Example sentences of "[being] [verb] by a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A disabled teenager who 's being treated by a Russian physiotherapist has been told his trainer must go home because his visa has run out . |
| 2 | The shooting incident happened on Sunday evening , but the cat , Inkie , is still being treated by a local vet after losing an eye when the pellet lodged in his head . |
| 3 | ‘ We just see one leader being cheered by one lot of people , and another being cheered by a different lot . |
| 4 | Clarification was also given in relation to sub-sale arrangements where A sells land to B who in turn sells it to C with the transfer of title being completed by a single conveyance from A to C. The Stamp Office confirmed that where s 58(4) , Stamp Act 1891 applies , such that duty is payable only on the consideration paid by C , only that amount will be VAT-inclusive . |
| 5 | Across the region regulators have said they are overwhelmed by the scale of the problem , the situation being compounded by a steady stream of newly found leaks . |
| 6 | Some LEAs , notably through Henry Morris in Cambridgeshire and Baines in Bedfordshire , were explicitly supportive of the enterprise being developed by a prestigious university body in adult education . |
| 7 | They were researching a new power source that was being developed by a Danish engineer . |
| 8 | HINTS of differing ambitions are emerging from the clutch of North Sea gasfields currently being developed by a British Gas and a group of others . |
| 9 | One scheme of which I have received some details is being developed by a well-known engineering company . |
| 10 | It is the work that is the most important thing to learn at school , with arithmetic being favoured by a three-to-one margin over being good . |
| 11 | LITTLE Jolene Watkins , 11 , was fighting for life last night after being crushed by a runaway car which hurtled into a play- ground . |
| 12 | According to press reports Chaovalit , who was not a member of any political organization , was being courted by a wide spectrum of parties including the opposition grouping Ekkaparb ( founded in April 1989 — see p. 37082 ) . |
| 13 | At this time , the Rayles were being plagued by a large gang known as the Wokingham Blacks . |
| 14 | Here , as so often , it is a centrally important question , who is supposedly being addressed by a given piece of ethical discourse . |
| 15 | A clause in a severance agreement which merely acknowledges that the company will issue a reference upon being approached by a prospective employer is of little use . |
| 16 | Being surrounded by a supportive network of friends has always given the Happy Mondays the edge in the bullshit world of the music industry . |
| 17 | It is true that rule-breaking is a national pastime in a country like Italy ; but that is a problem which is no doubt capable of being resolved by a European government with sufficient teeth . |
| 18 | The bishop , enraged at being deluded by a mere girl , determined to have his revenge . |
| 19 | The event is being organised by a keen knitter , Kent Arts and Libraries Officer , Mary Cunningsworth . |
| 20 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 21 | Now the proposals are being considered by a public inquiry . |
| 22 | The small voice inside her , urging her to cut her losses and go back to England , leaving the residents at the Château La Tour Monchauzet to stew in their own rancour , was being overwhelmed by a furious determination to vindicate her mother 's memory at all costs . |
| 23 | The appointment of an executive search firm to an assignment was very largely dependent on that firm being recommended by a satisfied client within an informal corporate network ; shoot-outs were rare in the 1960s and many companies were loath to give business to a firm on the basis of their literature and/or presentations by consultants ; so the success of early searches was crucial . |
| 24 | The unusual structure of the Daily Herald certainly prevented it being dominated by a small group , apart from the elected brothers of the TUC council . |
| 25 | But for a business used to being dominated by a single entity — the BBC — the past few years have been unsettling . |
| 26 | The minister said that he felt as if he were being pursued by a wild animal and could only throw off his clothes to distract its attention . |
| 27 | The Mirror thus passed form owning to being owned by a non-newspaper interest . |
| 28 | This eventually causes the death of one of the boys , as the gang try to protect themselves from being attacked by a rival gang — The Socs . |
| 29 | Three 's a B-movie actor being attacked by a giant lobster and a man landing on the moon . |
| 30 | Indeed , it is because there is no silent majority , no single entity which is being attacked by a hostile element , that this form is increasing . |