Example sentences of "[be] [being] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that progress appears to be being made with respect to MNC environmental scanning practices should not be overly comforting to MNC executives . |
| 2 | Those drastic price cuts instituted by Univel Inc last week ( CI No 2,128 ) are being seen as response to the nervousness engendered by Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT , the most threatening vapourware ever to descend on the market . |
| 3 | In some cases , incentives are being given by management to workers who disassoc disassociate themselves from the unions , leading to hostility and antagonism within the workplace between workers who have traditionally been united in furthering industrial relations . |
| 4 | Where officers of insolvent companies are being prosecuted in relation to their activities , voluntary disclosure of the transcripts of interviews with witnesses in relation to the liquidation can only be ordered by the Crown Court . |
| 5 | These transcripts are being analysed with reference to the origin of and nature of the knowledge used , the reaching of a consensus , and the social dynamics within the group . |
| 6 | ‘ Old people are being herded from place to place because of the whim of the county council . ’ |
| 7 | Millions of pounds are being spent on improvements to roads and the upgrading of the A1 is hoped to be complete by 2000 . |
| 8 | They are presented in order to illustrate some similarities and differences in the way the Cockcroft recommendations are being interpreted in relation to assessment and are not intended as a review of all the initiatives currently being undertaken . |
| 9 | When it comes to referral anecdotal reports suggest that informal gratuities are being paid by specialists to doctors for referring patients , potentially leading to overinvestigation and overtreatment . |
| 10 | The 30-foot long skeletons are being offered for sale to museums and wildlife centres , including some in the UK , where conservationists are calling for an embargo . |
| 11 | Some of the world 's rarest trees are being offered for sale to anyone with enough room to grow them . |
| 12 | And because they were prepared to go out and speak about their faith people were being converted from Buddhism to Christianity in their thousands . |
| 13 | Members complained that their phone calls were not being answered ; federal appointments were being made without reference to them ; legislative proposals were emerging without prior consultation with congress and senior presidential staff were accused of not treating Congressional leaders with sufficient respect . |
| 14 | In the beginning , only coal was transported on the line but by 1814 passengers were being conveyed from Kilmarnock to the coast at Troon , at weekends and on holidays . |
| 15 | The Institute bankers were being changed from Lloyds to the Royal Bank of Scotland in order to obtain better interest rate bands on cash deposited . |
| 16 | And Matthew … poor Matthew ! — even now he 's being chased from pillar to post , on stage and TV at home and abroad — to satisfy the cuddly trio 's craving for mischief and mayhem ! |
| 17 | Throughout , the activity of the crowd is being examined in relation to findings on conventional political participation . |
| 18 | Net assets per share grew from 169p to 212p and the dividend is being raised from 1.55p to 1.75p , with a 1p final payable on May 29 . |
| 19 | The current production capacity is being expanded in response to increased demand in Japan and the start-up of marketing in Europe . |
| 20 | But a tantalising fragment of a thirteenth Ransome novel envisages the three Death and Glory boys stowing away in a cruiser which is being sent by road to the Lake in the North . |
| 21 | The final payment to shareholders is being cut from 4.25p to 2.1p , to make a total of 4.2p for the year , down from 6.35p last time . |
| 22 | Earnings per share fell 64 per cent to 5.1p and the total dividend is being cut from 10.3p to 6.5p , after a final trimmed from 5.8p to 3.5p . |
| 23 | The interim dividend is being cut from 2.53p to 1½p on August 17 , but the board intends maintaining last year 's 4.4p total . |
| 24 | They say the chance to turn their lives around is being threatened by cuts to the centre 's funding . |
| 25 | The Alarm Discount where buildings and contents are insured is being increased from 25% to 30% on the contents portion of the premium where alarms have a direct connection to a central station . |
| 26 | The Customs and Excise Department is being moved from London to Liverpool , with the new office housing 1,800 staff . |
| 27 | We also use the word because it has the connotation that the information that we are concerned with is being transferred from environment to enterprise , actually to be used ( good heavens ! ) — by specific users in specific contexts for specific tasks , and is not being transferred just because it seems a nice thing to do . |
| 28 | He was taken to Our Lady 's Hospital in Cashel where he is being treated for burns to his upper body . |
| 29 | In this project , the economies of the process of adaption to reduced demand in industrial markets is being studied in relation to the experience since 1973 of the steel industries in the European Communities , the United States and Japan . |
| 30 | Public sector support for provincial services is being reduced by £77million to £345 million by 1992/93 , from almost £550 million in 1985/86 . |