . |
| 30 | It was a shame about the er the door opener not working correctly subsequently er I discovered the incident with the the other team going into the other bedroom and er a young girl being in the bed that was missed and erm . |