Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] by [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appointment of new and conservative judges in the later 1980s was seen as posing a threat to the basic rights enunciated in Roe , yet in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services ( 1989 ) and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey ( 1992 ) the court condoned further restrictions being placed by the states on the circumstances under which women could obtain abortions , while refusing to decide directly to reverse the principles in Roe . |
| 2 | The central aim of the study was to explore the nature of the overall service provided by the police to the public : ‘ policing on the ground ’ , focussing on everyday policing , and to describe the priorities currently being given by the police to the various parts of their workload in response to demand from the public . |
| 3 | On 4 April two officers reported the River Spey to be ‘ low and fordable in … many places ’ and by 12 April , after being joined by the forces from Strathbogie , Cumberland 's army reached the river , where the water level had dropped significantly in the preceding few days . |
| 4 | The estimated 40,000 troops in Dese are being joined by the remnants of the defeated Third Army , which is struggling down the road or surrendering to the rebels . |
| 5 | In the later pharaonic centuries Egypt found itself sacked several times by Libyans , Ethiopians , Persians and Assyrians , before being conquered by the Greeks under Alexander in 332 BC . |
| 6 | Now their Cult of Pleasure was being persecuted by the agents of the distant Phoenix King . |
| 7 | It is n't that one writer did something bad and somehow called punishment down upon himself ; it 's that writers in Iran , Saudi , Egypt are being persecuted by the forces of fundamentalism . |
| 8 | In his arms she was no longer a thinking , rational person , she was merely a being consumed by the flames of need . |
| 9 | Cheese-makers say they are being squeezed by the effects of two systems in the rigidly-controlled milk market . |
| 10 | A fourteen-year-old offender who 's had three holidays in Spain this year at tax payers ' expense has had a court case adjourned because he 's being interviewed by the police on other matters . |
| 11 | Guatemala 's Minister of Energy and Mines has announced a plan to set up a series of solar generating stations in rural areas currently without electricity , and similar initiatives are being considered by the governments of El Salvador and Panama . |
| 12 | Traditional working conditions and fundamentals are being eroded by the Banks in the relentless pursuit of increased profitability with scant regard for their other responsibilities . |
| 13 | A similar pattern of co-operation between public libraries being fostered by the needs of pre-licentiate programmes was also evident in some of the examples of co-operative schemes noted in our sample : |
| 14 | In this way power and love might both be enjoyed , as we see them being enjoyed by the heroes of a thousand school stories . |
| 15 | This study is designed to provide a means of testing , refining , and developing theories about football hooliganism on the basis of empirical data that are being collected by the techniques of social anthropology . |
| 16 | The leaves are cleaned and the cuticle scratched , thus aiding fungal decay ; the ants cut and chew the pieces into fragments , which are mixed with saliva as well as faeces before being put in the garden , the swollen tips ( gongylidia ) being collected by the ants for food . |
| 17 | There is no space to tell you of the depth of fellowship I am experiencing , of the great joy I have in teaching such folk , of all I am learning from these believers who have suffered so much , of the hardening opposition by the Orthodox Church , of the great work being done by the Baptists among Bulgarian orphans and of the plans for an orphanage , school and seminary . |
| 18 | Statistics for calorie consumption in the region show that despite considerable variation between different areas , nearly all the countries raised their calorie requirement satisfaction rates during the 1970s , the greatest progress being made by the countries with initially the lowest levels . |
| 19 | The massive increase in the number of GCSE candidates opting to continue in education is being trumpeted by the Tories as a success story . |
| 20 | I have chosen these books because they have similar themes ; they both portray individuals who have problems fitting into , accepting , and being accepted by the societies in which they live . |
| 21 | A very mysterious , nasty record , and one that asks whether we 're being used by the powers-that-be by going out raving on E every night instead of overthrowing the rich . |
| 22 | In addition , Protek has also signed a UK marketing agreement with Austin , Texas-based Tivoli Systems Inc to supply and support the object-oriented Tivoli Management Framework software , a key component of OSF 's Distributed Management environment , also being used by the likes of Unix System Labs and SunSoft Inc . |
| 23 | This was by no means an accident , since throughout the 1970s a powerful body of media , political , and academic opinion had been constructed around the theme of how Britain was drifting into a ‘ violent society ’ , and how the basis of consent was being shifted by the pressures of immigration and the growth of multi-racial inner city areas . |
| 24 | On being sued by the plaintiffs for breach of the implied duty of confidentiality , the defendant claimed that he had made all his calculations in designing the heater from information which had been published in a readily obtainable leaflet . |
| 25 | The belief that there is no real alternative is being challenged by the activities of teachers working in consultative/support roles and by an increasing body of research . |
| 26 | While such claims are today being challenged by the proponents of privatization , it is as an efficient provider of services that the claims of local government mainly seem to rest . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , despite the necessity to protect children from being misled by the stories of ‘ heaven ’ and miracles , it should be made quite clear to them that most of the stories of good works attributed to the people involved are most likely to be true , and as these people are believed to have done much more good than most , they have been given a place in the windows of the churches and in paintings and elsewhere . |
| 28 | How does a bat keep track of its own echoes , and avoid being misled by the echoes of others ? |
| 29 | ‘ There are no secrets except the secrets that keep themselves ’ was George Bernard Shaw 's picturesque way of stating the obvious , but in a messy company liquidation the police may be very interested in the information that is being extracted by the liquidators from sometimes unwilling directors and others . |
| 30 | Enjoying this recreation , I could not banish the occasional thought that although work at B.P. was undeniably of vital importance , we were living a comparatively sheltered life , and that the real brunt of the war was being borne by the men on the battlefield . |