Example sentences of "being [vb pp] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I will say here is that Bukharin was far too sanguine in his treatment of such a transition , even allowing for the fact that it was being treated at a purely abstract level . |
| 2 | Yeah , she was telling us about it that girl , in wr in writing , what it , she was telling us it , about it being formed at a different venue , but it 's actually the Mary Wallis Theatre . |
| 3 | The actual driving force behind American thinking on a renewal of atomic collaborations was anxiety about uranium ore supplies , which were being consumed at an increasing rate as American programmes accelerated . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In this way there is less chance of being caught at a disadvantage or being ambushed by circumstances . |
| 6 | The club is having to play all its fixtures away from home for the second successive season because a new roof is being built at a cost of £1.3million . |
| 7 | Have you ever had the experience of being met at an airport or a station by someone who did n't know you ? |
| 8 | Fears that France would withhold its co-operation had grown after French officials expressed opposition to the recently proposed Rapid Reaction Force ( RRF ) [ see pp. 38170-71 ; 38216 ] , claiming that it " pre-empted " defence arrangements being made at a purely European level . |
| 9 | I mean I do n't know what the the the the the standing is with our knowledge of information but I would like to think that if there is er erm not a hidden agenda but agreement being made at a level , that we could share the business . |
| 10 | AMPS are preference shares which are entitled to dividends determined in accordance with an auction process in which a panel of investors participate , the shares being transferred at a fixed price to the investor who will accept the lowest dividend . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Jane , because she was a mistress , rarely had an opportunity to attend the more elegant events of society , and she was not going to miss this chance of being seen at a duchess 's ball . |
| 13 | He challenged the validity of a search warrant which had been obtained from a sheriff , alleging that statements by inquiry officers about a flickering light being seen at a bedroom window were a blatant and malicious fabrication . |
| 14 | Spoken to a satisfactory minimum number of candidates being presented at an appropriate fee , SEFIC examinations can be carried out anywhere in the world , on any suitable premises and at any time of the year ( with at least a month 's notice ) . |
| 15 | I can confirm that 486 vehicles for new Networker trains are being manufactured at a total cost of £365 million and that the first of those trains will come into service on my hon. Friend 's line in May this year . |
| 16 | ‘ Warm-Hearted Weekends ’ are being offered at a selection of hotels for £22 or £26 B&B per night ( tel 021-780 4321 for further information ) . |
| 17 | Another member , after referring to the particular reference in the Financial Secretary 's statement to airline and railway employees , asked whether the same distinction applied to services provided by hotel companies to their employees — that is , to rooms which are freely available for the general public in hotels being offered at a concessionary rate to employees of the hotel group . |
| 18 | The expectation of an open offer and clawback from shareholders may be strong where the new shares being issued represent a significant proportion of the existing issued shares of the bidder or are being offered at a significant discount to their current market price . |
| 19 | A CHANCE to escape to the 19th century is being offered at a special day school in Cleveland on Saturday . |
| 20 | The pressured atmosphere surrounding the takeover battle may result in the offeror 's shares being valued at a very full price at the time of the offer , but it is a common phenomenon for the share price to fall back after the euphoria has died down . |
| 21 | This has resulted in several of the unlisted equity stakes being valued at a big discount to the quoted investments . |
| 22 | Incidentally , the first report of a Rottweiler being shown at an official dog show was at Heilbronn in 1882 . |
| 23 | It was made famous by being used at a remembrance service for Falklands dead . |
| 24 | In order to have a sense of how the different codes are used in interactions , it is necessary for the linguist to be quite clear about which code is being used at a particular time . |
| 25 | If directives are not being enforced at a local level , the EC market will remain unfair . |
| 26 | Riding on the back of a tempestuous wind , this journey became an epic of its time , being accomplished at a speed which remained unequalled until surpassed by an aeroplane more than a century later . |
| 27 | But he is making no excuses for Taylor Woodrow 's stubborn perseverance with the American contracting business which lost £12m last year and is being closed at a cost of £24m . |
| 28 | This relatively low figure no doubt results from the programme being broadcast at a time that is inconvenient to many viewers . |
| 29 | Mike and I saw a a very young child being washed at a tube well , those guiding us round the site were very impressed by this , the child was rather perplexed and surprised as normally it was taken down to the river to be washed . |
| 30 | The shadow Environment Secretary , Mr Bryan Gould , maintained water was being sold at a loss . |