Example sentences of "[noun sg] being [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the earliest was the study by Gagné and Baker ( 1950 ) with which I began this chapter ( fig. 5.1 ) , this study being designed to show that training in applying a different verbal label to each of the various stimulus lights would produce differentiation among them that would transfer to a subsequent motor task . |
| 2 | If the contents of the statement are not contested therefore it may be put in as evidence without the witness being called to give oral testimony . |
| 3 | This is because both recognition of the trigram and comprehension of the passage being shadowed involve linguistic ability which is specialised in the left hemisphere . |
| 4 | ‘ But perhaps you are not real , like everything else in Seville at the moment , a fantasy being created to send sane men out of their minds . ’ |
| 5 | It contains practical hints on walking the route , a list of key addresses for information points and explains the work being done to restore eroded stretches along the trail . |
| 6 | about pho photographic studio , but certainly lights and a background erm of some nature being used to produce this photograph . |
| 7 | But will starvation not bring surrender without the King being asked to make such concessions ? |
| 8 | What this early artist has illustrated is mobbing behaviour being exploited to trap small birds , which would have been destined to be served up at table . |
| 9 | North West Playwrights ' Workshops 1993 in Manchester will feature both works with Terry 's Shadow of My Father being chosen to open this year 's event as the Press Night production on the evening of June 30 . |
| 10 | These are the worries of the modern world , and a Church being seen to tackle these problems head-on would be a much better image-builder than 10 TV ads trying to entice people into church on Sundays . |
| 11 | ‘ With reference to my reply to Mr. Hollis ’ letter in the November issue , the artist showed a glass strip being used to join two aquariums together to make one large tank . |
| 12 | Although it is difficult to determine what was the original material from which these rocks were derived , the general consensus of opinion is that the original material was of igneous origin , with the old term orthogneiss being used to describe these rocks in the past . |
| 13 | Having got the kind of structure it had always insisted upon , it seems clear that Britain had no qualms about such a statement being used to promote some version of supranationalism . |
| 14 | It is thought that the Italian connection relates to the old farm being used to hold Italian prisoners of war captive during the Second World War . |
| 15 | Little over 15 per cent of farmers are now tenants , and fewer than 2 per cent own no land of their own , most tenanted land being rented to supplement existing holdings . |
| 16 | The principle behind such performance is that of energy being harnessed to realise dynamic propulsion . |
| 17 | Have you ever heard of anyone in this office being asked to make other arrangements ? ’ |
| 18 | Moreover , failure on the part of an undertaking being investigated to produce relevant documents to the Commission can render it liable to fines on a daily basis . |
| 19 | These marriages of lower Patel girls to higher Patel boys became vast affairs , with the girl 's family being forced to spend enormous sums on sweets and also give large amounts of gold to the boy 's family . |