Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] [being] " in BNC.

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1 Any commission they receive is added to the money being put in the scheme or plan so benefiting the client .
2 So what is happening to the tape being produced in Wrexham ?
3 Since no comment is made on the author being recently dead , it can be assumed that publication had been arranged while Leapor was still alive .
4 The item stored at this mid-point is compared with the item being searched for .
5 She 'll understand your anger and stop what she 's doing for the time being , but that wo n't stop her doing it again when you ca n't see .
6 This family is characterised by the disk being ill-defined or constricted with the arms appearing to continue to the centre of the disk in some genera ; the disk may be covered with skin or a dense coating of granules ; the long and narrow radial shields ; the reduced papillae on the jaw with only the apical papillae well developed and the oral papillae small , like enlarged granules ; the genital slits situated vertically on the sides of the disk ; the arms long and covered with skin or granules .
7 This is caused by the eyeball being too short from front to back , so images are brought into focus behind the retina .
8 The slight bleeding from the mouth is caused by the tongue being caught between the teeth .
9 Sexing is determined by the female being significantly plumper than the male .
10 Secondly , a covenant simply to pay a sum of money , whether by way of insurance premium , compensation or damages , is a covenant capable of touching and concerning the land provided that the existence of the covenant , and the right to payment thereunder , affects the value of the land in whomsoever it is vested for the time being
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