Example sentences of "[noun] [being] [vb pp] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can recall on one occasion the league programme being snowed off on the fifth Saturday in March . |
| 2 | This custom continued , the telegram being sent off on the morning of the shoot and the telegram of thanks being read out at lunch . |
| 3 | ‘ There are no barriers being put up on the basis of age but the national team is now in a situation in qualifying Group I where they have to produce every time in the six ties that remain to be played . |
| 4 | Keith Pennyfeather , a senior countryside officer with the commission said : ‘ Much of the restoration being carried out on the Pennine Way inevitably occurs at remote sites a considerable distance from the nearest road . |
| 5 | The Mochlos ring shows a sacred tree growing out of the shrine being ferried along on the priestess 's ship . |
| 6 | Original intentions to replace large-scale institutions with statutory services provided in the community have increasingly been modified , with a growing emphasis being placed instead on the role of families , friends and neighbours as the main providers of ‘ community care ’ . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly , the pattern of reasons given for such a selection tends to be highly personal and particular , with emphasis being placed mainly on the objectification of personal relations , for example , with deceased friends and relatives . |
| 8 | And th and can I restate the view of British Rail , there is little or no prospect of a new station being opened up on the east coast main route main line , because of the four track configuration , which I 'm sure you 'll have seen on your when you 've come up to York by tr by train . |
| 9 | On the one hand , it has been interpreted as indicating a revival of entrepreneurial vigour with new firms being formed either on the basis of new technologies or else in order to exploit market opportunities which have emerged as a result of the recession . |
| 10 | He told them about Mahmoud being put back on the case . |
| 11 | With the risk of public anger being taken out on the dying , frontline activism is simply a luxury we can not afford . |
| 12 | All liners are installed in a broadly similar manner , those made from polythene being spread out on the lawn in the sun for an hour or two before installation in order to become more supple and mould to the excavation more readily . |
| 13 | On structural grounds alone , a new building was needed as it was now so weak that it probably would not be able to withstand building operations being carried out on the surrounding land . |
| 14 | Our magpie memories lingered on the oddities of war in North Devon and Cornwall — of chocolates , cigarettes and , yes , French letters being washed up on the beach . |
| 15 | Luqa was again hit , one Beaufighter being burnt out on the ground here . |