Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [prep] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Progressive versus non-progressive disorders — The diagnostic groups were broadly classified into progressive and non-progressive disorders ( table II ) , stroke patients being placed in the second group for analysis . |
| 2 | So much so that consideration is being given to a second arena … |
| 3 | A few years ago Japanese-Americans were compensated for being interned during the second world war , and some ( mostly white ) people have begun to point out that blacks have yet to be compensated for centuries of slavery . |
| 4 | Stephen 's feisty Yorkshire wife Sally ( Jan Francis ) thereafter is harried by the accountant 's heavies , while the accountant ( James Grout ) is being hounded by a second set of heavies on the track of a very expensive painting . |
| 5 | In short , whereas there is not the possibility of using an argument from analogy to answer factual questions about time on the Sun , there is the possibility when it comes to people 's feelings , and so , being predisposed by the second reason to think that there is some sort of connection between moaning and the pain-language , we naturally fall into the trap of confusing valid fact-establishing arguments from analogy with invalid meaning-establishing ones , and produce the well-known argument that I am , in general , justified in applying ‘ mental ’ language to other people by the fact that they behave as I do when I 'm in a certain state of mind . |
| 6 | Forest had chances to win , a traditionally exciting game , but Kingsley Black missed a series of opportunities before being substituted in the second half . |
| 7 | A cap badge with the Guildford arms was continued in bi-metal form after 1902 with the King 's Crown ; the only radical variation being made after the Second World War when a beret badge of about ⅔rd size was introduced . |
| 8 | It was like some ghoulish rerun of Sunday afternoon , as if the same sequence in a film was being shot for a second time under a different director . |
| 9 | She and Mr Singh had visited the school for a Christmas event and had been pleased to hear that Balbinder was being moved into the second class . |
| 10 | There is no question of leave being granted for a second appeal . |
| 11 | Mill Reef returned to Longchamp the following spring to notch up a ten-length victory in the Prix Ganay , but after a lacklustre display when beating Homeric a neck in the Coronation Cup at Epsom he did not race again : he was being prepared for a second Arc when on 30 August 1972 he fractured a foreleg on the gallops , and was retired to stud . |
| 12 | They operate in basically the same way , but VITC coding has to be recorded onto the tape ( of course without being visible in the picture ) , at the time of shooting or while being copied onto a second tape ; RCTC coding on the other hand can be carried out at any stage of the editing process , and so is the more flexible of the two systems . |
| 13 | Movement of the system thus results in a number of parallel images being produced for the second model at each event . |
| 14 | After being measured against a second string of acceptability criteria — and assuming the UN takes to Morris and that a seat on the board becomes available — there would be a ballot , though no movement on this front is expected until next year . |
| 15 | The doctor was so used to being called in a second time to cope with the results of his first visit that eventually he dug in his heels and advised against another jab dealing with whooping-cough . |
| 16 | Clearly some rulers and ministers were being affected in the second half of the century by the complex and often conflicting currents which made up the great intellectual movement of the Enlightenment ( see Chap . |
| 17 | Striker Ferdinand , one of the midweek heroes in the win at Coventry , was taken to hospital after being replaced in the second half . |
| 18 | But , according to Moore ( 1938a ) , " occasional specimens are taken in which the presence of a second set of teeth within the marginal ones indicates that the original stoppage of growth was followed by a second slight growing period , this in turn being replaced by a second period of thickening and growth stoppage , but such specimens are too rare to be a serious source of error " . |
| 19 | The first generation Renault 5 was in production for 13 years before being replaced by the second generation Renault 5 ‘ SuperCinq ’ in 1985 . |
| 20 | But the 2-1 favourite was under pressure almost from the outset and betting slips were already being crumpled before the second circuit . |
| 21 | Microsoft Corp 's NT is now being touted for the second quarter of 1993 . |
| 22 | A number accepted that the SNP would benefit from having a seat at the committee which is being discussed as a second chamber for the European Parliament and would open up avenues for new relationships with parties across Europe . |
| 23 | The increase in borrowings had been $1.1 billion at the mid-year , with $0.6 billion being repaid in the second half of the year . |
| 24 | Each of the remaining public rooms have individual designs to suit their grand style , some being repeated on the second floor where another series of function rooms overlook Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street . |
| 25 | As far as registered conveyancing is concerned , there seems no reason why the transfer should not be prepared and executed in triplicate ( or an original with examined copies ) , the original transfer being lodged at HM Land Registry , the duplicate being held with the second charge certificate and the third being retained by the husband as evidence of his release from the first mortgage and of the indemnity in respect of the second mortgage . |