Example sentences of "were being [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIX YEARS ago San Diego 's police were being killed at a higher rate than the police in any other big American city . |
| 2 | Spanish onions bought at a wholesale market in Birmingham were being unloaded at a depot near Evesham in Worcestershire when a worker noticed a cardboard parcel stuffed between the bags . |
| 3 | According to figures released on Aug. 16 , 1990 , by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) , tropical rainforests were being destroyed at a rate of 168,000 sq km annually as compared with a rate of 94,000 sq km in 1980 . |
| 4 | Yet studiously , subtly , with no obvious exertion on Edward 's part , Laura and I were being kept at a distance . |
| 5 | Larger families around us were being rehoused at a steady rate , but we were doomed to wait for ever . |
| 6 | At a trade exhibition in Miami in February 1991 , ‘ legcuffs ’ were being promoted at a stall registered in the name of ‘ Hiatt and Company Ltd of Birmingham ’ . |
| 7 | Restrictive practices , which Clasper had fought so hard to introduce , were being discarded at a rate of knots in the quest to increase efficiency , output and earnings . |
| 8 | The videos were part of a number of fake goods which were being sold at a market in Tewkesbury . |
| 9 | Alcuin 's opinion in 796 , as expressed in a letter to Archbishop Aethelheard following the death of Offa , was that the unity of the Church in England had been destroyed not by reasonable consideration but by lust for power ; and in 803 , when Canterbury 's rights were being restored at a council at Clofesho , Aethelheard pronounced that ‘ tyrannical power ’ had presumed to diminish Canterbury 's honour , the pope having been deceived into granting a pallium to the bishop of Lichfield by deception and lies . |
| 10 | ( a ) Middle East Economic Survey ( MEES ) , indicating the terms on which both freight and insurance were being negotiated at a particular stage of the war , described the freight element as follows : ‘ Kharg to Europe : W70-80 . |