Example sentences of "[noun pl] being [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also a reduction in the number of elderly bus passenger casualties which may have resulted in a fall in the number of trips being made following the introduction of fares for concessionary travel . |
| 2 | He followed the bomber down until it dived into the sea off Filfla , three survivors being seen in the water . |
| 3 | The most prominent of the dayis were captured and beheaded , their heads being sent to the sultan ( except for one which was carried away by the Danube whilst being washed by a gypsy in preparation for the journey to Istanbul ) . |
| 4 | Work was started on the restoration of the bombed church in 1956 , substantial funds being raised by the RAF , Commonwealth and Allied Air Forces , as well as from civilian benefactors . |
| 5 | The court found , by a narrow margin of seven votes to six , that Papandreou was not the " moral instigator " of the scandal of public funds being directed into the Bank of Crete . |
| 6 | Without the help of the S.D.S. the project seems doomed as the Region are unwilling to help and few of the local people would consent to council funds being used for the setting up of a permanent site or the renting of a plot of land as a short-term site until a permanent site can be found away from the town . |
| 7 | It was reflected in the expressions used by some members of the RUC ( ‘ OK , let's hit the streets and do it to them before they do it to us ’ , ‘ This is where the law stops and I take over , sucker ’ , the reference to probationary police as ‘ rookies ’ and to bullets as ‘ slugs ’ ) , their dress ( mirror sunglasses , blue jeans , and white T-shirt , sometimes with the Miami-Vice parallel reinforced by the words being printed on the T-shirt ) , and other ephemera ( the engraving of ‘ San Quentin' on the keys to the cells , jumping through the enquiry room window rather than using the door ) . |
| 8 | Have you heard any of these words being used for the side of things by the , the tinkers ? |
| 9 | She was still in her night things , and somehow did n't seem able to make the simplest connections in her mind ; right hand hugging her left elbow , she 'd been rocking herself gently ever since she 'd been wakened by the sounds of garage doors opening and cars being started in the mews outside her window . |
| 10 | In certain species this can be shut tight as a further protection , with the head and legs being drawn behind the barrier . |
| 11 | The NRA attributed the downward trend in major incidents mainly to its tough and rigorous pollution prevention and control measures and the strong signals being sent by the courts through massive increases in the size of fines imposed on convicted offenders . |
| 12 | And , speaking just hours before the Budget , he warned that confusion in the signals being given by the Chancellor in his handling of economic policy would damage the ‘ fragile confidence ’ now emerging . |
| 13 | This signal can be compared to the signals being produced by the phase sequence generator as a check that the motor is operating correctly . |
| 14 | A new framework is needed , say the NRA , because many consents are no longer relevant to the increasing demands being placed on the waterways . |
| 15 | The demands being made on the child must be appropriate to his/her level of cognitive development/literacy difficulties . |
| 16 | The Countryside Commission 's Digest of Countryside Recreation Statistics charts many of these changes and offers a glimpse of the increasing demands being made on the countryside . |
| 17 | PREMIER John Major has backed down from promises to stop Civil Service time servers being rewarded through the honours system , say No 10 sources . |
| 18 | An example of how expansion of opencast coaling can thwart the deep-rooted desire of coalfield communities to grasp the opportunities being created through the Valleys Initiative to develop a diverse and high quality economy can be seen in the Amman and Gwendraeth valleys . |
| 19 | These developments , together with other exciting opportunities being investigated for the Wedgwood brand , give the Board significant confidence for the future . |
| 20 | And would it look odd if you had a tent or wigwam type of frame that could be covered in with a protective polythene and well ven ventilated at the , at the base and as it 's only really to give protection , you know , January , late April sort of thing , round about that period , er to prevent the fungal peach leaf curl and fungal spores being splashed on the branches wherein . |
| 21 | When negotiating on behalf of the management the warranties being requested by the investor , a compromise that gives the investor the comfort it requires , without undue pressure on the management , is to be sought ; the management and the investor will have a continuing relationship following completion of the transaction . |
| 22 | Firstly , I object to the bite-sized , stick-on solutions being peddled by the Committee . |
| 23 | When viewed in this light it should not be surprising that the loudest , most powerful voices being heard in the name of animal welfare — at least in the United States — are those who have a vested interest in the perpetuation of animal exploitation . |
| 24 | This may lead to huge bonuses being paid to the manager . |
| 25 | This alarming statistic led Qamar Ali Mirza , president of the Pakistan Mountaineering Association , to make a moving plea at a conference of Greater Ranges nations being held at the time in Kathmandu : ‘ Please give a respite to these big mountains . |
| 26 | According to the ‘ tree ’ scheme of ref. 20 , all scattered waves in a multiple scattering ‘ tree ’ starting at atom α shown in Fig. 1 a can be summed as β being an atom positioned near atom α and multiple ( 2 ) scattered waves being included in the term ‘ + … ’ . |
| 27 | OWNERS of unregistered dangerous dogs are moving their pets from house to house in a bid to prevent the animals being seized by the police , it has been revealed . |
| 28 | Assistant county trading standards officer Ed Chicken yesterday told Bedale magistrates that animal health inspectors spotted Taylor 's animals being weighed at the mart . |
| 29 | Assistant county trading standards officer Ed Chicken yesterday told Bedale magistrates that animal health inspectors spotted Taylor 's animals being weighed at the mart . |
| 30 | Regrettably , most other television programmes , notably ‘ fly on the wall ’ documentaries from Yorkshire Television and Central have sought to expose the inadequate conditions in which many mentally handicapped people live , especially in long stay hospitals , rather than discuss the progressive steps being made in the care of the mentally handicapped in Britain today . |