Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [adv] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was also cursing his luck at being caught out in the open , when three figures stepped forward into the moonlight and stopped facing him across the intervening space . |
| 32 | Purpose-built stadia generally followed from club success rather than being built speculatively in the hope of profit . |
| 33 | This duty was helped by the fact that the general hospital units being built up in the London catchment area were already taking over the functions of the asylums . |
| 34 | Until then I 'd never had any intimation of what was being done nowadays in the field of biblical research , or of the attacks being launched by competent historians . |
| 35 | The experience gained here and in other countries is now being written up in the form of guide lines for future motorcycle users . |
| 36 | It was the perfect response from Mike Walker 's side after Saturday 's 3-0 defeat at Wimbledon which once again saw the East Anglians being written off in the title stakes . |
| 37 | There are two films being shot side-by-side in the studio . |
| 38 | Harry Moyle himself was rescued after being shot down in the sea ( by Spitfires , in fact ) and was rescued by a fishing boat from North Berwick . |
| 39 | The court has heard Miss Reilly died from massive bleeding after being shot twice in the back . |
| 40 | In conclusion , although it is difficult to foresee the tide of interest and activity being turned back in the NHS , and a majority of DGMs believe that the new system has already delivered quality improvements ( Appleby et al. |
| 41 | Presumably it is much more likely that such a problem would be picked up by professionals involved in a family , but it underlines the fact that children who are failing to thrive are very much at risk unless they are being taken to the clinic , for example , or are being seen regularly in the home by a Health Visitor . |
| 42 | has already crapped himself about the visit cause extra work of course but er the er however we should er revert maybe we 'll keep an eye on the schedule and things er but we we need to tie it up tight so we do n't get a cos I mean what 's being said now in the corridors of power is that the schedule is totally sales driven and it 's the sales department that 's put it together , I am only the administrator , I only I d I completely take my orders from the sales department quote unquote in front of everybody at the management meeting . |
| 43 | Meanwhile , the knock-on effect of the slump is still being felt out in the provinces . |
| 44 | ‘ I do n't like the fact that I am being pushed out in the cold . |
| 45 | You 're not the one who 's being chucked up in the air . |
| 46 | Apart from risks to patients related to medications , nurses themselves may be at risk , for example , when handling cytotoxic drugs which are being used increasingly in the treatment of cancer . |
| 47 | The intensional pattern corresponding to ( 44 ) is that of ( 47 ) , where once more the property instantiated by the adjective is underlined : ( 47 ) The mapping of the intensional pattern onto the surface syntax of English is again very direct and very natural , being reflected solely in the order of the instantiating elements , with again adjectival form as an overt marker that the second property is applied to the initial E. What ( 47 ) suggests , however , is that the similarity of construction is not between postverbal and predicate qualifier , which has the intensional structure given in ( 48 ) , but rather between postverbal and adverbal , the intensional structure for which is repeated here as ( 49 ) : ( 48 ) ( 49 ) From the point of view of the adjectival property , ( 47 ) and ( 49 ) are essentially the same ; the adjectival property syntactically qualifies another property word , while it is applied to the entity of the noun phrase in immediate construction with the property expression of which the adjective forms part . |
| 48 | The hotel was coming to life : in the next room a woman was scolding a child ; there were sounds of pots and pans being shifted about in the kitchen ; eventually , from down the corridor , came a rattling of cups and saucers . |
| 49 | Far from being wrapped up in the Tour and excited by it , she looked all the time as if she would sooner be anywhere else . |
| 50 | MCI Communications Corp is now shipping the GEC-Marconi Ltd VideoPhone for $1,500 the pair after getting Federal Communications Commission approval for the device , which is being sold here in the UK , in Japan , Singapore and Germany . |
| 51 | Mr Salmon told me that he 'd heard the best barrows were being sold off in the Old Kent Road , on account of the fact that so many young lads were heeding Kitchener 's cry and joining up to fight for King and country . |
| 52 | When he moved at this time to larger premises at no. 5 Charing Cross , his maps were reputed the finest being engraved anywhere in the world . |
| 53 | Contemporary Egyptian rugs are produced in and around Cairo , and represent some of the best quality items , in both wool and silk , currently being produced anywhere in the world . |
| 54 | The construction of this block comprised a ground-storey brickwork plinth , perforated with a handful of windows where these were necessary to light the interior , surmounted by a timber-framed and boarded upper-storey structure , a third ‘ attic ’ storey being accommodated largely in the void formed by the steep-sided pitched roof . |
| 55 | He had been interrogated at the Comando di Legione in Parma before being locked up in the Citadella to await removal to Germany . |
| 56 | SLF are also in danger of being banged up in the Tower Of London for incurring the wrath of Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 57 | In March 1915 at a discussion between London Tramways Managers , Mr. Mason said he did not think women were suitable to conduct large open top cars , but in the New Year , the Company had to employ them , as so many men were being called up in the forces . |
| 58 | The house being packed up in the Mansfield Street drawing room . |
| 59 | ‘ I hate to see them do that , but it is better than the children being trampled underfoot in the rush . |
| 60 | ‘ Their problems may be acute , and there is a risk of being swallowed up in the mass of an adult ward . |