Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large marquee was being erected and everywhere men seemed to be pulling and heaving on large ropes . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | We did n't invite friends with Mother being placed as she was , but if neighbours called they would be offered a glass of something , usually home-made ginger cordial , and a bit of cake if we had it . |
| 4 | Very substantial improvements have been identified and are being realised but nothing stands still . |
| 5 | With low prices being realised and the distinct lack of enthusiasm from the floor , the Onslow 's auction reflected the depressed condition of the market . |
| 6 | A new BASI Constitution is being formulated and a new chief executive , Bob Kinnaird was recently appointed . |
| 7 | It can be seen that the law of confidence is very useful at an early stage when ideas are being formulated and discussed . |
| 8 | Instead of being coerced or bludgeoned into submission , the Celtic Church was simply subsumed . |
| 9 | without the engine being stopped and/or |
| 10 | A charity worker says his social security payments are being stopped because he 's taking aid to Sarajevo . |
| 11 | He proved unfortunate again , being stopped and , after a brisk battle , captured , by pro-government Highlanders . |
| 12 | Interviews with riot participants indicated bitterness at the media 's failure to highlight prior police-community relations : ‘ They do not show people being stopped and searched in their cars , in their homes and whilst waiting at bus stops ’ , one interviewee complained . |
| 13 | With the fans now streaming through the turnstiles , many of them being stopped and searched before going any further , there 's a final briefing for the man who could influence their mood , referee Paul Harrison . |
| 14 | Now , after various newspaper disasters , it is being recognized that allegiance to a particular paper , whatever others may think of it , is not something people change lightly . |
| 15 | It can be argued that it has played a significant — one might even say the most significant — role in producing all those patterns and distant harmonies that are being recognized as signalling the onset of the Pacific Age . |
| 16 | On this approach , a shape can be recognized as a whole without the constituent parts being recognized as such ( a part is represented in a radically different way if it is seen as a Gestalt in its own right ) . |
| 17 | Eventually this policy was abandoned because it was unprofitable for the Russian state treasury , and from then until the early twentieth century the Chukchis had the distinction of being recognized as ‘ not completely subdued ’ , and were left largely to their own devices . |
| 18 | They went to Malaga , where Ken was upset about not being recognized and then left because after raising his voice he was being pestered by autograph-hunters . |
| 19 | In restaurants , Ken and Hugh Paddick had meals together where there was inevitably the same story of not being recognized and then having to move because too many people were pestering him . |
| 20 | Their defeat by Hong Kong in May sparked off serious disturbances in the streets of Beijing , with Japanese cars and taxis being overturned and foreigners attacked . |
| 21 | But with the end of the Cold War , Western imperialist intervention under the guise of ‘ fighting Communism ’ is beginning to be laid bare , and the Allies in the Gulf are being exposed as never before . |
| 22 | Nothing could penetrate that world of her unshakeable convictions but the humility of being exposed and shattered by the ugly girl with her outspoken rudeness , significantly called Mary Grace . |
| 23 | But Shelley was unable to get rid of the sense of shame , of being exposed and cheated . |
| 24 | This is true , of course , in so far as it means that no contemporary authors were going to write stories about a single murderer being exposed when lawlessness was rife and human life generally seen as of little account . |
| 25 | There the lucky ones among us were allowed half-way up the steps before being halted and held in position for twenty minutes while , I assume , the stewardess disentangled herself from more pressing engagements and tidied herself in readiness . |
| 26 | In the summer of 1944 he attended the Staff College , Camberley , before being posted as OC 9 Field Company in 1 Airborne , with which he parachuted into Arnhem in September . |
| 27 | After leaving the Dardanelles he spent some time in Salonika and Egypt , before being posted as brigadier-general ( November 1915 ) on the staff of the reserve corps led by Sir Hubert Gough [ q.v. ] on the western front . |
| 28 | ‘ You can avoid being contaminated if you have the right protective cover and use protective gloves , ’ said Pooley . |
| 29 | In the circumstance of their redundance , the usual prescription has been the demolition of the buildings and sale of their sites , but it is likely that where redundancy affects noteworthy buildings — and an increasing number of Roman Catholic churches , lacking the exemption from ‘ listing ’ currently enjoyed by the Anglican churches , are being listed as buildings of architectural or historic interest — the church hierarchy may have to consider offering them for conversion to alternative uses . |
| 30 | EE173 had completed a raid on Berlin on January 15 , 1944 when it was shot down , its crew being listed as missing . |