Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our return to the Duomo is by way of Corso Vittorio Emanuele , a pedestrian-only street that is used as an outdoor art gallery , works by contemporary sculptors being erected at intervals along the length and changed regularly . |
| 2 | One has , for example , cottage rows being erected at Winchester apparently by individuals , and shops being built by the city corporation at Exeter and by the abbey at Tewkesbury ( 90 , pp.67–8 ) . |
| 3 | To eliminate the cartage of run-of-mine stuff to the Bonsor Mill adjacent to the Deep Level mouth , a second mill was being erected at Paddy End with the reception hoppers on a horizon with Grey Crag Level and Courteney 's Cross-cut . |
| 4 | The scuffles broke out when more than 60 protesters began tearing down a fence while it was being erected by council contractors around the trees on a strip of land at Stafford Park . |
| 5 | However , it is interesting to note that in a City History of 1830 , reference is made to ‘ the ideal dwellings for the working class now being erected by Mr. Penniston . ’ |
| 6 | ANGRY organisers of the International Air Show at Eglinton Airport in Londonderry , today advised people that the show would go on , despite bogus ‘ cancelled ’ stickers being placed over posters advertising the air extravaganza . |
| 7 | The only requirements are that cardboard boxes are flattened before being placed into cages and that only cardboard is deposited , unless otherwise specified . ’ |
| 8 | How can he explain the position in Surrey and in St. Albans , where consultants are being placed under pressure by managers to give priority to GP fund holders because they bring extra money ? |
| 9 | A brief review of the appearance of the disease in goats was given : the six premises on which cases were thought to have occurred have been given a choice , after being placed under restriction , of slaughtering their stock receiving ex gratia payments , or remaining restricted . |
| 10 | Fewer babies available for adoption due to changing social attitudes and access to contraceptives and abortions has led to older children being placed for adoption . |
| 11 | Residents also fear that people using the only regularly served bus stop in the village — up on the A31 bypass bridge — are being placed at risk . |
| 12 | But it 's a fact that the vast majority of chairmen do n't even talk to their managers about the workload that 's being placed on players . |
| 13 | Within minutes money was changing hands and the baby antelope was being placed on blankets on the back seat of the car . |
| 14 | Whereas conventional criminals lack the wherewithal to pay for being placed on probation , no such inability is true for corporations . |
| 15 | There are fears of VAT being placed on newspapers |
| 16 | The figure of over 40 per cent seems too high to be merely chance and he suggested that burials were being placed on boundaries , and that hence , because the dates of the burials were known from the types of grave goods , the boundaries must be of sixth- or seventh-century date at the latest . |
| 17 | More emphasis is being placed on Ratner 's position as a gold jewellery specialist and Ernest Jones is being pushed for diamonds . |
| 18 | The survey is perhaps also significant for the total absence of any importance being placed on welfare law work . |
| 19 | Is my right hon. Friend aware of the immense burden that is being placed on education authorities in the current year because of the increase in the numbers entitled to free school meals ? |
| 20 | Finniston is convinced that too much emphasis is being placed on earnings from so-called ‘ invisible ’ exports . |
| 21 | This , according to Customer Systems manager of finance sector marketing Bernard Uzzell , leads to pressure being placed on computer departments at a business level as they try to co-ordinate strategies on a limited budget . |
| 22 | The festival is n't music based , say the organisers , with lots of emphasis being placed on family events . |
| 23 | Energy conservation and environmental pressures are rightly being placed on oil and gas producers in the North sea . |
| 24 | The pre-court ‘ tribunal ’ investigation employed in Sheffield and the growing emphasis being placed on ways that schools can improve pupils ' motivation to attend through curriculum development and new approaches to teaching , serve as illustrations of the perceived inappropriateness of formal legal intervention other than in extreme cases . |
| 25 | A second smaller Perspex Workshop located in the old building on Y floor produces perspex cradles and stands for material being placed on exhibition to ensure the items are safely supported . |
| 26 | We will end the neglect that has allowed some former patients to end up sleeping rough and led to others being placed on remand . |
| 27 | Such an approach is vital with the increasing demands being placed on health professionals to detect and treat disease before it is clinically apparent . |
| 28 | It is a team which has grown since last year , reflecting the important emphasis being placed on Export sales , which have shown almost a 25% increase by value in the last two years . |
| 29 | YOUNG women are getting the chance to escape the war in Croatia by being placed as au pairs in Britain . |
| 30 | Only the top two elements of the stack are ( for speed ) held in processor registers A and B. Operands are added to the top of the stack by being placed in A , whose contents ( if any ) are moved to B. The remainder of a process 's stack is a vector of contiguous store locations . |