Example sentences of "[adj] being [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because power can vary over such enormous ranges , it is customary to describe the attenuation of power in decibel units , the ratio of two powers P 1 and P 2 being described in terms of bels or decibels . |
| 2 | We may anticipate that there will be a stable length right at the start of the pipe ( the Reynolds number based on boundary layer thickness being small here ) , followed by the unstable region , this being followed in turn by another stable region as the profile approaches Poiseuille flow . |
| 3 | The morale of the air force was at first excellent , this being achieved through provision of better rations and other privileges . |
| 4 | To the left of the steps , constructed from solid railway sleepers that drop down to the lawn , we have suggested a raised bed , this being filled with soil from the levelled area below . |
| 5 | Here it is worth noting that one of the characteristics of disorganized capitalism as a social system is polarization and that this polarization is particularly apparent in relation to reproduction , with one set of households being dependent on state benefits and bureaucratic allocative systems and another being integrated into markets through the spending of wages . |
| 6 | As for S1593 , it was returned to the makers where three 720hp Junkers Jumo IVC diesel engines were fitted , these being built under licence as the Napier Culverin Series I. This aircraft finished its days as a test machine for anti-corrosive paints , but with its 37mm COW gun was considered the prototype for the Blackburn Perth which followed . |
| 7 | The survivors were all being treated for hypothermia after being picked up by helicopters and coastguards . |
| 8 | No services were to be held in the church or chapels on certain forbidden former holy days ; nor was any concourse of idle people to attend church on those days , which included All Souls ( nor the evening or night before ) and those of Saints Catherine , Nicholas , George , Lawrence , Ann , and so on , including Thomas-a-Beckett , Mary Magdalene , the Conception , the Assumption , Wednesdays during the Easter or Whitsuntide weeks all being forbidden by law to be kept as holidays . |
| 9 | The other three members in the family are all being bought in OEM from Tricord Systems Inc and will be available soon from Sequent as the entry-level two-way WinServer 1000 priced at $29,900 , the two-way WinServer 1500 priced at $39,300 and the six-way WinServer 3000 priced at $75,300 . |
| 10 | The increase in internal energy is of two forms : kinetic and intrinsic , the latter being calculated with reference to " a standard state of uniform temperature and zero displacement " ( Love ) . |
| 11 | After the IPS requirements had been specified during Activity 3 of the FAOR approach , it was employed to forecast the possible effects of the proposed system in terms of benefits and disadvantages ( the latter being referred to disbenefits in the FAOR publication ) . |
| 12 | The Imam was also reported to have encountered disagreement from other ayatollahs — from Taleghani and Shariat-Madari ( both of whom have since died ) , the latter being accused of involvement in an attempted coup . |
| 13 | ‘ It must be really tough being chased by hordes of gorgeous women . ’ |
| 14 | Many of the programs currently available , and the majority of those being prepared for launch within the next few months , will run on perfectly ordinary business computers , the same systems on which you currently perform word processing or accounting . |
| 15 | We know that XK488 was built at Brough and first flew on October 31 , 1958 being used by Blackburns for trials work . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the case of a 13-year-old being raped at knife-point in a Coventry churchyard received the most sustained coverage . |
| 17 | IV ) , each being developed with reference to the trinitarian structure of God 's own being as Father , Son and Holy Spirit . |
| 18 | Bayezid II was won over by Mueyyedzade 's arguments and not only appointed Kemalpasazade to the Taslik medrese but also charged him with writing a history of the Ottoman dynasty in Turkish to serve as a companion piece to that being written in Persian by Idris Bitlisi |
| 19 | This could be because exposure to the hazardous substance or substances did not occur in those populations or that being monitored for exposure to external radiation was not a marker of the relevant exposure . |
| 20 | While not giving details of the pricing , he said that the price-performance curve on the 80486 is the basis for pricing of the Pentium and that he expected the sort of dynamic that applied to the 80486 to apply to the Pentium as well — the 80486 being introduced at $900 to $1,000 and falling to $200 over a period of four years — at a rate of 30% per year . |
| 21 | And provision by the welfare state expanded until the 1970s with benefits increasing in real value , access to higher education and health care expanding , and rights to housing for the homeless being guaranteed by law for priority groups . |
| 22 | People have just had enough being thrown from pillar to post . ’ |
| 23 | • If you and your spouse are both being treated as in-patients by the NHS for the same road accident , this payment will be tripled to £78 for each night , again free of tax . |
| 24 | It is tempting to imagine an exchange of information and assistance between gypsies and witches , both being subjected at times to severe persecution . |
| 25 | Badr al-Din Mahmud ( Kadizade : kadi of Aleppo from 963/1555–6 to 967/1560 ) , also later to become Mufti of Istanbul , and in one specific case , quoted by Ata'i , was overruled by him ; while Molla Muslih al-Din Mustafa ( Circinzade Mustafa ) , appointed muderris/mufti in Bosnasarayi in 965/1557–8 , fought the kadi of Bosnasarayi to a standstill over certain matters , both then making representations to Istanbul and both being removed from office for their pains . " |
| 26 | Offences such as wasting police time and perverting the course of justice could be considered , with the possibility of both being taken to court as drivers and letting the court decide . |
| 27 | Readers will note a small discrepancy between the total given in the graph and the latest figure , a result of some services for 1990 being notified to headquarters after the preparation of the Annual Report . |