Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Czechoslovakia Romanesque structures were being erected from the early tenth century , in the form of castles and churches . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | West Germany was to be the poor relation , with all its military units being placed under the integrated command structure . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It refers to the duty being placed on the new committee , ( a ) to monitor the effects of this Act on bus passengers in Scotland ; and , ( b ) to make recommendations to bus operators and the Secretary of State regarding the effects of this Act on bus passengers in Scotland . " |
| 7 | Extend the back leg and slide it backwards , the free hand being placed on the upper thigh of the extended leg . |
| 8 | Emphasis is being placed on the cognitive basis of social identity in contrast to the more familiar emphasis on evaluations . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Under pressure from diminishing resources and central government exhortations , much greater emphasis is being placed on the careful targeting of policy measures to the places where people suffer from the most severe problems , as evidenced by the successive reviews of regional policy and by the initiatives of the 1970s and 1980s aimed at rejuvenating inner city areas . |
| 12 | The dogs , mostly mongrels , undergo a four-month training programme before being placed with a deaf person . |
| 13 | This resulted in 75% of contracts being placed with the traditional provider . |
| 14 | The miniature was much damaged by being placed near a large stove in the house of the defendant who was nevertheless held not liable to L. |
| 15 | It had not been taken seriously by MPs or press and the Black case was discredited by being placed alongside the earlier claim . |
| 16 | As potential applications for PCR develop more emphasis is being placed upon the practical aspects of the reaction . |
| 17 | This bout of ‘ insanity ’ led to his being placed in a padded cell . |
| 18 | Most young girls of 25 would turn pale at the idea of being placed in a small Bolivian village where electricity and running water are next on the list of forthcoming attractions after sliced bread . |
| 19 | Most young girls of 25 would turn pale at the idea of being placed in a small Bolivian village where electricity and running water are next on the list of forthcoming attractions after sliced bread . |
| 20 | Ivor Stokle , 34 , a quantity surveyor , told a hushed Bristol Crown Court how he and his girlfriend , Mrs Pauline Leyshon , 43 , were kidnapped at knifepoint from a bungalow , beaten and bound before being placed in a blazing car which was pushed off a hillside . |
| 21 | The recommendation following upon an assessment might result in a child with a hearing disability being placed in a local primary school rather than in a special unit for children who are deaf or partially hearing . |
| 22 | In this case the mother submitted to the judge that to order the removal of the child from the United Kingdom back to Canada would expose him to a grave risk of being placed in an intolerable situation . |
| 23 | At the same time schools are being placed in the front line of accountability by the proposal to give headteachers and governors direct control of budgets and the opportunity to opt out of LEA control . |
| 24 | Progressive versus non-progressive disorders — The diagnostic groups were broadly classified into progressive and non-progressive disorders ( table II ) , stroke patients being placed in the second group for analysis . |
| 25 | Last year he took part in the London race along with 27,000 others , being placed in the top six per cent at number 1,442 . |
| 26 | No station was allowed to take a prize in the same class for more than two successive years , but if a station which had done so was deemed worthy of being placed in the same class in a third year , it received a special first-class certificate but no money . |
| 27 | When the second national curriculum was being formulated in the 1980s , this tradition was in retreat . |
| 28 | Both firms and workers are being coerced by the same force majeure of insufficient demand in the commodity market . |
| 29 | The stolen Peugeot 505 was chased by police across three counties before finally being stopped on the M-one near Milton Keynes . |
| 30 | Benredjeb gave former WBC champion Hodkinson a few problems before being stopped in the eighth round of a European featherweight title challenge in December 1989 . |