Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scuffles broke out when more than 60 protesters began tearing down a fence while it was being erected by council contractors around the trees on a strip of land at Stafford Park . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | Our return to the Duomo is by way of Corso Vittorio Emanuele , a pedestrian-only street that is used as an outdoor art gallery , works by contemporary sculptors being erected at intervals along the length and changed regularly . |
| 5 | On the village green in front of the Chinese Buddhist temple a fair-ground was being erected . |
| 6 | However , it is interesting to note that in a City History of 1830 , reference is made to ‘ the ideal dwellings for the working class now being erected by Mr. Penniston . ’ |
| 7 | Let us look at what is being erected . |
| 8 | Once assembled , the details were passed through a multiple drum-sanding machine and sent for staining and polishing before being erected in the carriage . |
| 9 | The village cross , in the Market Place , is believed to be the second cross , the current one being erected in 181 1 after the original was destroyed by workers on the Hull drainage scheme . |
| 10 | She had seemed quite tranquil as they walked in the sunshine through the crowded cathedral square where spectator stands were being erected ready for the Easter celebrations . |
| 11 | At Damems a building to the profile of the original station is being erected thus replacing the previous ‘ hutmonts ’ from Manchester Central — I hope the splendid Leeds ‘ Niagara ’ Water Closet from the former buildings will be reinstated here ! |
| 12 | I gather that the match was played at the new centre — little more than a new clay court being put down in an old car park and towering scaffolding stands then being erected around it , rising almost vertically so that it gave the impression of the fans literally hovering over the court . |
| 13 | The model being erected was that made for the Olympia Aero Show in 1929 . |
| 14 | A large marquee was being erected and everywhere men seemed to be pulling and heaving on large ropes . |
| 15 | Which is to say that defences are being erected to protect the integrity of Western culture , of the Western idea . |
| 16 | To eliminate the cartage of run-of-mine stuff to the Bonsor Mill adjacent to the Deep Level mouth , a second mill was being erected at Paddy End with the reception hoppers on a horizon with Grey Crag Level and Courteney 's Cross-cut . |
| 17 | At this hour the little clearing should be abustle with activity , huge mounds of logs being erected , smoke from the fires rising into the misty air . |
| 18 | In Czechoslovakia Romanesque structures were being erected from the early tenth century , in the form of castles and churches . |
| 19 | An electronic security curtain is also working in the open area between dispatch and the new Jacquard Looms presently being erected . |
| 20 | One has , for example , cottage rows being erected at Winchester apparently by individuals , and shops being built by the city corporation at Exeter and by the abbey at Tewkesbury ( 90 , pp.67–8 ) . |
| 21 | Is a house being erected only a building when its roof is on ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 5.6 Aerials signs and advertisements Not to erect any pole mast or wire ( whether in connection with telegraphic telephonic radio or television communication or otherwise ) upon the Premises It may be that the nature of the tenant 's business necessitates an aerial being erected and therefore the following amendment should be made : Not without the previous consent in writing of the Landlord ( such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed ) to erect any pole mast or wire |
| 24 | BEFORE the concrete foundations of the stage have even had time to set , and while the great steel girders of the fly tower are still being erected , Edinburgh Festival Theatre is receiving a succession of visitors from the leading opera and dance companies in Britain . |
| 25 | And as well as that , beyond the city walls , fortifications were being erected all the way round the north of Oxford , the bits that were n't covered by the river . |
| 26 | I loosened my shirt collar and watched a couple of generals being saluted by their chauffeurs . |
| 27 | AN heroic team of firefighters is being saluted for saving three people including a mother and baby son from their blazing home . |
| 28 | The status of comedy is crucial to the debate , and we can at least be sure that Kingsley Amis would not object to having his practice compared with Waugh 's , or to being placed with him among the monologists of the Right . |
| 29 | The boys all liked him , too — and some of them resented being placed under my care because of the fun they knew they could be having next door . |
| 30 | Amongst its conclusions , the report welcomes the emphasis being placed by the DSS and Social Security Benefits Agency ( SSAB ) on ‘ customer care ’ , and the recognition that much remains to be done to be sure that an adequate service is given . |