Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've changed it again as well , now , now instead of the er , the white ball being placed anywhere in the anywhere behind the black line at the top . |
| 2 | Tragically , these trees are being torn down from the rapidly diminishing rainforests — and are not being replanted . |
| 3 | But there are few advocates for patients with anorexia nervosa and they carry the risk of being squeezed out by the increasingly technological emphasis of general medicine and the concentration of psychiatric services on the needs of chronic psychotic patients . |
| 4 | There is a radioactive process — beta decay — which enables one of the protons to shed its charge , in effect becoming a neutron at the instant of fusing ( the electrical charge being carried off by a positively charged form of the electron , known as a positron ) , the proton and neutron fusing to make a deuteron and liberating energy . |
| 5 | In other words , will workers in the future be increasingly herded together in large factories or offices belonging to even larger corporations or will there be a shift towards work being carried out at a more local level within small groups , perhaps operating as independent companies , partnerships , or co-operatives ? |
| 6 | Clive expressed his distrust and fear of being let down by a very detached attitude in all his relationships . |
| 7 | Despite being caught up in an almost mystical trance , Laura had not entirely forgotten that she was n't the only person swimming in the ocean . |
| 8 | Although automatic and semi-automatic high-bay warehousing systems are being built abroad at an ever increasing rate — some 2,000 have been constructed in Japan in the last fifteen years — the rate of development in the United Kingdom may only be described as slow . |
| 9 | In one sense Japanese subcontractors are being pushed away from the most labour intensive processes where overseas plants have the advantage . |
| 10 | There are some words which are simply anomalous , like women , or once or gaol ( which is , anyway , being pushed out by the more reasonable jail ) . |
| 11 | I had no idea what it was , but it certainly tasted good , all being washed down with a very good red wine . |
| 12 | ‘ The reason that they 're sparse is because when I 'm singing it 's kind of hard to be very rhythmic , so it 's the voice first and the guitar parts fitting around that , with the whole thing being locked together by a pretty solid and very basic groove . ’ |
| 13 | It is perhaps worth recording here , particularly for the benefit of Alan , to whom I am copying this letter , that the idea , while being born out of a most pleasant lunch with Terri Peralla , stands up well in my view to critical evaluation . |
| 14 | Early human consciousness would have been a world of certainties based upon simple social conventions and the fact of being born irrevocably into a clear cut role in life . |
| 15 | ‘ But being brought up in a strictly Christian home , I 'm so disgusted with myself I feel I 've got to hide it and atone for it with ‘ good works ’ . ’ |
| 16 | I had the great advantage of being brought up by a really traditional , old-fashioned nanny , who saw us through numerous disasters , one of which was the very memorable moment during the blitz when we were taken to a very smart tea shop in Curzon Street , a place where nannies met each other and their charges were just kept in tow . |
| 17 | A brisk antipodean , she moved with speed and efficiency , despite being weighed down by the most magnificent chest Amiss could remember ever seeing in real life . |
| 18 | As the demand for cotton goods rose ( partly owing to economic growth caused by advances in agricultural techniques and extended foreign trade ) cotton production shifted from the putting-out system to mills being set up in the rapidly urbanising towns . |
| 19 | Even in this sense , Cotte makes a case for analysing let as evoking permission from the point of view of non-intervention , " permitting " being represented here in a purely negative fashion , as not intervening to stop the realization of an action which the permittee wishes to perform . |
| 20 | It was flung open , and she side-stepped hastily , only just avoiding being knocked down by a very annoyed Roman . |
| 21 | Seated at his tiny desk beneath the window , Richard was intent on the word-pictures being held up by the kindly faced tutor . |