Example sentences of "[being] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's being posted out to the West Indies and he 's asked her to marry him and go with him . |
| 2 | Parking was horrendously difficult , the off-street parking being given over to the Volvos , Rovers and BMWs of the conference-goers . |
| 3 | A number of modifications are being carried out to the BBMF 's other Merlin engines to prevent a recurrence of this type of failure . |
| 4 | A survey of the groundwater resources on Jersey is being carried out for the States of Jersey . |
| 5 | For example , on the comment form which we gave to all respondents at the end of the field-work , one policewoman wrote , ‘ The idea of research being carried out within the RUC , or indeed any police force , is a good one . |
| 6 | Open exhibition spaces will have to be air- conditioned and a number of experiments on how to achieve this are being carried out in the Bioclimatic Rotonda , located at the Expo office compound . |
| 7 | We agree with CPRE that ‘ opencast mining is one of the most environmentally destructive processes being carried out in the UK ’ . |
| 8 | Anyone who has seen or lived near an opencast coal mining site will understand and agree with a statement which appeared in the First Report of the House of Commons Energy Committee ( 1986–87 ) : ‘ We agree with the CPRE that ‘ opencast mining is one of the most environmentally destructive processes being carried out in the UK ’ . |
| 9 | Most of the 38 protocols approved for genetic therapy are being carried out in the United States on patients with cancer . |
| 10 | The pilot scheme is being carried out in the Matusadona national park near the Zambian border , where the rhino population has dropped from 150 to 16 in the last five years . |
| 11 | Two years ago we reported on the seismic survey work being carried out in the Solent to determine if oil drilling there would be profitable . |
| 12 | Erm , we need to value those assets , and the cost of back- work being carried out by the London Buildings Consultancy would be nineteen thousand pounds , some twenty pounds per property . |
| 13 | The money will be spent on extending and modernising its Portrack sewage treatment works at Stockton , resulting in ‘ significantly ’ cleaner water being discharged back into the River Tees . |
| 14 | This duty was helped by the fact that the general hospital units being built up in the London catchment area were already taking over the functions of the asylums . |
| 15 | Mueller is taking over the plan , and Don is being transferred back to the States . |
| 16 | In conclusion , although it is difficult to foresee the tide of interest and activity being turned back in the NHS , and a majority of DGMs believe that the new system has already delivered quality improvements ( Appleby et al. |
| 17 | Now the Scottish Office says the future of the dental hospital lies in the plans being drawn up by the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary to become a self-governing trust . |
| 18 | Speaking at an international conference in London on the transportation and disposal of hazardous waste on Oct. 4 , 1989 , the European Communities ( EC ) Environment Commissioner , Carlo Ripa Di Meana , said that proposals to make producers of toxic waste liable for the damage and injury they might cause were being drawn up by the EC Commission . |
| 19 | A list of controlled technologies is being drawn up by the Australia Group and this could be added to UK export regulations this year . |
| 20 | Guidelines are being drawn up by the IEC . |
| 21 | Afterwards , in the traffic jam leaving Southampton , party hats were being handed out among the Leeds cars . |
| 22 | Mr Salmon told me that he 'd heard the best barrows were being sold off in the Old Kent Road , on account of the fact that so many young lads were heeding Kitchener 's cry and joining up to fight for King and country . |
| 23 | He had been interrogated at the Comando di Legione in Parma before being locked up in the Citadella to await removal to Germany . |
| 24 | Like the Jaguar and lightning jets , they 're being phased out of the RAF because they 're considered too expensive to service . |
| 25 | During the days of live Television AFMs were equipped with a ‘ cut key ’ — a hard-wired push-button which , when pressed , cut off all sound from the studio microphones so that the viewers at home could not hear the prompt line being called out by the AFM . |
| 26 | The house being packed up in the Mansfield Street drawing room . |
| 27 | A further complication arose from the fact that Kingsley 's natural mother was a Roman Catholic who objected to the prospect of her son being brought up by the Russ family , who were Mormons . |
| 28 | The old , it appeared , were on the attack everywhere ; why , even pirate radio was being driven out of the North Sea . |
| 29 | In 455 , the year after Aëtius 's murder , and the year in which Valentinian III was assassinated , they were clearly extending their territory , since they are recorded as being driven back by the Gepids . |
| 30 | Their excellent record as landlords and non-involvement in local politics saved Riverstown from being burnt down by the IRA in 1922 . |