Example sentences of "were being [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asquith 's reform had been presented as an interim measure and the preamble to his Bill stated that the Lords " powers were being curtailed pending the introduction of a reform of their composition . |
| 2 | I hobbled my shameful way from First Buttress North on Lundy as the sun 's last rays winked over the darkening sea ( and last orders for food were being called at the island 's only pub ) after tumbling from the very last move of the 90ft first pitch of Road Runner . |
| 3 | And another at the 15th , a hole where so many second shots were being tossed by the angry wind over the clifftop . |
| 4 | It was stressed to parents that the questions were being asked with the full co-operation of the headteacher and staff and with the express aim of making the experience in this particular nursery the best it could be for the children . |
| 5 | Similar questions were being asked in the social sphere , notably with regard to health and to the role of women in society . |
| 6 | It is only a few years ago that we were being warned about the arrival of another ice age , for heavens ' sake ! |
| 7 | At about the same time , far away in Rome , Christians were being persecuted by the Emperor Nero . |
| 8 | The Wollo Muslims , who were being persecuted by the Shoan army , had attacked Dessie and , though defeated , were still raiding at large . |
| 9 | In a room across the courtyard , a noiseless television shed stabs of light , as if a vast torchbeam were being played around the walls . |
| 10 | Even at eight this morning the finishing touches were being applied to the temporary portacabin Holy Trinity school in Chipping Norton . |
| 11 | That how that their policies were being applied to the whole society . |
| 12 | Relations were worsening , moreover , between the major capitalist nations and the developing countries , which were being robbed of the fruits of their labour and forced to suffer poverty , illiteracy and famine . |
| 13 | In this regard , the ISS proposals for units and unit credits were consonant with other changes in secondary schools which were being developed at the same time : graded assessment , where the initial belief that it was simply a matter of devising achievement tests soon gave way to much more fundamental re-thinking about allied development work on curriculum content and teaching method ; and also work on profiles/records of achievement . |
| 14 | Other INSET initiatives , particularly school-led INSET and management training , were being developed towards the end of the evaluation period but they were beyond the reach of PRINDEP 's time and resources . |
| 15 | The arts generally continued to thrive through public subsidy , to orchestral music above all , and new forms of partnership were being developed between the Arts Council and local authorities and industry and finance . |
| 16 | General hospital units were being developed within the catchment area of the hospital and its function as an admissions unit would eventually be superseded . |
| 17 | The bull and cows were being herded along the road at Calne , Wilts , when he suddenly ran wild with lust . |
| 18 | Some survivors complained they were being herded towards the site of the second bomb and were only 50ft away when it exploded . |
| 19 | She told him that she and some others were being escorted by the household guard on an expedition to the country that day . |
| 20 | His self-image and his idealism were being threatened at the anvil of reality . |
| 21 | New jobs , particularly in financial and professional services were being created in the City and in Docklands but were not going to local residents . |
| 22 | TWO men last night were being questioned about the IRA bombing of Harrods following a dramatic armed raid just hours after police showed a video of two suspects . |
| 23 | As the three funerals were taking place , four men from the Coleraine area were being questioned about the killings . |
| 24 | As the three funerals were taking place , four men from the Coleraine area were being questioned about the murders . |
| 25 | The two men , who were being questioned at the high-security Paddington Green police station in central London under the Prevention of Terrorism Act , will appear at Arbour Square Magistrates ' Court this morning . |
| 26 | Some 150 northern businessmen were being questioned by the police , having come forward to volunteer information about bribes they had paid . |
| 27 | Others in the team were being filled with the Spirit and others strengthened for the work of ministry . |
| 28 | Philip 's misgivings , his hurt over Jim , were being assuaged by the Congress , and the happy atmosphere that was leading up to it . |
| 29 | All this time the bodies found , one after the other , in Mouncy Street , were being examined by the pathologists . |
| 30 | In fact , one of the major tensions was precisely that between the residual kinship patterns and the new form of relationships that were being constructed in the course of the nineteenth century . |