Example sentences of "being [vb pp] at [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had the added distinction of being edited at one time by Nelson Mandela , the ANC leader now in prison . |
| 2 | Initially the scheme is being targeted at five landscape types : chalk and limestone grassland , lowland heath , waterside landscapes , coastal land and uplands . |
| 3 | Its western counterpart apparently remained open , being used at one stage for spelt cultivation . |
| 4 | It was not until the early years of the twentieth century that they had devised a formula for their boot polish which was marketed later under the name of ‘ Cherry Blossom Boot Polish ’ which became such a success , being sold at one penny per tin . |
| 5 | In earlier times and into the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , many of the basic administrative and judicial activities were carried out through the arrangement of hundreds , hundred courts , and hundredal manors courts being held at hundred meeting places , where three men for every tithing or vill had to attend at three-weekly intervals . |