Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hatch Act was passed in 1939 to prevent federal workers from being coerced into helping with the re-election campaign of President Franklin D. Roosevelt . |
| 2 | She complained of being prevented from helping in the house — ‘ You 'll tire yourself out ’ — or from going out in cold weather , and above all , of not being taken seriously . |
| 3 | 9.13 Tenant 's property If after the Tenant has vacated the Premises on the expiry of the Term any property of the Tenant remains in or on the Premises and the Tenant fails to remove it within [ 7 ] days after being requested in writing by the Landlord to do so or if after using [ its ] best endeavours the Landlord is unable to make such a request to the Tenant within [ 14 ] days from the first attempt so made by the Landlord : |
| 4 | Potato starch , rather than harmful chemicals , is being used for scouring in the finishing process . |
| 5 | Of the estimated 170,000 Palestinians remaining in Kuwait after the Iraqi defeat , a number were killed by Kuwaiti soldiers and civilian vigilantes after being accused of collaborating with the occupying forces . |
| 6 | BUS firms are being accused of discriminating against the Skerne Park estate in Darlington . |
| 7 | They are being held hostage with three other peacekeeping officials after being accused of spying for the Phnom Penh Government . |
| 8 | Having heard all the horror stories about being nicked for speeding in the US , I was pleasantly surprised to find that most of the traffic was travelling at about 70mph , so I set the cruise control at around that speed and tried not to look conspicuous . |
| 9 | As a result , we argued , the rights of the vast majority of people to an attractive and undeveloped countryside were being abused by acceding to the private interests of a few . |
| 10 | Only Japan , of the major exporters , remained virtually impervious to import penetration — all the phenomenal growth of manufactured exports being devoted to paying for the soaring import bill for materials ( chapter 12 ) |
| 11 | It complements course racing , since when conditions are too severe to lay a course offshore the slalom competition can be run within 200m of the beach , with marks being laid by wading into the surf . |
| 12 | A quick telephone call from the station 's duty catering manager resulted in the young unfortunate being escorted for questioning by the heavy hand of the police . |
| 13 | He remained at home from work on various days through terror of being waylaid on emerging from the factory . |
| 14 | In Argentina , a near-moribund system is being revived by franchising to the private sector . |
| 15 | And in tutorials there is opportunity to take well judged risks — by which I mean being unafraid of going for the character and seeing where it leads — even with well known speeches . |
| 16 | FIVE Irishmen arrested in an early-morning raid on a Cheltenham hotel yesterday were last night being held for questioning under the Prevention of Terrorism Act . |