Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ron and Pat Woolley , of Rhyl , recently took a huge lorry-load of medical supplies , equipment and clothes to the Klaipicla Children 's Hospital in Lithuania after being shocked by the conditions they found there during a previous visit . |
| 2 | Hamish Deans rose to his feet early in the meeting to read a statement after being asked about the charges laid by the police . |
| 3 | Joanna died after being crushed under the wheels of the vehicle used to transport the animals , which understandably the family no longer want to use . |
| 4 | After being rejected by the Sandinistas , he resolved to become a flying doctor and ferry medical supplies to war-stricken campesinos . |
| 5 | Ciftci is in prison in Iraq awaiting trial , after being charged with the murders of the two men by the Iraqi authorities . |
| 6 | After being baptised in the hands of Henry Spalding , Joseph spent much of his first seven years at the Lapwai Mission , where Eliza Spalding 's growing band of helpers gave academic and religious instruction . |
| 7 | Peter was admitted as a day case for a gastroscopy after being seen in the Outpatients Department . |
| 8 | On 4 April two officers reported the River Spey to be ‘ low and fordable in … many places ’ and by 12 April , after being joined by the forces from Strathbogie , Cumberland 's army reached the river , where the water level had dropped significantly in the preceding few days . |
| 9 | ARSENAL keeper David Seaman and midfielder David Hillier are fit to face Manchester United today after being substituted in the Gunners ' 3–0 crash at Leeds . |
| 10 | THE FAMOUS Spirit of Liverpool statue at Liverpool 's Walker Art Gallery needs repairing after being eroded by the elements . |
| 11 | Born in 1913 in Silesia , the descendant of a Turkish soldier who had settled in Poland after being captured by the Poles at the Siege of Vienna in 1683 , he was educated at a Gymnasium in Warsaw and at the Universities of Warsaw , Berlin and Bordeaux , where he studied history and journalism . |
| 12 | The animals suffocate after being trapped in the nets , and the fishermen are reluctant to cut them free due to the high cost ( US$20 ) of replacing the nets . |
| 13 | Three NatWest executive directors resigned after being criticised in the inspectors ' report . |
| 14 | The adult worms are most often found in the small bronchi and their eggs , containing the first stage larvae , hatch soon after being passed in the faeces ( Fig. 26 ) . |
| 15 | This feeling of utter helplessness , of being buffeted by the whims of some other person , was new and decidedly unsettling . |
| 16 | I realised that I was in danger of being fooled by the maps . |
| 17 | Wild water buffaloes come to drink at the villus , where their calves run the risk of being snatched by the jaws of a large mugger , the marsh crocodile of the Far East . |
| 18 | Passenger seats and upholstery are brand-new , with similarly new airliner-style nonflammable light grey plastic moulded trim in the process of being fastened around the sidewalls and roof . |
| 19 | Egyptians have recent memories of being beaten at the hands of western-backed armies . |
| 20 | Astronomers at JTL , afraid of being scooped by the amateurs , put out a press release claiming IRAS discovered it first — but they failed to mention the British team that found it for them . |
| 21 | Erm plans for the succession er and development of senior people and some of the plans this is going back to July er were in place then , most of the plans are in place now erm has probably most of you know are retiring in in October er their jobs have now all been allocated and are in the process of being transferred to the partners . |
| 22 | Finally , with considerable reluctance , I suggested that his faith seemed to have very little foundation and that without more understanding to match his enthusiasm he was in danger of being tripped by the questions of life — let alone by those of his fellow students . |
| 23 | The Rev C. A. Johns wrote six years earlier , in 1862 , ‘ Of late years , so unusual has the occurrence become of Bitterns breeding in this country , that the discovery of an egg in Norfolk has been thought worthy of being recorded in the transactions of the Linnean Society … |
| 24 | If successful , its advantages are that it is cheaper , avoids the stigma of admission and the danger of being influenced by the behaviours of other patients , and causes less disruption to the patient 's life . |
| 25 | With last month 's Winter Olympics receiving over 160 hours of television programming and three weeks of heavy newspaper , magazine and TV coverage , rugby enthusiasts in the United States were given a vivid lesson as to the power of being associated with the Olympics in making sporting heroes out of previously little-known athletes . |
| 26 | They include in the case of land held by trustees for sale , all interests and powers capable of being overridden by the trustees for sale . |
| 27 | If the use of the data changes , then its organisation should be capable of being changed without the users being aware of it ( known as physical data independence ) , apart , that is , from the gains in speed . |
| 28 | Moreover , millions of people live in constant fear of being attacked in the streets and in their homes ! |
| 29 | Assuming that Dworkin 's rights thesis is capable of being modified along the lines proposed , is it possible to identify any strategies — long-term , medium-range and short-term strategies — which could be expected to contribute toward the realisation of an expanded right of equal concern and respect ? |
| 30 | We have to somehow recognise and then become free of that overwhelming fear of being engulfed by the demands and powerful feelings in some clients and their families . |