Example sentences of "[being] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | I loosened my shirt collar and watched a couple of generals being saluted by their chauffeurs . |
| 4 | Amongst its conclusions , the report welcomes the emphasis being placed by the DSS and Social Security Benefits Agency ( SSAB ) on ‘ customer care ’ , and the recognition that much remains to be done to be sure that an adequate service is given . |
| 5 | The appointment of new and conservative judges in the later 1980s was seen as posing a threat to the basic rights enunciated in Roe , yet in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services ( 1989 ) and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey ( 1992 ) the court condoned further restrictions being placed by the states on the circumstances under which women could obtain abortions , while refusing to decide directly to reverse the principles in Roe . |
| 6 | Namely , he should try to answer some hard questions , one of them being formulated by Arthur C. Clarke himself : ‘ The question is not what shall we do without work — but what do we live for ? ’ |
| 7 | However , this product has a better pedigree , being formulated by the Louisiana State University and containing amino acids found to trigger the feeding impulse . |
| 8 | Both firms and workers are being coerced by the same force majeure of insufficient demand in the commodity market . |
| 9 | The place where that service was performed was the place where the sub-licensee did what the grant enabled him to do without being stopped by the taxpayer . |
| 10 | The day started with our bus being stopped by the police , and the RCCC Chaplain , Reverend Bill Holland and Tour Captain , Roy Sinclair were ‘ arrested ’ for having ‘ deep pockets and short arms ’ . |
| 11 | Hartlepool Roman Catholic priest Father Tony Cornforth , of St Joseph 's Church , is being stopped by red tape from distributing food past its sell-by date to the needy . |
| 12 | Robert Stewart , 28 , of Skipton Green , Low Fell , Gateshead had denied the charge at Newcastle Crown Court , saying he had bought the car just three weeks before being stopped by police and the 351 squares of the drug hidden in fog lamp covers must have been left there by the previous owner . |
| 13 | If you drive from er I remember being stopped by one of those men in the dark glasses erm if you drive from Maine into New Hampshire the speed limit in Maine is sixty five and the speed limit in New Hampshire is fifty five and you just cross a si er y there 's a signpost which says welcome to Maine or New Hampshire , whichever way you 're going , and the second you cross that line , theoretically , you have adjust to the different speed limit . |
| 14 | Well these lights used to be quite easy , did n't mind being stopped by them . |
| 15 | Now you 're petrified of being stopped by any of them cos you know it 's |
| 16 | stopped , being stopped by the police find a bottle like whisky ! |
| 17 | The stress response in relation to being overweight is now being recognized by professionals . |
| 18 | Despite our lack of grip on these truths , we do take there to be a transcendent fact of the matter at stake , one that lies now beyond all possibilities of being recognized by us . |
| 19 | It 's a hundred and twenty miles — say up to three hours in that little crate — and he could make the night train down , arriving home in the early morning and , with luck , not being recognized by anybody on the trip or at the station , and not disturbing the family . ’ |
| 20 | This gives the little nest additional stability and so reduces the risk of it being overturned by a gust of wind . |
| 21 | The prospect of a civilisation being overturned by an allowed evil getting control is a real fear for Spenser . |
| 22 | Yeltsin appeared to be moving towards a rapprochement with the centrist Civic Union opposition [ see pp. 38974 ; 39058 ; 39108 ] , in an attempt to gain its support before the Congress met and to avert the danger of his government and its economic reforms being overturned by the Congress ( elected in 1990 and dominated by conservative forces ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Nevertheless I feel that Crevecoeur is being shielded by Malamute . |
| 24 | A limited liability company therefore allows its members the privilege of being shielded by the ‘ corporate veil ’ from unlimited liability for company debts . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's as if they were being rammed by an invisible man , ’ he said . |
| 26 | An inquiry is underway into how a tube train with passengers on board took off without a driver and travelled for a mile and through a station before being halted by an automatic signal . |
| 27 | Are we going to withdraw from the risk of being contaminated by the modern alternatives to following Jesus ? |
| 28 | The Minister for Local Government , Rural Development and Special Education , Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi , resigned on March 4 after being criticized by Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif for not supporting the government 's policies over the Gulf war . |
| 29 | Her predecessor , William Vander Zalm , had resigned after being criticized by the provincial conflict-of-interest commissioner for his role in the sale of his family-owned amusement park , Fantasy Gardens , to a Taiwanese investor . |
| 30 | Perhaps it 's the kind of example , in the same way that Westminster Council was held up as an example , and it 's now being criticized by the district auditor . |