Example sentences of "being [verb] [prep] the new [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It refers to the duty being placed on the new committee , ( a ) to monitor the effects of this Act on bus passengers in Scotland ; and , ( b ) to make recommendations to bus operators and the Secretary of State regarding the effects of this Act on bus passengers in Scotland . " |
| 2 | Tribal independence was being crushed by the new might of Army . |
| 3 | I am resigned to being addressed by the new name of Pax-Wanxie , but if she is to become a mere conduit of the Paxford philosophy it will be a very great bore . |
| 4 | The speed reductions would be achieved , by applying at critical points in the network , some of the same sort of Verkehrsberuhigung measures as those which were at that time being installed in the new rest and play areas . |
| 5 | About 5,000 colonists have already moved into the 300,000-hectare Arara reserve , and thousands more are being attracted to the new town and sawmill . |
| 6 | One of the two crew , the braver , told us it was on account of the work being done on the new landing stage that access was impossible . |
| 7 | Almost 250 course proposals from 58 centres were successfully validated : these were traditional courses being transferred to the new system and also a number of innovative courses in areas ranging from Countryside Recreation and Countryside Management to Modern Musicianship . |
| 8 | After much discussion , the decision is to make arrangements for a three-year transition , with batches of courses being transferred to the new format in time for student enrolment in September 1990 , 1991 and 1992 : in the latter year , all initial student enrolments will be for new-style courses . |
| 9 | Where individual dwellings have intermediate floors , these were carried out in traditional timber joisted construction , the joists being hung from the new masonry cross-walls on joist-hangers . |
| 10 | A new Media Briefing Centre for Torness Power Station is being incorporated in the new community centre being built at Port Seton . |
| 11 | The images of youth arose from a society in which the middle class was reviving its claim to political and cultural leadership at the very time when it was being challenged by the new class politics . |
| 12 | The Executive Information System is just one of several new products being bundled with the new version ; the others include a gateway with IBM Corp 's CICS , which , the Cary , North Carolina company claims , enables mainframe-based CICS users to tap into all of the SAS features and SAS/LAB , previously an experimental release , which provides data analysis tools , designed to aid users without vast experience in the area . |
| 13 | If , however , it is agreed that the wife should purchase the husband 's share and interest , and in reality the purchase monies are being provided by the new husband , then if the husband refuses to convey his interest in the house to the wife and the new husband , it is suggested that the wife takes the conveyance/transfer in her sole name as nominee and makes a subsequent conveyance to herself and the new husband . |
| 14 | Loyalty to the old King did nothing to establish Drummonds with his heir — and indeed the story has it that curbing the Prince 's spending on the orders of the King led to Drummonds being abandoned by the new monarch in favour of Coutts . |
| 15 | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil : The operations of Tintas International and Supertintas Litoverti are being combined under the new title Courtaulds International ( Brazil ) . |
| 16 | MEMBERS of Parliament are being canvassed by the New Statesman , the weekly left-wing magazine , to find which books have influenced them . |
| 17 | In the later decades of the nineteenth century these influences were being institutionalised in the new appointment of the military attaché ; but this was merely one aspect of their significance . |
| 18 | But since the arrival of Robins , he has taken a backseat role with day-to-day business being handled by the new chairman . |
| 19 | Exporting invariably requires a great deal of documentation and specialised pricing , a large part of which is now being handled by the new computer system . |
| 20 | He was constantly being compared to Brando , and vice-versa , which outraged him , and now Jimmy Dean was being hailed as the new Clift and the new Brando . |
| 21 | Coir , the fibrous husk of the coconut , is being hailed as the new alternative to peat , it has many similar properties , ideal for potting or seed sowing . |