Example sentences of "being [vb pp] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actual driving force behind American thinking on a renewal of atomic collaborations was anxiety about uranium ore supplies , which were being consumed at an increasing rate as American programmes accelerated . |
| 2 | Spoken to a satisfactory minimum number of candidates being presented at an appropriate fee , SEFIC examinations can be carried out anywhere in the world , on any suitable premises and at any time of the year ( with at least a month 's notice ) . |
| 3 | Incidentally , the first report of a Rottweiler being shown at an official dog show was at Heilbronn in 1882 . |
| 4 | ‘ Being called at an inconvenient time by an insensitive caller who assumes that since you 've answered the phone it must be convenient to talk ’ . |
| 5 | The atmosphere of grey repression that clung to the eastern side of the city is being purged at an astonishing speed . |
| 6 | She faced her anger at being abandoned at an earlier age than anyone would have expected , and talked about loneliness . |
| 7 | SALARIES for university law teachers have slipped so badly and professional salaries risen so dramatically that experienced staff are being lost at an alarming rate , the Committee of Heads of University Law Schools reported this week . |
| 8 | The Docklands Light Railway is being extended at an eventual cost of £800 million . |
| 9 | The lowland tropical forests of eastern Bolivia are being destroyed at an unprecedented rate , according to international aid agencies . |