Example sentences of "[noun sg] [being] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | IV or Four was on the door to the right and round the corner on the left was the Handwork Room , the Headmaster 's Study being on the extreme right next to the bathroom and opposite the Staff Common Room . |
| 2 | It requires us to admit that having a pain in one 's foot is really having a pain ( in the void , so to speak ) , and associating it with one 's foot , such association being in the form , say , of a judgement that there is something the matter with one 's foot . |
| 3 | report on Fish Farming indicated that more than 50 sites are in the Outer Hebrides with the most important concentration being in the Uig area of Lewis . |
| 4 | Their productivity is low , fixed carbon being of the order of 10 mg m -2 of snow per day ; colour differences are due to different stages in development of the cells , and their sudden , often dramatic appearance during warm spells is more probably due to progressive loss of covering snow than to rapid proliferation ( Fogg , 1967 ) . |
| 5 | A truer parallel is the archaic temple of Apollo at Delphi , with its battle in the west and on the east the frontal chariot flanked by kouroi and korai , a very still composition , the only action being in the animal-groups at the corners . |
| 6 | We would be even more a country of two societies than is already the case , with the divide being between the employed haves and the unemployed have-nots . |
| 7 | Mr. Frank Farr leased a garden at the end of a lane called Prospect Place , the entrance being between The Saint Ann 's Street Post Office and Hibberds Antique Shop . |
| 8 | Right at the end of the street was the wall of a very old building , the entrance being around the corner in Barnards Cross . |
| 9 | Because of the common age of onset being in the late teens it can easily be equated with the usual somewhat awkward behaviour and natural rebellion of teenagers , and initially be set aside by both relatives and professionals , resulting in great family trauma , and at times violence or suicide . |
| 10 | Regional specialization developed , the major division of labour being between the grain-surplus areas of the south and the grain-deficit areas of the north and centre . |
| 11 | It was a shame about the er the door opener not working correctly subsequently er I discovered the incident with the the other team going into the other bedroom and er a young girl being in the bed that was missed and erm . |
| 12 | Whatever they say about the law being on the landlord 's side , if they wo n't go , the law wo n't make them . |
| 13 | Within a few days each hole is teeming with worms , with a large proportion being on the pebble . |
| 14 | There are two columns of measurements to enter , the first column being for the actual body measurements and the second for the amount of ease that you wish to add to each of the actual measurements . |
| 15 | And she 's had rats under that shed it ai n't that long ago she said , she said she had them so I mean I ca n't see anybody with an ounce of common sense letting a chicken being on the ground , ground |
| 16 | Nevertheless , if we adjust the above findings , they suggest that almost 40% of the public feel that mentally handicapped people should be segregated from the rest of society ; around the same proportion would dislike the idea of a mentally handicapped child being at the same school as their child and around 70% feel that mentally handicapped people should not be allowed to marry and have children . |
| 17 | In terms of hard cash the 1964 pie would have cost £250,000 but in fact there was never more than £1,000 in the bank , the sponsorship being in the form of services and goods rather than money . |
| 18 | Often it makes sense to divide a territory into segments radiating outwards , with the salesperson 's home being at the centre . |
| 19 | A typical court order ( in this case the matrimonial home being in the husband 's sole name ) might be as follows : It is ordered that the Respondent do transfer the property known as 1 Blackacre Drive , Blackacre , to himself and the Petitioner ( or to other trustees ) to hold the same as to 60% for himself and as to 40% for the Petitioner . |
| 20 | Although the South Downs were cleared at a very early stage in man 's history in Britain , the clearing of the Wealden forest was delayed until the medieval period , the height of the clearance being in the 13th and 14th centuries , although parts may have been cleared as early as the ninth century . |
| 21 | Knowing Carol , of course , it would have made more sense to ask if I 'd come out of things in one piece — the piece in question being in the genitalia region . |
| 22 | ‘ I liked the idea of the Universe being like the ‘ balloon ’ type of universe for the beetles . |
| 23 | The 16th was also moved from its 1908 place ( approximating to the present ) to become a longer version ( 250 yards ) of what is played today — i.e. the green being near the present ladies ' 17th tee box . |
| 24 | Steve Richardson also moved up with a 70 in the company of Jack Nicklaus , who beat him by a shot , the difference being at the 18th , which Richardson three-putted despite only a wedge for his second shot . |
| 25 | This closely resembles Scott 's War Department 116a entry in the competition , the main difference being in the numbers and grouping of the windows . |
| 26 | When Ps. lanisticola was first described by Dr Warren Burgess in 1976 , the hobby was in general not impressed , as the new species was said to be similar in appearance to livingstonii with the main difference being in the dentition . |
| 27 | I enjoyed the function and my friends kept me in good cheer as I was obviously anxious about my husband being in the Gulf and did have a few too many drinks . |
| 28 | It seems that Humphrey had several favourite places where he viewed the progress of the works , one such place being between the weighbridge and the steel works . |
| 29 | Their restraint was mainly due to their feeling of strangeness — it was unique for them to be sharing the seats with the men , their usual place being in the high gallery around the side-walls . |
| 30 | Each reflects something of the period and quality of the music , the period being of the time when written by the composer or when presented as a ballet and the quality being that inspired in the choreographer by the composer . |