Example sentences of "[being] [verb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | E. P. Thompson is no doubt right to insist that a distinctive working-class culture was being formed at this period . |
| 2 | Communication amongst friends includes a much broader field than what is being communicated at that moment . |
| 3 | They 've been checked over , as I say , the first one 's been cleared , and that 's been allowed to proceed , and the next ship er is being checked at this moment . |
| 4 | We were very pleased and honoured to receive a visit from the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , both of whom displayed a keen interest in our work and were even inveigled , by , into performing with the ‘ Dopple Kloppers ’ , being taught at that session ! |
| 5 | This strategy of inculcation and for more explicit interventions into the flow of subjective responses , experiences , and pleasures , had a great deal in common with the programme for a renewed Liberalism being developed at this time by L. T. Hobhouse : |
| 6 | Never again , because those resources , now being consumed at vast speed in the Gulf , should have been used to stave off world recession , build new infrastructure , encourage better education and training — at least that 's where the UK 's £3 billion or more share of the total cost could have gone . |
| 7 | During the reign of Elizabeth I , English seamen such as Drake , Hawkins , Grenville and Raleigh exasperated the Spanish by their expeditions to the Americas , and the Roman Catholic King Philip of Spain also considered Elizabeth I a heretic ; so he despatched a great fleet of galleons , in 1588 , named ‘ The Armada ’ , to sail up the English Channel and transport a Spanish army of invasion from the Netherlands , but the smaller British ships played havoc with the mighty ships during their journey and stormy weather drove the remnants of the Armada around the British Isles , most of the ships being wrecked at various points , including the Atlantic west coast of Ireland . |
| 8 | Charles felt he must have heard Steen being interviewed at some stage on radio or television , because it was very familiar . |
| 9 | With consumption growing at only about 1 per cent a year ( the rate of growth of the labour force ) , the system would have become one in which machines were being installed at hectic rates in order to produce other machines . |
| 10 | And at Kidlington on the A four two three , Langford Lane 's junction with Banbury Road sees temporary traffic lights for resurfacing prior to the traffic lights being installed at that junction ; some fairly long delays there at the moment . |
| 11 | The first rooms are being installed at Green School . |
| 12 | This genetic cohesion of a population arises because , while the very slow processes of homogenisation are at work ( among copies of a family on the same and different chromosomes ) , the chromosomes in a population are being mixed at each generation . |
| 13 | As the probes descended to the surface of the planet , arrays of detectors measured the infrared radiation being emitted at different wavelengths by the atmosphere . |
| 14 | It had the added distinction of being edited at one time by Nelson Mandela , the ANC leader now in prison . |
| 15 | The system provides facilities for lexicographers to take check-point copies of the entry being edited at any terminal . |
| 16 | Initially the scheme is being targeted at five landscape types : chalk and limestone grassland , lowland heath , waterside landscapes , coastal land and uplands . |
| 17 | The committee says its measures are aimed at protecting the privacy of ordinary people who come into contact with the press as well as being targeted at recent revelations in tapes involving the Royal Family . |
| 18 | Xoren Computing Ltd , based in London , has announced version 2 of its Multi-Poll polling software package for a central host VAX computer : the software enables personal computers , Unix systems and VAXes at multiple remote branches to be telephone-polled by the central host , and is being targeted at vertical markets including retailing , distribution and banking ; new enhancements include procedures for setting up site details , lists of files to be transferred , modem details and re-try procedures , and reports and performance statistics ; no word yet on any prices for it . |
| 19 | The former soldier said : ‘ It was a bit like being mortared at any time . |
| 20 | The accommodation provided through the conversion of All Saints and St Barnabas comprises 25 flats , consisting of 4 bed-sitters , 2 single-bedroom units , 8 double-bedroom units , 5 two-study-bedroom units , 2 three-study-bedroom units , 2 two-double-bedroom units , 1 three-bedroom unit and 1 single-bedroom unit , the last two dwellings being sited at ground-floor level for the use of disabled people . |
| 21 | Temporary classrooms are being built at two schools in Stroud for children who at the moment do n't have a school . |
| 22 | ‘ The QE2 was being built at that time . |
| 23 | It was a phased development , with different parts being built at different times . |
| 24 | To bring in the international comparative aspects of the project , foreign participation is being sought at all stages — particularly for the case-studies and attitude survey where participation is likely from France , the Federal Republic of Germany , and possibly Italy and Canada . |
| 25 | It should cause every parent to check what is being done at local schools . |
| 26 | With other inputs being priced at marginal cost , this will lead the purchaser to economize on the input in question , compared with its true resource cost , using more of the relatively cheap inputs . |
| 27 | But in fact it would be beneficial to all parties for the supplier to receive a lump sum in exchange for the input being priced at marginal cost , because this would lead to optimal proportions being used ( Vernon and Graham , 1971 have a demonstration ) . |
| 28 | In recent years we have seen great efforts being made at all levels to ensure that children learn effectively . |
| 29 | In terms of manpower all three types of decision are constantly being made at all levels of the nursing organisation . |
| 30 | Over the past twelve months it has been my great privilege to become more closely involved with those with disabilities , I have seen the enormous efforts being made to encourage participation at a very high competitive level as well as tremendous strides being made at many clubs to bring disabled people into sailing at all levels . |