Example sentences of "being [verb] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system was being given the highest priority by the BR board , it said . |
| 2 | GARY DRAKE , the former British junior hardcourt champion , won a £15,000 car after being nominated the best player in the finals of the Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy Tournament . |
| 3 | There 's just one snag about being voted the best pub in Britain — so many toasts of congratulation there 's a danger of running out of beer . |
| 4 | CEREDIGION and Pembroke North MP Cynog Dafis has been given a Greenhouse award by Green Magazine after being voted the best newcomer to Parliament . |
| 5 | LINFORD CHRISTIE raises his arms in a triumphant salute after being crowned the fastest man on earth . |
| 6 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 7 | This is a tradition in the Royal Navy when a ship 's being re-commissioned the youngest rate and the Captain 's wife cut a ceremonial cake cake using the Captain 's sword |