Example sentences of "[is] [being] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | Throughout , the activity of the crowd is being examined in relation to findings on conventional political participation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The current production capacity is being expanded in response to increased demand in Japan and the start-up of marketing in Europe . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They say the chance to turn their lives around is being threatened by cuts to the centre 's funding . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Customs and Excise Department is being moved from London to Liverpool , with the new office housing 1,800 staff . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He was taken to Our Lady 's Hospital in Cashel where he is being treated for burns to his upper body . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Public sector support for provincial services is being reduced by £77million to £345 million by 1992/93 , from almost £550 million in 1985/86 . |
| 16 | The system is being introduced in response to the Government 's Citizens ' Charter which laid down that every resident with a problem about a particular public service should have access to a well publicised complaints procedure . |
| 17 | As this extract indicates , increasing attention is being paid in Britain to the problems of the elderly . |
| 18 | On November 17 , the TUC is organising a regional day of action and on November 25 a torchlight procession is being held through Bootle to the expanding coal terminal at Gladstone Dock . |
| 19 | If the Commissioner grants assistance , the trade union concerned must be notified that assistance is being provided in relation to legal proceedings which have been or are commenced . |
| 20 | Thai intelligence sources say up to 200 saw mills , many run by Japanese or Taiwanese companies , are still functioning in Cambodia and processed timber is being exported by sea to Japan , Singapore , Vietnam and Thailand . |
| 21 | Dumping will be prohibited from mid-1993 and the MMA plant is being doubled in capacity to 200 000 tonne pa producing some 600,000 tonnes of waste , all of which will be handled by the new plant . |
| 22 | The dividend total is being lifted from 17.44p to 18p , with a 12.33p final on July 24 . |
| 23 | With £10.8m cash under its belt , and earnings up 7 p.c. to 12½p a share , the payout is being lifted from 4.31p to 43/4p , with a 3.3p final on July 7 . |