Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] the [noun] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the sixteenth century the Portuguese had already been profiting from the gold being produced in West Africa and Japan . |
| 2 | If suitable offers are received for the work being put out to tender today , Scotland will become the first country in the world with a fully-integrated national road management system using electronic roadside signs to warn and divert drivers on major routes and new , in-car navigation systems to beat urban traffic problems . |
| 3 | Old feuds have been forgotten for the time being . |
| 4 | However , if the receiver continues to bleep in its working position on the ground , and no ferret has been located in the hole being dug , it can be advisable to turn the volume down to the lowest . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry ’ , said the Christie 's receptionist , ‘ but the Sackler sale has been cancelled for the time being … |
| 6 | As has been said in the House previously , my hon. Friend will know that we are committed to the work being done in the south Atlantic , which HMS Polar Circle will shortly be carrying out . |
| 7 | Erm from you from your experience in the , the negotiating of that , that kind of er deal and just from what you saw of it working in factories , er do you think that management quite explicitly sought to , to create some division or was the division that arose wh you 're talking about the fitters being on a different scheme from the other members of the workforce ? |
| 8 | This was just as silly , he opined , as the yarn he had been told about the Sun being at a distance of 93 million miles from the Earth . |
| 9 | Some pits have been reprieved for the time being , but the closure programme may simply be delayed , the price of buying off political defeat being a £500 million subsidy over the next two years . |
| 10 | The estimated savings are based on the claimant being 22 weeks off the register , but again some stay off for a year , and some return much sooner . |
| 11 | The annual sub will vary between £200 for men and £65 for juveniles , but entrance fees have been waived for the time being . |
| 12 | Sotheby 's then heard from Michael Hebecker , Director of Schlossmuseum Gotha , informing them that , while the auction house had behaved fairly and correctly in offering the picture to the museum first , the permission to sell the Wtewael had been granted in his absence and with neither his knowledge nor consent , and asking them if the picture could be withdrawn for the time being . |
| 13 | Those who hope the discovery of commercial qualities of oil off the coastline of Wales will usher in an era of employment and prosperity , must surely be reflecting on the price being paid by the Shetland islanders in the wake of the Braer disaster . |
| 14 | If your bench top or surface used in the gluing process requires protection , a sheet of melamine on a thin backing to prevent curling , or polythene can be placed under the work being glued . |
| 15 | USER_INPUT/ — is an input parameter specifying information to be included on the DC being updated . |
| 16 | She 'd become accustomed to his remarks about her unwanted presence , but she had believed him to be resigned for the time being to having her around . |
| 17 | This was to be expected with the land being the main basic ingredient in the viability of the business . |
| 18 | A strong case can be made for the antibodies being consequential to neurological disease , and there is no correlation between the presence of these antibodies and in vitro indices of inherent toxicity of sera in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome . |
| 19 | Sales by galleries and auction houses dealing in , say , Picasso and Matisse will be caught , but sales by galleries dealing in , say , British pictures from the turn of the century , such as Augustus John and Sickert , may be made without the royalty being paid , since the pictures are now out of copyright . |
| 20 | Poor liaison with clients means that decisions about elements of the tax computation will be made without the client being advised . |
| 21 | As listed above it is clear that certain exempt gifts can be made without the gifts being property subject to a reservation . |
| 22 | The shallowness of the government 's commitment to consultation can be seen in the approach being taken towards Springvale , the flagship of Making Belfast Work . |
| 23 | The army captain and the naval navigator practised swimming ashore at night , taking turns to act the part of a sentry while the other stalked around the acting guard until this could be done without the swimmer being detected . |
| 24 | An example is set out below : 1 If the Majority holder(s) of [ Ordinary Share Capital/ " A " Ordinary Shares ] ( for the purposes of this Article ( " the Seller " ) ) intends to sell [ all/part/ … % ] of its holding of [ shares of the Ordinary Share Capital/ " A " Ordinary Shares ] ( or any interest in such shares ) ( the shares to be sold by the Seller being referred to as " selling Shares " ) the Seller shall give to the Company not less than 14 days ' notice in advance before selling the Selling Shares . |
| 25 | Records will be read into primary storage , their keys will be transformed by the algorithm being used , and if the address the algorithm produces is free they will be stored in that address on the direct access device . |
| 26 | Under the new system ( laid down in sections 26–32 of the ERA 1988 ) schools would be able to admit pupils until they were physically full — a stage reached when no additional pupils could be accommodated without the school being in breach of the law governing the use of school premises ( see below ) . |
| 27 | Indecently can be shown by the penis being erect and any other point that will negate any possible defence of accident or mistake . |
| 28 | It was announced that despite the signing of the peace agreement between the government and the Communist Party of Malaya ( CPM ) on Dec. 2 , 1989 [ see p. 37124 ] , the Internal Security Act ( ISA ) would continue to be enforced for the time being and that there were no plans to legalize the CPM as a political party . |
| 29 | " Which ca n't be helped for the time being . " |
| 30 | Existing qualifications will have to be recognised for the time being , probably for some years , and APL , or accreditation of prior learning , is something the National Council for Vocational Qualifications is still exploring . |