Example sentences of "[being] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A high tensile fencing instructor thought it would allow him to show trainees types of fencing in addition to the one being erected during the course . |
| 2 | Once assembled , the details were passed through a multiple drum-sanding machine and sent for staining and polishing before being erected in the carriage . |
| 3 | The church was founded to guard the Romanesque bridge across the Vltava , chains being placed across the route . |
| 4 | ‘ The Waterside especially soon became en fete , festoons of evergreens , flags and flowers being placed across the street . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He was wide awake while the old Black and Decker was being drilled straight through his kneecap and a donor tendon was being placed at the back of his knee , which is unbelievably advanced surgery . ’ |
| 6 | By 300 the West added the birth of Jesus integrated into a solar calendar by being placed at the winter solstice . |
| 7 | Secondly , the third-floor accommodation , lit only by the small clerestory windows of the nave ( composed of shallower paired lancets ) , managed to obtain the necessary amount of daylight from the glazing being placed at the rear of the original traceried stonework where the splayed internal window-revels generate an area exposed to daylight which is larger than the window area seen from outside ( Fig 46 ) . |
| 8 | I refer to the decision of the Labour Group that in the first instance all Conference items should be submitted to the Labour Group Executive for approval before being placed on a committee agenda . |
| 9 | From 1 April this year , the vast majority of patients will be guaranteed admission to hospital within two years of being placed on a hospital waiting list . |
| 10 | Likewise , scorch marks on kitchen worktops due to a hot pan being placed on a worktop is not considered as fire damage . |
| 11 | It could be objected that too much onus is being placed on the contribution of the adult . |
| 12 | In view of the fears expressed about the possibility of serious restrictions being placed on the availability of certain nutritional supplements as a result of the new EC regulations , will the Minister give us an assurance that the Government will conduct far wider and genuine consultations on the discussion paper that has been produced by the European Commission ? |
| 13 | This fashion of dimidiation was abandoned by at least the late fourteenth century and replaced by the style of compressing each set of armorial bearings onto one half of the shield — the husband 's being placed on the dexter and the wife 's on the sinister . |
| 14 | She heard the clink of glasses being placed on the wall , heard the rustle of clothing as he removed his jacket and placed it warmly round her shoulders . |
| 15 | Rather it is an additional line of argument in cases where reliance is being placed on the fact that the decision is unreasonable or that irrelevant considerations have been taken into account . |
| 16 | The dictates of self-preservation often ensured that the respectable young working woman dissociated herself from the known prostitute , since association with prostitutes rendered a woman 's character suspect to the police and could lead to her name being placed on the registration list . |
| 17 | To equalise the pressure in the bladder to that being placed on the body , it is inflated during descent and deflated on rising . |
| 18 | Claims by McEwan that undue weight is being placed on the episode strike one as disingenuous . |
| 19 | By the last decades of the seventeenth century a much heavier emphasis than ever before was being placed on the need for honesty , for the diplomat to behave in a way which inspired confidence in those with whom he dealt . |
| 20 | Second , the works induction training package should be updated , with particular emphasis being placed on the need for non-asbestos workers to be aware of potential problem . |
| 21 | Given the emphasis currently being placed on the role that schools should be playing , by providing a more socially relevant curriculum , more student-centred learning and a less alienating environment so as to prevent truancy , it is clearly important that education becomes the focus of any intervention . |
| 22 | Increasing emphasis is being placed on the role that remote sensing can play in temperate climates such as Britain , where commonly the soils are glacially transported and where natural vegetation patterns have been extensively modified . |
| 23 | Emphasis is also being placed on the effectiveness of the fleece covers as an insect barrier to keep off pests such as carrot fly , whitefly and cabbage butterflies so avoiding the frequent and extensive damage that can otherwise only be prevented by using pesticides . |
| 24 | Some of the wounded were being placed on the grass in front of the Chateau . |
| 25 | The less fortunate were the severely wounded who were being placed on the grass with two medics to attend to their wounds . |
| 26 | The alternative is to use the wind generator or the solar panel as the primary source of recharging , in which case its output must correspond to or exceed the power drain being placed on the battery . |
| 27 | Yet in the next sentence he says , " I should strongly object to a bar being placed on the employment of women " . " |
| 28 | Five of eight houses offered for sale at Sanquhar Den in Forres , near Inverness , were snapped up within days of being placed on the market . |
| 29 | However , having heard argument , I am satisfied that the order of Saville J. was provisional only and was subject to any further order that might be made on further material being placed before the court . |
| 30 | Photocopies or even originals of the News of the World , if they remain from last Sunday , are no substitute for evidence being placed before the Home Secretary so that appropriate action could be taken . |