Example sentences of "[noun] being [verb] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LAST week we protested about the 25-day Christmas break being taken by Members of Parliament . |
| 2 | He will know , as other hon. Members do , of the considerable doubts being expressed by politicians from all parties in Germany . |
| 3 | In fact , there is a real example of depreciation accounting being practised alongside payments in lieu of depreciation . |
| 4 | Steve Hagger , a director , says the mounting list of creditors can be blamed on the fact Brandmakers was victim of a fraud being perpetrated on companies in search of cash to help them ride the recession . |
| 5 | We now face the disgraceful situation of nearly 1 million children in primary schools being taught in classes of more than 30 . |
| 6 | This explains why one finds contrary demands being made by groups in different places . |
| 7 | Lord , you are the source of peace ; we cry to You for peace in our world ; daily we see and hear of strife within nations , of tensions between states , of violence being done by men against men ; we are sad Lord , and know that You are sad too . |
| 8 | Owner is Dan McCue of Warbirds East who says that co-operation from manufacturers Aero at Vodochody was excellent and bodes will for other Eastern bloc aircraft being operated by civilians in the West . |
| 9 | It emphasizes the need for marketers to analyze the satisfactions being sought by individuals through their purchase and consumption patterns , and to gain a clear understanding of individual purchase motivations . |
| 10 | Sales totalled nearly £700,000 last year , holding steady , despite seven of the charity 's shops being hit by bombings in Belfast and provincial towns . |
| 11 | Robert Gould expressed his frustration at the tactics being used by parents at two of the schools threatened with closure on the south side of the city . |
| 12 | IN RECENT years the ‘ secret ballot ’ was introduced by the Tories to prevent strong-arm tactics being used by unions in votes on strike action . |
| 13 | This has resulted in different messages about the same issue being given to clients of the health services , e.g. ORS : in Kangwane Banstustan they teach mothers to use one litre of water , six teaspoons of sugar and one teaspoon of salt to prepare the Oral Rehydration Solution ( ORS ) whilst their neighbours , Gazankulu and Lebowa have different methods . |
| 14 | Lee 's proposed opening for the movie , based on a script written by James Baldwin , is an American flag being licked with flames behind a credit sequence until it forms the title X . |
| 15 | I can hear the ski lifts creaking in the wind and the sound of sand being dragged in gusts over the parked cars . |
| 16 | The ADN and MIR each now had eight Cabinet posts , three of the MIR posts being occupied by members of the " New Majority " faction ( MIR-NM ) . |
| 17 | There were even reports of material assistance being given to protesters by local officials , such as transport to demonstrations and financing for the protesters ' co-ordinating committees . |
| 18 | The study has been designed to look at : the feasibility of extending CSAWS activities to the collection of other recyclable waste materials , such as glass , plastics , oil and metals ; potential sites for storage of such materials — sites being evaluated in terms of ease of access , cost , suitability for storage , planning permission , and the availability of funds to offset costs ; the number of jobs arising from the resultant expansion of activities ; the spin-off effect of recycling waste materials in terms of openings for small business ; and the likely savings on current disposal costs in industry . |
| 19 | An alternative explanation might see these fortified sites being used as bases for the storage of spare equipment and horses plus food and fodder for mobile cavalry units of the late Roman field army in Britain . |
| 20 | Although the civil rights strategy could not have been adopted by republicans without the approval of the leadership of the IRA — and Roy Johnston stressed the importance of its involvement in the Maghera meeting of 1966 — — this does not mean that the army council initiated the setting up of NICRA or that it paid any detailed attention to the work being done by republicans within the association . |
| 21 | Checks have been made that this bone was not missed during laboratory processing of the pellet samples , and there is little chance of bones being detached from pellets before collection because of the compact nature of barn owl pellets . |
| 22 | He reached the town and entered the Lawnmarket ; there was a crowd gathered watching some wretch being dragged by horses across the open space to a waiting scaffold . |
| 23 | as if the casualties being inflicted on members of the armed forces of both parties , not to speak of the crews of the largely neutral shipping involved , were not enough to satisfy the appetite of some mythical god of war , further carnage was developing , mainly in the latter half of the war , among the civilian populations of both countries . |
| 24 | A total of 35 delegations attended , with 22 countries being represented by heads of state . |
| 25 | After talks with Gorbachev in Moscow on May 3 , Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan announced that he had received assurances that the wounded would be evacuated and that the Soviet authorities would intervene to stop Armenians being deported from communities in border areas of Azerbaijan . |
| 26 | Police say it 's another case of rural areas being plagued by gangs of city criminals . |
| 27 | If they pursue a rigid analytical approach then it is likely to result in many , if not all , of the constituent elements which comprise the ‘ if X ’ question being labelled as questions of law . |
| 28 | In addition , we have increased the Occupiers and Family Personal Liability cover from £250,000 to £500,000 to take account of the very large settlements being made by Courts to accident victims nowadays . |
| 29 | He sees no harm in Pedigree Chum being mentioned as sponsors by the Pets and People presenters . |
| 30 | Jesus Christ brought in the Piscean Age ( hence , it is alleged , the ichthus fish sign of the new church and the numerous allusions to fishermen being turned into fishers of men ) . |