Example sentences of "[was/were] being [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , she was able to judge the sounds that were being mouthed by faces in photographs , and showed other evidence of normal lip-reading abilities . |
| 2 | High above Miles 's head , beyond the terminus bubble , the Bridge itself was trembling ; it was becoming more difficult to see , as if something were being called into shape around the central shaft . |
| 3 | In the early 1970s more and more allegations of cohabitation were being investigated , and more women were being deprived of benefit on these grounds . |
| 4 | By 1673 , he thought that too many of his supporters were being exposed to danger by his presence so he went off to Ireland for a cooling-down period . |
| 5 | In the autonomous Serbian province of Kosovo , where 6,000 Albanian teachers were being threatened with dismissal for refusal to comply with the Serbian curriculum , some 1,000 Albanian teachers demonstrating in the capital , Pristina , on Sept. 10 were dispersed by police . |
| 6 | Eight people were being questioned by police after 250 kilos of cannabis worth £1m was found concealed in a consignment of cabbages which arrived in Birmingham from Holland . |
| 7 | A Yard statement said the five were being questioned in connection with the alleged dishonest handling of £16m of the £26m in gold bars stolen in November 1983 from the Brink's-Mat bullion warehouse at Heathrow airport . |
| 8 | Shortly after Abe 's arrest it was reported that other members of the Miyazawa faction were being questioned in connection with the affair . |
| 9 | Murray and other civil servants were clear that they were being bamboozled on issues like the Clow differential ( p. 37 above ) but accepted much of the industry 's case . |
| 10 | Ascending and descending colonic biopsy specimens were taken from 12 patients with longstanding quiescent ulcerative colitis who were being examined as part of a programme to screen for dysplasia/malignancy , and from 12 patients who acted as controls , who did not have ulcerative colitis . |
| 11 | A US armed forces spokesman , Lt-Col Greg Smith , said many of the 527 migrants were ill and were being examined by doctors after disembarking over the weekend . |
| 12 | The findings of the research , which were being undertaken on behalf of the HCIMA by the University of Surrey , would be used to extend the Association 's existing Corpus of Knowledge research , providing information on the functions hospitality industry managers perform at different levels and in different situations , to raise the profile of the 23000-strong professional body within the European forum . |
| 13 | When systems were being adopted in branches of physical geography there were similar developments in other earth sciences . |
| 14 | Several families they knew had sons or fathers missing or drowned at sea , and men were being sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force . |
| 15 | The aircraft were being flown to Prestwick from Brize Norton , Colerne and Little Rissington . |
| 16 | Bush made his statement after receiving a CIA report in mid-February , which had informed him that Israeli claims that under 1 per cent of Soviet immigrants were being settled in the " occupied territories " was only partly true , because a further 10 per cent were being placed in settlements in East Jerusalem . |
| 17 | Finally , in 1980 a senior judge was appointed to conduct a continuous independent check to ensure that interceptions were being conducted in accordance with the established procedures , with a duty to report to the Prime Minister . |
| 18 | The switch has surprised Wembley , who expected a home game against Spain , and has disappointed the Spanish FA , who hoped they were being invited to London for only the second time in 20 years . |
| 19 | And because they were prepared to go out and speak about their faith people were being converted from Buddhism to Christianity in their thousands . |
| 20 | It is possible , however , that Christianity 's greatest early influence was on those of the Jewish faith who were already questioning the manner in which the scriptures were being used to justify the establishment of secular privileges , and were being cited in support of other controversial practices such as the use of the Temple for financial purposes . |
| 21 | Despite the greater complexity of the RET and an increase in candidate numbers last session , results were being despatched to candidates at the usual speed through the summer . |
| 22 | Five people were arrested and two were being sought after police in Erfurt , capital of east Germany 's Thuringia state , tracked down the works by Lucas Cranach the Elder and associates . |
| 23 | And she had an incoherent sense that he and she together were being pushed in squares of black-and-white across the game board , and she did n't want to comply with the games masters by speaking aloud , let alone complaining , of the antagonisms they orchestrated . |
| 24 | Arrangements were being made for signature by Estonia , Kirghistan , Lithuania , Moldova and Turkmenistan . |
| 25 | Members complained that their phone calls were not being answered ; federal appointments were being made without reference to them ; legislative proposals were emerging without prior consultation with congress and senior presidential staff were accused of not treating Congressional leaders with sufficient respect . |
| 26 | This was followed by a wedding staged as if the Bride and Groom were being manipulated as puppets by a group of servants , a particular japanese theatrical tradition . |
| 27 | In the mid-nineteenth century more people were being born by comparison with pre-industrial Britain , but also more people were dying relatively young . |
| 28 | The parents of Mr Garvey , at their home in Leeds , were being questyioned by police about their son 's habits before the discovery of a body . |
| 29 | By the middle years of the fifteenth century litigants in civil suits before the Parlement of Paris could send word that they would not appear in person because they were engaged in war for the public good ( ‘ in expedicione causa rei publice ’ ) or were being detained as prisoners by the enemy . |
| 30 | By 1893 , coaches were being built with bogies of an 8ft wheel base . |