Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Czechoslovakia Romanesque structures were being erected from the early tenth century , in the form of castles and churches . |
| 2 | Last year he took part in the London race along with 27,000 others , being placed in the top six per cent at number 1,442 . |
| 3 | Her predecessor , William Vander Zalm , had resigned after being criticized by the provincial conflict-of-interest commissioner for his role in the sale of his family-owned amusement park , Fantasy Gardens , to a Taiwanese investor . |
| 4 | Under what conditions is western aid being given to the former Soviet Union ? |
| 5 | Chemotherapy consisted of four week cycles of intravenous leucovorin ( 200 mg/m/day ) followed by 5-fluorouracil ( 550 mg/m/day ) and cisplatin ( 20 mg/m/day ) , each drug being given on the first four days of the cycle . |
| 6 | Amnesty claimed to have " compelling evidence " confirming that Iraqi soldiers had looted incubators from three of the main hospitals in Kuwait City , thereby causing the deaths premature babies , the number of such deaths being given by the Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society as 300 . |
| 7 | Chris and Pauline met while being treated at the same psychiatric unit of a local hospital . |
| 8 | A list of plants that recycle plastic waste is now being checked by the German quality-control institute for the DSD . |
| 9 | More than half the British troops in Germany are being withdrawn over the next four years , which will inevitably put more pressure on UK training areas , making the removal of the MoD from national parks even less likely . |
| 10 | The troops of the former USSR Interior Ministry were already being withdrawn from the disputed Armenian enclave of Nagorny Karabakh in Azerbaijan [ see also p. 38582 ] . |
| 11 | Does my hon. Friend believe that the public are satisfied that motorway repairs are being undertaken in the shortest possible time ? |
| 12 | The offer of further help was widely interpreted as attempt to improve the chances of the treaty being ratified by the requisite two-thirds majority of the 23-member Philippine Senate . |
| 13 | He played in last summer 's first Test against Pakistan — getting a first ball duck — and was dropped again before being recalled for the final two Tests . |
| 14 | A generic standard is being developed by the International Electrotechnical Commission , but is not yet agreed . |
| 15 | The Nelson Estate was also being developed in the late 1960s . |
| 16 | It has been suggested that the serpentinites , glaucophane schists and associated rocks of Anglesey represent a subduction zone where oceanic crust was being consumed below the early European plate . |
| 17 | ‘ The receivers , who still own the building , are open to offers , and we are now very hopeful of a firm proposal being received in the next few days , ’ said Mr Souness . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the fact that the youth problem was being redefined in the early 1900s , led to the advocacy of new remedies which meant that the voluntary sector found itself regarded as only one part of the solution , rather than the whole solution . |
| 19 | John Miller , the son of a Jamaican father and English mother , aroused interest by being mooted as the first black player to represent England . |
| 20 | Gallup for The Daily Telegraph gave the Conservatives a hair 's breadth half-point lead over Labour , with the Liberal Democrats in danger of being squeezed as the two main parties battle to emerge as the largest party in a possible hung parliament . |
| 21 | Both gain from being surrounded by the same protective shell , though they diverge from one another in the precise thickness of shell that they ‘ prefer ’ . |
| 22 | Being confined to the one living space meant an increase in hyperactivity and breakdown in family relationships . |
| 23 | Throughout March the conflict continued unabated , with numerous gun battles being reported in the besieged regional capital , Tskhinvali , and surrounding villages . |
| 24 | And those date from a nineteen ninety one base , as compared to what was being forecast from the nineteen eighty nine . |
| 25 | The event is being organised by the Royal Agricultural Society of England , ADAS and the Home-Grown Cereals Authority , in association with FARMERS WEEKLY . |
| 26 | The case being considered during the next few weeks will be the first alleged breach of an environment directive by this Government in 20 years ' membership of the European Community — and I am proud of that . |
| 27 | There was also concern that the interests of poorer nations were not being considered in the current General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) Uruguay Round [ for which see pp. 37227-28 ] . |
| 28 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that six local people have had to go private to avoid waiting and 40 remain on the waiting list with no prospect of being considered until the next financial year ? |
| 29 | One of the problems of the economy was the level of its resources that were being sucked into the long-running colonial war in French Indo-China , a war which France could not win and one which was effectively concluded by the humiliating surrender in May 1954 of the cream of the French army at Dien Bien Phu . |
| 30 | There has been a church on this site since 1170 but the present building dates from 1430 , with the famous hexagonal and crocketed spire being added in the early fifteenth hundreds . |