Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [adv] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The all-male strip troupe are being checked out by the Office of Fair Trading after a rival group complained about unfair practices . |
| 2 | Has my mother any entitlement to income on the £60,000 as it was being gathered in by the solicitors and prior to it being handed over to the investment adviser for the purchase of the securities agreed by the trustees ? |
| 3 | As far as validation of the courses is concerned , this is being undertaken either by the CNAA or by the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester . |
| 4 | I 've just remembered this , her saying about Annette , you know when Sue came up and said about erm being stunk out by the exhaust on that |
| 5 | Most people use their own bodyweight as a stretching aid , with the number of different ways to stretch being limited only by the imagination . |
| 6 | As a wipeout specialist myself , I could see him being torn apart by the turbulence , I could feel his bursting lungs and taste the fear of blacking out . |
| 7 | The Tories are likely to have blood all over the walls , cabinet ministers being torn apart by the multitudes and so on . |
| 8 | Up in the gallery a careful watch is being kept on sound levels to ensure the noise from the fan is drowned out by the radiophonic wind effect now carrying through the studio 's talkback system and being picked up by the microphones . |
| 9 | By 1929 the drift towards a new cinema as being picked up by the critics , who eagerly pointed out both what they liked in the new films and what they thought would be well received by audiences . |
| 10 | Video 8 , with its inability to dub audio separately , inserts both new pictures and sound , the latter being whatever was being picked up by the camcorder 's microphone while the title was being recorded — unless you have arranged for some other sound to be fed onto the tape ! |
| 11 | Providing no amendments are carried , which looks likely , it will receive the Royal Assent without being considered again by the Commons . |
| 12 | On the positive side , I feel fine physically and my spirits are being lifted immeasurably by the mail that 's beginning to pour in . |
| 13 | TEACHERS of young children are being looked on by the Government as ‘ not a lot more than well-disciplined child-minders , ’ a senior Belfast education adviser claimed today . |
| 14 | Investment criteria that are applied as a matter of course to every other company are in danger of being abandoned completely as the institutions face the prospect of being sucked in by the Government 's subtle propaganda . |
| 15 | Local people also expressed concern over the health risks posed by the oil-dispersing sprays , which were being carried inland by the wind . |
| 16 | The Court of Appeal held , however , that there was no partnership in existence , since no business was being carried on by the defendant and X ; on the contrary , the goods had been ordered in preparation for the formation of a company , and such transactions could not be considered as ‘ carrying on a business ’ . |
| 17 | At first the lifeboat and casualty were being carried astern by the wind and tide , so power was increased in order to make headway . |
| 18 | The Campaign for Real Yorkshire has been set up because of the imminent review of local government structures in the county being carried out by the Government 's Local Government Commission . |
| 19 | The Campaign for Real Yorkshire has been set up because of the imminent review of local government structures in the county , being carried out by the Government 's Local Government Commission . |
| 20 | Responsible for heavy cleaning work , the movement of stores and for odd maintenance jobs ( e.g. the replacement of light bulbs etc. ) , major maintenance being carried out by the Polytechnic 's Building Division . |
| 21 | 9.19 Rights of light There may be a proviso to the effect that the tenant can not complain if its light is subsequently affected by any building works being carried out by the landlord to neighbouring property . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | There was some cooking being carried out by the women — and a great deal of drinking . |
| 24 | At the resumed talks it was agreed that Petur Mladenov , the State Council President and former Foreign Affairs Minister , would be elected President of Bulgaria ( his formal election being carried out by the Assembly on April 3 ) , but would be replaced when a newly elected legislature approved a new constitution . |
| 25 | I am writing to ask for the co-operation of your Institution in a survey of Language in Teacher Education which is being carried out by the NCLE . |
| 26 | Introductory note : This questionnaire forms part of a survey which is being carried out by the NCLE to establish the extent of current provision for language education in the training , both pre- and in-service , of all teachers . |
| 27 | The care being carried out by the nurses may appear to be complex , e.g. special preparations for theatre and technical procedures such as the care of intravenous infusions and wound drains . |
| 28 | With birds and mammals it is nearly always the female that looks after the young , without the help of the male , but many fish reverse this procedure , with all parental duties being carried out by the males , as in the case of nest-building sticklebacks and pouch-carrying seahorses . |
| 29 | The study is being carried out by the Family Health Services Authority , formerly the Family Practitioner Committee , to compile an overall picture of the county 's health and health needs . |
| 30 | A great deal of work is being carried out by the Health Education Authority , the Department of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food to ensure that people have simple and effective information about healthy eating , and a great deal is being done on school meals , with the particular help of the wife of our own Secretary of State . |