Example sentences of "[adj] being [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh it was so funny being dragged in the kitchen |
| 2 | Initial flight of the prototype Iris ( N185 ) took place on June 19 , 1926 , this being followed throughout the summer by a series of trials at the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment ( MAEE ) , Felixstowe . |
| 3 | The nickname here is Rangi , this being given to the person for his prowess with a cricket bat and was so called after an Indian cricketer while another Upper Halling nickname was No Cut Mitchell , this being for his skill in hair cutting . |
| 4 | If the court appoints an insolvency practitioner to prepare a report , a copy of the order and the petition and statement of affairs must be sent to him , and the court must also fix a venue for the report to be considered with notice of this being given to the practitioner and the debtor ( r 6.44 ) . |
| 5 | He summed up the benefits of open systems to Harris as including a reduction in operating costs of between 60% and 75% , functional staff reductions of between 20-50% , software maintenance savings of between 50% and 60% and cost avoidance in the region of $250m to $300m , this being based on the cost per MIPS of a mainframe , $44,300 , compared with a workstation server of $761 per MIPS . |
| 6 | Is this being appraised with the exception or continuous service with the application , and we are deleting that point 4 does n't apply to access . |
| 7 | When it was revealed that the 14 candidates polling the least votes and thus threatened with exclusion from the central committee included such notables as Abalkin , Shevardnadze , Ryzhkov , Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov and CPSU international department head Valentin Falin , Gorbachev intervened with a proposal that they too should be deemed elected by virtue of having won a legitimate majority , this being accepted by the congress . |
| 8 | This is in marked contrast with the IS-LM system where the only stock-flow equilibrium relationship which is explicitly modelled is between the stock of money and the flow of income , this being summarized in the LM curve . |
| 9 | in this case it was held that despite knowing that a vehicle had deposited diesel on the road there as no duty to take active steps to prevent another being injured by the negligence of a third party . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not saying best practice is wrong , ’ he said , ‘ but someone must change the operational guidelines because you ca n't have one set of guidelines issued by the Institute and another being operated by the JMU . ’ |
| 11 | May : Railcar No. 16 at Donegal Station : June : ‘ Meenglas ’ and ‘ Columcille ’ standing amongst the weeds at Strabane , 1964 : July : Trailer No. 2 and Van No. 12 being turned on the turntable at Killybegs : August : 1958 view of Strabane looking northwards showing the track layout and rolling stock there : September : Loco No. 3 ( Lydia ) receiving attention at Strabane : October : Railcar No. 14 at Strabane : November : ‘ Columcille ’ shunting coaching stock at Strabane : December : Articulated railcar No. 19 standing outside the overall roof of Killybegs Station . |
| 12 | Files of this firm would contain 30 letters on average for a conveyance , roughly half being despatched by the firm . |
| 13 | This may lead to the formation of more than one bar , the outer being related to the break point of storm waves and the inner to the break point of normal waves . |
| 14 | The selectors certainly ca n't be accused of not spreading their nets far and wide , Division III being represented by the Haddington winger , John Kerr , and Division II by Steven Ferguson ( Peebles ) and the Stewart's-Melville pair , Kenny Milligan and Douglas Wyllie . |
| 15 | This resulted in a hefty fine being imposed by the county FA , on top of a fine for fielding an ineligible player during the match at Twitchit Albion . |
| 16 | ‘ All fines will be levied equally between the county clubs and the players , with the contribution to be made by each individual player to any fine being decided by the county concerned . ’ |
| 17 | It was customary to wear heavy iron or brass rings around their fingers , these being made by the mine smiths . |
| 18 | The lift was absolutely essential for some of the barrels were extremely large being brought from the Goods Station on horse-drawn drays and then manoeuvred to the road on specially constructed ramps which clipped to bars at the back of the carts . |
| 19 | For instance only four-were living alone and all these people had much lower OBS scores than the three being sustained by the project ( one had a score of three and the other three of five ) ; they were also able to manage much more of their own care than the former group , being mentally and , to some extent , physically more capable . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , this notion of the station as strong point continued , and was partly the reason for many being built outside the communities they served . |
| 21 | ( 2 ) ( a ) The justices were under a duty to consider whether it was better for the child for a secure accommodation order to be made rather than no order at all being made upon the application ( in accordance with section 1(5) of the Children Act 1989 ) . |
| 22 | ‘ The justices were under a duty to consider whether it was better for the child for a secure accommodation order to be made rather than no order at all being made upon the application in accordance with section 1(5) of the Children Act . |
| 23 | in the last one that she 's chained up to that big fat slug thing and they 're all being pushed over the edge of that big pit |
| 24 | Not only was there plain cotton but now lace , lawn , twill , corduroy , crepe , velvet , silk and some wool were all being used in the fabrication of these follies of fashion . |
| 25 | The role of the state and the issues of democratisation , economic liberalisation , and territorial decentralisation are all being changed in the countries of Eastern Europe and the republics of the former Soviet Union in the rapid transitions from authoritarian rule by Soviet-style communist parties . |
| 26 | Scarves , bobble hats and sweaters are all being sold in the Charity 's Appeal Unit , which tours round the country and proceeds are boosting resources , such as the Charity 's three rescue centres , to help neglected and ill-treated horses , ponies and donkeys . |
| 27 | This led to Richard II being imprisoned in the Tower of London and the House of Lancaster usurped the throne with Henry IV being crowned at Westminster , on 13th . |
| 28 | Many of the American neo-Lamarckians argued that evolution exhibited both adaptive and non-adaptive trends , the latter being explained as the unfolding of trends built into the very constitution of each group at its origin . |
| 29 | The programme of motorway building played an important facilitating role , while direct government intervention made a substantial contribution in the form of the Location of Offices Bureau , large-scale slum clearance and the official overspill programme , the latter being expanded in the light of the mid-1960s projections of strong national population growth . |
| 30 | The programme of motorway building played an important facilitating role , while direct government involvement made a substantial contribution in the form of the Location of Offices Bureau , large-scale slum clearance and the official overspill programme , the latter being expanded in the light of the mid 1960s projections of strong national population growth ( Hamnett and Randolph , 1983a ; Robert and Randolph , 1983 ) . |