Example sentences of "[noun] being [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yesterday Taoiseach Albert Reynolds did not rule out the possibility of the contest being held in the province , but 24 hours later RTE chief John Sorohan said Dublin would be the most likely venue . |
| 2 | There was also a reduction in the number of elderly bus passenger casualties which may have resulted in a fall in the number of trips being made following the introduction of fares for concessionary travel . |
| 3 | ‘ Of the Godfather of All ? ’ whispered Yeremi , haunted by the memory of Yakobi being forced towards the heat sink . |
| 4 | The simplest form of microscope is the convex lens , the magnifying effect being caused by the curvature of the lens . |
| 5 | One popular nineteenth century patterning was ‘ tree calf ’ , a delicate arboreal effect being produced by the interaction of chemicals . |
| 6 | He followed the bomber down until it dived into the sea off Filfla , three survivors being seen in the water . |
| 7 | In our special reports this week we 've heard complaints of under-investment in railways , over-reliance on road building , and of harm being done to the environment . |
| 8 | Peace talks were set to resume in Caracas , Venezuela , on Aug. 26 between the government and the Simon Bolivar National Guerrilla Co-ordinating Group ( CNGSB ) , which had announced on Aug. 1 that it would suspend attacks on the country 's economic infrastructure , especially electricity pylons and oil pipelines , because of " the harm being done to the poverty stricken communities of the country " . |
| 9 | Does the Chancellor appreciate the harm being done to the economy by the 20 per cent . |
| 10 | We will consider further introduction of video recordings of all interviews in police custody when the outcome of a joint study being conducted by the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Home Office has been fully considered . |
| 11 | Carrie was eager to tell her mother how business was picking up at the dining rooms but she was interrupted by footsteps on the stairs outside and a key being inserted in the lock . |
| 12 | The most prominent of the dayis were captured and beheaded , their heads being sent to the sultan ( except for one which was carried away by the Danube whilst being washed by a gypsy in preparation for the journey to Istanbul ) . |
| 13 | A case could be made for such a ritual being enshrined in the legend of Lady Godiva of Coventry , riding through the city on a white horse ( fig. 13.1 ) , though this idea has been dismissed by Hilda Ellis Davison in her otherwise full and admirable account of the legend . |
| 14 | Work was started on the restoration of the bombed church in 1956 , substantial funds being raised by the RAF , Commonwealth and Allied Air Forces , as well as from civilian benefactors . |
| 15 | The court found , by a narrow margin of seven votes to six , that Papandreou was not the " moral instigator " of the scandal of public funds being directed into the Bank of Crete . |
| 16 | Without the help of the S.D.S. the project seems doomed as the Region are unwilling to help and few of the local people would consent to council funds being used for the setting up of a permanent site or the renting of a plot of land as a short-term site until a permanent site can be found away from the town . |
| 17 | Other transfers also took place with Stock Accounting being transferred to the Management Accounting Section . |
| 18 | It was reflected in the expressions used by some members of the RUC ( ‘ OK , let's hit the streets and do it to them before they do it to us ’ , ‘ This is where the law stops and I take over , sucker ’ , the reference to probationary police as ‘ rookies ’ and to bullets as ‘ slugs ’ ) , their dress ( mirror sunglasses , blue jeans , and white T-shirt , sometimes with the Miami-Vice parallel reinforced by the words being printed on the T-shirt ) , and other ephemera ( the engraving of ‘ San Quentin' on the keys to the cells , jumping through the enquiry room window rather than using the door ) . |
| 19 | Have you heard any of these words being used for the side of things by the , the tinkers ? |
| 20 | Share options are more attractive than outright share purchases because there is no risk of a loss being made by the employee taking up the option if share prices fall . |
| 21 | Over half of our total investment of more than £350 million next year will be spent on refurbishment of our sewers and sewage treatment works — the vast majority of this investment being made outside the London area . |
| 22 | Since an injunction may be granted on an interlocutory basis pending trial ( which may not take place for many months ) and , in cases of great urgency , on an ex parte basis , it is clear that there is a possibility of the union side being robbed of the initiative in an industrial action . |
| 23 | She was still in her night things , and somehow did n't seem able to make the simplest connections in her mind ; right hand hugging her left elbow , she 'd been rocking herself gently ever since she 'd been wakened by the sounds of garage doors opening and cars being started in the mews outside her window . |
| 24 | In certain species this can be shut tight as a further protection , with the head and legs being drawn behind the barrier . |
| 25 | The NRA attributed the downward trend in major incidents mainly to its tough and rigorous pollution prevention and control measures and the strong signals being sent by the courts through massive increases in the size of fines imposed on convicted offenders . |
| 26 | And , speaking just hours before the Budget , he warned that confusion in the signals being given by the Chancellor in his handling of economic policy would damage the ‘ fragile confidence ’ now emerging . |
| 27 | This signal can be compared to the signals being produced by the phase sequence generator as a check that the motor is operating correctly . |
| 28 | A new framework is needed , say the NRA , because many consents are no longer relevant to the increasing demands being placed on the waterways . |
| 29 | The demands being made on the child must be appropriate to his/her level of cognitive development/literacy difficulties . |
| 30 | The Countryside Commission 's Digest of Countryside Recreation Statistics charts many of these changes and offers a glimpse of the increasing demands being made on the countryside . |