Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [prep] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The special arrangements that had been made for the new pathway students had caused resentment among other students , who felt that they were being treated like second class citizens , and enthusiasm from staff members who had been involved in the parallel track had reassured other faculty members . |
| 2 | I do not agree with Stella Lowry that ‘ special arrangements that had been made for the new pathway students had caused resentment among other students , who felt that they were being treated like second class citizens . ’ |
| 3 | The MIR-ADN alliance failed to win La Paz , being pushed into second place by the Conscience of the Fatherland party ( Conciencia de Patria — CONDEPA ) ; the National Revolutionary Movement ( Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario ( Histórico ) — MNR ) came third . |
| 4 | The play is being performed by Second Wave members with the cast of thirteen drawn from the weekly performance group ( 12–16 year olds ) . |
| 5 | Education officials readily admitted that a decade of Sandinista rule had not yet resolved ‘ the cultural problem we have inherited of women being relegated to second place ’ . |
| 6 | Every District Land Registry sends its replies by first-class mail , often by return of post , to all searches received by first-class post ; therefore it should be your invariable practice to send your requisition by first-class mail , too ; otherwise , being delivered by second delivery ( and sometimes later than that ) , it will only be dealt with the following day . |
| 7 | DAMON Hill saw his late father Graham 's Monaco Grand Prix record broken by Ayrton Senna but was the first to congratulate the Brazilian despite his own personal disappointment of being beaten into second place . |