Example sentences of "[being] [verb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The first rooms are being installed at Green School . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It was a phased development , with different parts being built at different times . |
| 10 | It should cause every parent to check what is being done at local schools . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | The chairman requested that the departmental reports be considered one by one and the governors went through it section by section , specific comments being made at particular stages . |
| 14 | It is debatable whether he ever envisaged trailer operation in its accepted sense , with trailers being detached at off-peak times . |
| 15 | Either three , four or five permanent branches may be cultivated , each being grown at yearly intervals . |
| 16 | Despite being shot at point-blank range , Mr Dale ( 43 ) survived , but Mr Norris ( 46 ) died almost instantly . |
| 17 | This may result in a number of different criteria being applied at different stages of the search activity . |
| 18 | Neither do I. Tradition is being manufactured at breakneck pace . |
| 19 | Even though new issues are increasingly being offered at current market values , the banks continue to facilitate the accumulation of stock within related groups of companies . |
| 20 | As a result , new services are being offered at local surgeries and health centres . |
| 21 | The idea of inspection started with national inspectors ( Her Majesty 's Inspectorate ) , but increasingly local inspectors are being used at local education authority ( LEA ) level . |
| 22 | Endaby , two double rooms being used at single occupancy for Lental House residents , one shared female bed available . |
| 23 | Status , and effectively caste , was thus being bought at vast prices . |
| 24 | It is important that the characteristics of division used in this process should be mutually exclusive in order to avoid cross-classification ( documents on one and the same subject being classified at different places in the scheme ) . |
| 25 | Heritage Weekend is being celebrated at National Trust properties all over the province on Saturday and Sunday , including Castle Ward near Strangford where the newly-restored cornmill will be producing flour , just as it did in its heyday , on both days ( 2.30pm-5pm ) . |
| 26 | He concluded that , albeit the discretion he had under section 78 of the Act of 1984 might be wider than the discretion at common law , the criteria of unfairness were the same whether the discretion was being exercised at common law or under the statute , that paragraph C10.1 had no application to the situation , and that admission of the challenged evidence would not have an adverse effect on the fairness of the trial within section 78 . |
| 27 | The role of the tutor is not simply to offer students an experience which leads to their being assessed at pre-existing levels of competence , but actively to assist students to enhance their skills , knowledge and behaviour . |
| 28 | The game was being played at furious pace and it was Richardson who was put to the test when he dived to turn round a long drive from Darlington in the thirty eighth minute . |
| 29 | Not having an English name was associated with not being shortlisted at senior registrar level ( 4/18 v 8/14 ; p<0.05 ) . |
| 30 | In addition , one very broadly-based general SVQ is being introduced at level I. We are also introducing two preliminary awards at a more basic level than level I. All these awards have been accredited for two years in the first instance . |