Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One has , for example , cottage rows being erected at Winchester apparently by individuals , and shops being built by the city corporation at Exeter and by the abbey at Tewkesbury ( 90 , pp.67–8 ) . |
| 2 | To eliminate the cartage of run-of-mine stuff to the Bonsor Mill adjacent to the Deep Level mouth , a second mill was being erected at Paddy End with the reception hoppers on a horizon with Grey Crag Level and Courteney 's Cross-cut . |
| 3 | However , it is interesting to note that in a City History of 1830 , reference is made to ‘ the ideal dwellings for the working class now being erected by Mr. Penniston . ’ |
| 4 | More emphasis is being placed on Ratner 's position as a gold jewellery specialist and Ernest Jones is being pushed for diamonds . |
| 5 | The organisers of the colourful airshow at Eglinton Airport in Londonderry are confident that tomorrow 's extravaganza will attract huge crowds of visitors , despite claims of bogus ‘ cancelled ’ posters being placed around Coleraine and Portrush earlier this week . |
| 6 | The spanning of the United States in 1869 and of Canada in 1885 led to similar grand designs being formulated for Australia . |
| 7 | Namely , he should try to answer some hard questions , one of them being formulated by Arthur C. Clarke himself : ‘ The question is not what shall we do without work — but what do we live for ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Nevertheless I feel that Crevecoeur is being shielded by Malamute . |
| 9 | So my music winds up being exposed to Michael Bolton 's audience and people like that . |
| 10 | Think of the male statues which are even now being exposed at Sydenham without adequate covering and which may be viewed by innocent girls ! " |
| 11 | If I was to have any chance of being posted to Calvi , I would have to come in the top five in basic training . |
| 12 | He told him he was very excited because he was being posted to Liverpool 8 — Toxteth — and McCartney asked him why . |
| 13 | David Hooker , Aberdeen 's managing director , said yesterday that a final offer was being posted to Brabant 's shareholders , with a circular seeking approval for it from his own shareholders . |
| 14 | Keiran served in the US Air Force , fought the Pentagon to prevent being posted to Vietnam and eventually ended up at Salford studying under the G.I. Bill of Rights , all paid for by Uncle Sam . |
| 15 | Although there is no evidence , at present , of drinking water being contaminated in Britain , many reservoirs and lakes have had algal blooms on their surface waters for the last two summers . |
| 16 | Although it seems unlikely , it does have a history of herbal use , being listed in Gerard 's herbal ; " the floures steeped in oil and set in the Sun , are good to anoint the body that is benummed , and growne very cold " . |
| 17 | Nothing too outrageous … just the constant annoyance of fouls being called against Leeds when there were nt fouls and throws being given to West Ham unless it was patently obvious that a West Ham player kicked it off . |
| 18 | I hope that he will be able to say that great attention is now being given to Lord Cullen 's concerns about the ventilation systems . |
| 19 | From within the tufting department in Lyles , there comes a great generosity that has resulted in £400 being given to Strathcarron Hospice at Denny . |
| 20 | Tradition has the Nail being given to Sant' Ambrogio by the Emperor Constantine . |
| 21 | Rudder speaks of the manor being given to Flaxley Abbey by the Earl of Hereford , and that the ‘ Abbat had a grant of an iron forge and of two oaks every week out of the Forest of Dean , for the maintenance of the forge , of King Henry the Second ’ . |
| 22 | Not all tactical voters , of whom there are many in this affluent suburb , were so impressed by the high profile being given to Mr Ashdown — and nobody else — in the Liberal Democrat campaign . |
| 23 | I went for a very short while to the Royal Academy of Arts for a leaving party being given for Mrs William Kerr , who firstly as Griselda Hamilton-Baillie then as Griselda Kerr , has worked so hard on the public relations staff of the Royal Academy , since 1972 . |
| 24 | Onward Christian socialists The annual lecture to commemorate RH Tawney , the economic historian and Christian socialist , is being given in London today by the Labour leader , John Smith . |
| 25 | Co-chairman John Roberts said Colwyn Bay had provisionally agreed to the ground sharing plan subject to permission being given by Colwyn Borough Council . |
| 26 | The Gilmerton Bypass has been designed by civil engineering staff in the Regional Council 's Department of Highways with specialist advice being given by J W H Ross & Co , Consulting Mining and Civil Engineers , in the treatment of old mineworkings . |
| 27 | This project has been conceived and designed by engineering staff in the Regional Council 's Department of Highways with assistance being given by ScotRail and Messrs J B Schofield and Partners in the design and construction supervision of the two bridges carrying the Edinburgh/Carstairs railway over the Sighthill Bypass and associated roadworks and in the temporary diversion of this railway . |
| 28 | At the time of writing , no indigenous British originated discs have been announced and , despite substantial potential interest on the part of British information publishers , there are few signs of a clear , decisive lead being given by Sony to encourage initial investments in disc development . |
| 29 | CONSIDERATION is being given by Powys ' highways department to providing a right turning lane for traffic on the A483 trunk road in Newtown , following concern expressed by Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council for the safety of pedestrians crossing the road between the Do It All superstore and the Safeways supermarket . |
| 30 | In order to comply with the directions being given by Mr to our client to rearrange his finances , your client 's letter in May er a buyer came forward but that sale did not go ahead in which to put your finances in order . |