Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On the other runs the final path length was slightly higher , with the maximum value over all runs of 7392 , and with errors in the probe orders being confined to the centromeres of one or both of chromosomes I and II ( e.g. , one half of chromosome 2 would be joined to chromosome III ) . |
| 32 | Even in relation to non-manual workers , however , serious manpower shortages and problems of relocating staff were being reported in the mid-1980s in many parts of southern England ( Parsons , 1987 ; IMS , 1987 ) . |
| 33 | Guatemala 's Minister of Energy and Mines has announced a plan to set up a series of solar generating stations in rural areas currently without electricity , and similar initiatives are being considered by the governments of El Salvador and Panama . |
| 34 | Traditional working conditions and fundamentals are being eroded by the Banks in the relentless pursuit of increased profitability with scant regard for their other responsibilities . |
| 35 | The professors would have fixed salaries , the pupils ' fees being added to the funds of the establishment . |
| 36 | I can only assume that this continuing violence to musical instruments is being pursued in the interests of ‘ entertaining ’ the majority of the audience ( who are non-musicians ) . |
| 37 | Wounded were being carried through the trees to the shelter of the farm buildings , the medics stopping from time to time to rest , then continued quickly on their way . |
| 38 | ( On Oct. 7 the Speaker announced that the impeachment motion was being dropped on the grounds of having insufficient valid signatures . ) |
| 39 | A similar pattern of co-operation between public libraries being fostered by the needs of pre-licentiate programmes was also evident in some of the examples of co-operative schemes noted in our sample : |
| 40 | River pollution is the main source of the zinc , copper and lead being discharged into the seas around Britain , the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has confirmed . |
| 41 | In this way power and love might both be enjoyed , as we see them being enjoyed by the heroes of a thousand school stories . |
| 42 | It would have been expecting too much to imagine that the once-mighty ‘ Hitler myth ’ might disappear overnight in 1945 , disintegrating along with the mortal remains of the Führer himself and being scattered with the ashes of the Third Reich . |
| 43 | ‘ It 's like being caught in the jaws of a vice , ’ says Andrew Jones , head of tax consultancy and compliance at Ernst & Young . |
| 44 | Fortunately parts of the carved shrine were preserved by being built into the walls of the lychgate , the porch and the south wall of the church . |
| 45 | A DOUBLE-DECKER PAGEANT WAGON BEING BUILT IN THE GROUNDS OF KING 'S MANOR , YORK ( Page 73 ) |
| 46 | The centre is being built in the grounds of Edinburgh 's Western General Hospital adjacent to the Medical Research Council 's human genetics unit . |
| 47 | The first three enthralled me : a man , miserably clutching a winding frame , being birched on the buttocks by his wife ; a tapster drinking ; and two peasants disembowelling a slaughtered pig . |
| 48 | This study is designed to provide a means of testing , refining , and developing theories about football hooliganism on the basis of empirical data that are being collected by the techniques of social anthropology . |
| 49 | The leaves are cleaned and the cuticle scratched , thus aiding fungal decay ; the ants cut and chew the pieces into fragments , which are mixed with saliva as well as faeces before being put in the garden , the swollen tips ( gongylidia ) being collected by the ants for food . |
| 50 | Something very interesting is being done to the soles of my feet . |
| 51 | There is no space to tell you of the depth of fellowship I am experiencing , of the great joy I have in teaching such folk , of all I am learning from these believers who have suffered so much , of the hardening opposition by the Orthodox Church , of the great work being done by the Baptists among Bulgarian orphans and of the plans for an orphanage , school and seminary . |
| 52 | All the noise being made about the hostages at that time was just political rhetoric . |
| 53 | Subject to the necessary amendments being made to the provisions of the schemes , they will continue for a transitional period after privatisation to provide for continuity of pension provisions and allow time for the privatised company to make new arrangements . |
| 54 | Considerable enhancements are being made to the services in the Library and the Bookshop through new computer systems . |
| 55 | The local complications of gonococcal infection can then be predicted from a knowledge of the local anatomy , with appropriate allowance being made for the differences between the sexes . |
| 56 | Here in May 1942 — before the raid on Dieppe that August — plans were being made for the landings in North Africa that would put an American Task Force ashore on the Atlantic coast near Casablanca , a second force ashore at Oran in the Mediterranean , and a third further east at Algiers . |
| 57 | It is still very unsure whether West Malling can be totally saved from the axe , but concerted efforts are being made behind the scenes by various parties , for not only West Malling but the other 72 threatened airfields in the UK . |
| 58 | Crushed flint was used mainly in the manufacture of superior earthenware , which was being made in the Potteries before china and porcelain . |
| 59 | Statistics for calorie consumption in the region show that despite considerable variation between different areas , nearly all the countries raised their calorie requirement satisfaction rates during the 1970s , the greatest progress being made by the countries with initially the lowest levels . |
| 60 | Professor Glennerster said that it was clear that the benefits won by GP fund holders were swiftly being transferred to the patients of other GPs , which is what we said would happen . |