Example sentences of "being [verb] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much so that consideration is being given to a second arena … |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Rather as in the case of the warranty given for defective goods , both buyer and seller find it advantageous to set out the procedure and remedies to be followed in the event of any claim of infringement being made by a third party . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It 's being seen as a first step towards opting out of the N H S. |
| 6 | There is no question of leave being granted for a second appeal . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This scene shows an evening meal being prepared in a 10th century Viking household . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If objections based on uncertainty have any validity , then that word must be being used in a third sense . |
| 11 | BLOOD-sucking leeches are being used in a last bid to save two year-old Tanya Wood 's severed finger . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 " . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The problem arises from use of the recommended ‘ account payee ’ crossing on a cheque , which prevents it being paid to a third party . |