Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every log , as it is picked up , can be examined as an individual work of art — shape , grain , colour , weight — before being placed carefully on the fire in the correct position , to give its own artistic display of pyrotechnics . |
| 2 | Original intentions to replace large-scale institutions with statutory services provided in the community have increasingly been modified , with a growing emphasis being placed instead on the role of families , friends and neighbours as the main providers of ‘ community care ’ . |
| 3 | Not surprisingly , the pattern of reasons given for such a selection tends to be highly personal and particular , with emphasis being placed mainly on the objectification of personal relations , for example , with deceased friends and relatives . |
| 4 | A member of staff from Finance contacted the team concerned that her name was being given out on the radio . |
| 5 | On the one hand , it has been interpreted as indicating a revival of entrepreneurial vigour with new firms being formed either on the basis of new technologies or else in order to exploit market opportunities which have emerged as a result of the recession . |
| 6 | ‘ Lili Marlene ’ was constantly being moaned out on the radio , but when I was with my friends , the ones who had gramophones , we played American records which their parents had acquired years before the war . |
| 7 | However , if unauthorised activities are being carried out on the site , these would require planning permission and enforcement action could be taken . |
| 8 | The fireworks were being let off on the ramparts of the castle . |
| 9 | Basrah had a hard war , first by being caught up on the fringes of routine military engagements and later by itself becoming a direct target for bombardment . |
| 10 | My days can involve patrolling the island to make sure that people are observing the rules and that the birds are n't being disturbed either on the land or from the sea . |
| 11 | And th and can I restate the view of British Rail , there is little or no prospect of a new station being opened up on the east coast main route main line , because of the four track configuration , which I 'm sure you 'll have seen on your when you 've come up to York by tr by train . |
| 12 | Our magpie memories lingered on the oddities of war in North Devon and Cornwall — of chocolates , cigarettes and , yes , French letters being washed up on the beach . |
| 13 | In a similar way the French crown was able to make good use of the experience of such men , the Valois intervention in Castile in the mid-1360s , under the leadership of du Guesclin ( who understood their mentality well ) , being based largely on the services of these mercenaries . |
| 14 | The activities of the Ness community cooperative , ‘ Co Chomunn Nis Ltd ’ , appeared less unusual to those of us familiar with cooperatives in developing countries , being based mainly on the supply of agricultural requisites , agricultural machinery hire , and a horticultural nursery . |
| 15 | Being brought up on the fish starved waters of the North West he took no prisoners when he drew on fish on the richer waters in the Midlands . |
| 16 | Luqa was again hit , one Beaufighter being burnt out on the ground here . |
| 17 | It had disturbed her , though , she said : being struck hard on the face and finding she enjoyed it . |
| 18 | She looked back , and saw that Tante Héloise was being led away on the arm of the stout woman . |
| 19 | Forty minutes later Fred Winter was again being led in on the winner , for his wasting to ride Beaver II had paid off . |
| 20 | All liners are installed in a broadly similar manner , those made from polythene being spread out on the lawn in the sun for an hour or two before installation in order to become more supple and mould to the excavation more readily . |
| 21 | Before their arrival at Heathrow , their passports and tickets were confiscated ; when the British Airways plane landed , they were separated from the other passengers , put into a van and driven around for several hours before being forced back on the plane and sent out of the UK . |
| 22 | Opener Atherton was due to play in the first Test at Calcutta before being forced out on the morning of the match because of illness . |
| 23 | ‘ There are no barriers being put up on the basis of age but the national team is now in a situation in qualifying Group I where they have to produce every time in the six ties that remain to be played . |
| 24 | He also made it clear that any thoughts of topping the 221 mark are being put firmly on the back burner , with the fastest 100 , set last year in mid-December , his next target . |
| 25 | He then enquired — not too seriously , I feel — about the practicality of being put bodily on the compost heap , thereby incurring no cost and contributing , in time , to the fertility of the soil . |
| 26 | They could , in theory , be collected in another trailer and taken away , instead of being put back on the field . |
| 27 | He told them about Mahmoud being put back on the case . |
| 28 | As they had stumbled out of the incident room , new names were already being scribbled up on the action boards with blue marker pens — yet more people to be trawled by the team of detective constables . |
| 29 | He set off , more slowly this time , but all the same she was being tossed about on the seat . |
| 30 | This custom continued , the telegram being sent off on the morning of the shoot and the telegram of thanks being read out at lunch . |