Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A high tensile fencing instructor thought it would allow him to show trainees types of fencing in addition to the one being erected during the course . |
| 2 | There are , for example , already more than 300 local authority solar/ low energy council house schemes in the UK and the CEGB is embarking on a programme of windmill construction and assessment — with a 3MW unit being erected on the Orkneys and ten smaller machines being deployed in East Anglia , as well as test units at Carmarthen Bay in Wales . |
| 3 | Mr. Jonathan Thomas Carr felt offended by what he considered was the ugly and tasteless housing being erected in the London suburbs , so he produced a scheme to create a garden suburb of Houses without basements , and of character within reach of people with moderate means , yet at the same time , retaining existing trees wherever possible . |
| 4 | Once assembled , the details were passed through a multiple drum-sanding machine and sent for staining and polishing before being erected in the carriage . |
| 5 | In Czechoslovakia Romanesque structures were being erected from the early tenth century , in the form of castles and churches . |
| 6 | There is no bass clarinet in A. The bass clarinet forms a solid bass for the woodwind group , often being placed below the bassoons . |
| 7 | The church was founded to guard the Romanesque bridge across the Vltava , chains being placed across the route . |
| 8 | ‘ The Waterside especially soon became en fete , festoons of evergreens , flags and flowers being placed across the street . ’ |
| 9 | The felt layers should be lapped by at least 150mm ( 6in ) , the upper felt being placed over the lower felt so that there is a continuous fall towards the eaves gutter . |
| 10 | The more common form shows the hands in an attitude of prayer , centre-chest height , with the fingertips touching and , occasionally , the thumbs crossed ; the second position involves the crossing of the arms with fingertips at centre chest , the right arm being placed over the left and the fingers of both hands remaining closed but outstretched ; finally , there is the attitude of total repose , legs slightly parted at the knees , the shoulders down and the hands placed over the groin , again with the right hand over the left and the fingers together yet unclasped . |
| 11 | West Germany was to be the poor relation , with all its military units being placed under the integrated command structure . |
| 12 | Secondly , the third-floor accommodation , lit only by the small clerestory windows of the nave ( composed of shallower paired lancets ) , managed to obtain the necessary amount of daylight from the glazing being placed at the rear of the original traceried stonework where the splayed internal window-revels generate an area exposed to daylight which is larger than the window area seen from outside ( Fig 46 ) . |
| 13 | By 300 the West added the birth of Jesus integrated into a solar calendar by being placed at the winter solstice . |
| 14 | ‘ He was wide awake while the old Black and Decker was being drilled straight through his kneecap and a donor tendon was being placed at the back of his knee , which is unbelievably advanced surgery . ’ |
| 15 | This large , three-engined , beast is being placed on a 21 year loan to the Dutch Military Aviation Museum at Kamp Zeist , near Soesterberg , where it will be displayed in Dutch Far East markings . |
| 16 | Likewise , scorch marks on kitchen worktops due to a hot pan being placed on a worktop is not considered as fire damage . |
| 17 | I refer to the decision of the Labour Group that in the first instance all Conference items should be submitted to the Labour Group Executive for approval before being placed on a committee agenda . |
| 18 | From 1 April this year , the vast majority of patients will be guaranteed admission to hospital within two years of being placed on a hospital waiting list . |
| 19 | It could be eg. through the accreditation of prior learning which is fast gaining ground , or by being credited with a learning outcome or two , or by being placed on a more advanced module . |
| 20 | Alerted by a slight sound , she again opened her eyes , turning her head slowly to see a cup and saucer being placed on a nearby small table . |
| 21 | Some of the wounded were being placed on the grass in front of the Chateau . |
| 22 | The less fortunate were the severely wounded who were being placed on the grass with two medics to attend to their wounds . |
| 23 | The success of two trial Training Courses held in June and October at Birmingham and York confirmed the belief that the wider demands being placed on the Honorary Welfare Officers meant that some formal training was essential . |
| 24 | Given the emphasis currently being placed on the role that schools should be playing , by providing a more socially relevant curriculum , more student-centred learning and a less alienating environment so as to prevent truancy , it is clearly important that education becomes the focus of any intervention . |
| 25 | The head and individual staff members meeting for about an hour to discuss the staff member 's responsibilities and the way that the school has progressed over the year ; particular stress being placed on the successes of the staff member and in finding areas of development and growth . |
| 26 | And one of the prime factors most often pointed to as a cause has been the rise of the new media of communication and entertainment , particular emphasis being placed on the deleterious effects of television . |
| 27 | This fashion of dimidiation was abandoned by at least the late fourteenth century and replaced by the style of compressing each set of armorial bearings onto one half of the shield — the husband 's being placed on the dexter and the wife 's on the sinister . |
| 28 | To equalise the pressure in the bladder to that being placed on the body , it is inflated during descent and deflated on rising . |
| 29 | Increasing emphasis is being placed on the role that remote sensing can play in temperate climates such as Britain , where commonly the soils are glacially transported and where natural vegetation patterns have been extensively modified . |
| 30 | Claims by McEwan that undue weight is being placed on the episode strike one as disingenuous . |