Example sentences of "being [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alec Smith has gone to the MRA World Assembly in Switzerland , where he is being joined next week by one of the ANC leaders . |
| 2 | ‘ But the subsidy is being withdrawn next year . |
| 3 | A woman arrested at the same time as the man was still being quizzed last night . |
| 4 | The man , who has not been named , was slightly injured and treated at Darlington Memorial Hospital before being discharged last night . |
| 5 | I do indeed keep a list of questions , but I advise hon. Members representing Scottish constituencies that the next time we have Scottish Questions those hon. Members who have been called today will not stand quite such a good chance of being included next time . |
| 6 | THE North West is being targeted next week in an attempt to get rid of litter louts . |
| 7 | A large Family Centre being built next to the church will cater for various activities . |
| 8 | Their intentions are a far cry from DEC which is also trying to position its competitive Alpha chip as a mainstream merchant part but whose internal documents reportedly project a total of only around 200,000 to 300,000 Alpha being built next year . |
| 9 | FRANTIC attempts were being made last night in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir to negotiate with the secessionist rebels who kidnapped the daughter of the Indian Home Minister , Mufti Mohammed Sayeed . |
| 10 | Their intentions are a far cry from those of Digital Equipment Corp , which is also trying to position its competing Alpha chip as a mainstream merchant part but whose internal documents are said to project a total of only around 200,000 to 300,000 Alphas being made next year . |
| 11 | The couple , who dumped the car and fled , were being hunted last night . |
| 12 | A WOMAN who was spotted breastfeeding her baby as she drove along a busy main road was being hunted last night . |
| 13 | A SEX beast dressed as a woman hockey player in short skirt , tights and large black boots was being hunted last night . |
| 14 | AN escaped prisoner known as The Crusher was being hunted last night by police probing a nightwatchman 's murder . |
| 15 | He is in a wheelchair after being shot last year . |
| 16 | The incident appeared likely to diminish the chances of the prisoners being freed last night . |
| 17 | The Pru says that Britain is becoming a nation of spendthrifts with less than £5 in every £100 of disposable income being saved last year -the lowest level for 30 years — and is encouraging people to save the extra cash . |
| 18 | Johan Egelstedt , a Swedish male au pair , was saved from being deported last week by a last-minute decision from Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke . |
| 19 | PATIENTS are being offered second class treatment because doctors are using older , cheaper drugs to save money , it was claimed today . |
| 20 | OSF/1 MK , already available as a snapshot , was being shown last week at the Unix Expo show in New York by IBM , which is also to use the Mach microkernel in a future version of OS/2 ( UX No 402 ) . |
| 21 | Therefore , any remaining lead of the futures price over the spot price is due to either new information being reflected first in the futures market ( price discovery ) , or to recording and reporting lags for the index . |
| 22 | It was particularly galling for the greens to see themselves overtaken by the extreme right National Front , which was being credited last night with 12.5 per cent of the vote but was not expected to win more than a couple of seats . |
| 23 | All he had been able to envisage was his mother , so slight and fair , being mounted first by Dadda and then by the lorry driver . |
| 24 | It has to do with Italy 's terrifying national public deficit , estimated at L 34,000 billion , which on 26 May led to the money voted by Parliament at the end of January being frozen until October ; this means , for example , that Venice , Italy 's most fragile urban and artistic organism , which was to have had L450 billion spent on its infrastructure this year , is once again unable , for example , to dredge its canals , essential if the city is to avoid being flooded next time there is a high tide . |
| 25 | In cases of PRA , the dog 's vision fails progressively , with peripheral vision being affected first . |
| 26 | Despite the blow to Hewitt , McHale said the injury would give former Leeds United and Northern Ireland star Phil Hughes the chance to re-establish himself in the side after being axed last week . |
| 27 | Leeds were being linked last night with a £1 m bid for Manchester City defender Ian Brightwell , but Wilkinson also needs to bolster his mis-firing attack . |
| 28 | Heywood was another local recommendation , being appointed first on 21st May 1565 only temporarily , " till Mr. Brownswerd or some other learned man may be gotte " . |
| 29 | They want somebody here from the for half an hour and them not being served first |
| 30 | Juan Ponce Enrile believes he is in with a chance , despite being charged last year with rebellion in connection with an attempted coup . |