Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially parents need to learn to smile and look or touch their child when food is being placed in the child 's mouth and also for chewing and swallowing ( McGuinn Koepke and Thyer 1985 ) . |
| 2 | Inquiries to Mr Peterken were being redirected to the board 's press office . |
| 3 | But before the tour , chairman of selectors Ted Dexter confirmed that the original 16-man squad , from which David Gower and Jack Russell were controversially omitted , had been picked because equal importance was being given to the tour 's Test and one-day international commitments . |
| 4 | The sales department , for example , or the export department if the broadcast is to go out on the world service or in any particular language , might be able to use the information to back up sales activity and to show that promotional support is being given to the company 's product or services . |
| 5 | The possibility of redeploying the employee to another post within the Department will be fully discussed at this meeting with due consideration being given to the employee 's preferences in terms of alternative work . |
| 6 | Full details of the NVQs are being given in the CIOB 's continuing series of seminars for centres and other interested organisations . |
| 7 | Sitting back on her seat , she relaxed as the engine started and the long , low open canal boat passed under the first of the very low bridges which spanned the narrow waterways , and tuned in her ear to the English commentary being given by the boat 's guide , mentally turning off when it was followed in French and German to engage in a desultory conversation with a fellow countryman who had chanced to take the place beside her , a pleasant young man attending his first seminar in Denmark . |
| 8 | Or were they simply concerned at the number of rules that were being broken by the programme 's makers ? |
| 9 | Now she 's the first patient being treated at the hospital 's new dermatology building . |
| 10 | The victim from Middlesbrough is thought to be in his early 20s and is being treated in the town 's general hospital . |
| 11 | Operational and implementation elements ( for instance , should marketing management expect to be involved in the formulation of detailed advertising copy being undertaken by the company 's advertising agency ? ) |
| 12 | The work , being undertaken by the King 's Cross Projects Group of the British Railways Board , will safeguard the structure of the building although its future use is unknown . |
| 13 | During a visit to Spain yesterday , the Prime Minister declared he will not allow the French to stop the deal being ratified at the EC 's Edinburgh summit later this month . |
| 14 | He asserted that rising crime , lawlessness in the economic sphere , and a general " legal nihilism in society " were being compounded by the authorities ' failure to act decisively . |
| 15 | After-hours computerised futures trading will be operating in the US next year , possibly through a combination of systems being developed by the world 's two largest futures exchanges , the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the LIFFE . |
| 16 | Press calls to the Middlesbrough office of Sure Style were yesterday being diverted to the company 's HQ in Bury , Lancashire . |
| 17 | The deal with Sainsbury will result in Cashline terminals being installed at the company 's supermarkets in Bridgend ( Mid Glamorgan ) and Totton ( Hampshire ) . |
| 18 | No. 50 , in page 38 , line 22 , leave out from person' to whether' in line 23 and insert appointed by being nominated by the students ' association of the college' . |
| 19 | No. 51 , in page 38 , line 33 , leave out from beginning to ‘ shall ’ and insert ‘ appointed by being nominated by the students ' association of the college ’ . |
| 20 | No. 52 , in page 38 , line 39 , leave out from ‘ by ’ to ‘ shall ’ in line 40 , and insert ‘ being nominated by the students ' association of the college ’ . |
| 21 | The McKinsey position seems more defensible this time , with the negative growth being confined to the dogs ' quarters . |
| 22 | The party , which is being organised by the Project 's plant foreman , Andy Putnam , will be held among familiar surroundings of the Civil Engineering Depot at Glan-y-Pwll . |
| 23 | New Hartlepool MP Peter Mandelson claims the case of Natalie Readman , five , who was turned away from the town 's general hospital due to a shortage of beds , proves that the quality of local health services is being eroded by the government 's NHS reforms . |
| 24 | ARSENAL keeper David Seaman and midfielder David Hillier are fit to face Manchester United today after being substituted in the Gunners ' 3–0 crash at Leeds . |
| 25 | He asked for a little restorative brandy , then saw a baker 's tray of delicious cakes being carried into the inn 's side-door . |
| 26 | Having been cleared of theft , she is now being blamed for the museum 's low attendances . |
| 27 | The riders ' six-seater aircraft was turned upside down after being caught in the Tornado 's slipstream . |
| 28 | While the village unit remained small there was less chance of a decision 's being imposed by the community 's more influential members , and in any case the imposition of status and ranking tended to reduce the passive acceptance of inferiority which might have attended its acquisition through achievement or wealth . |
| 29 | Backing for a scheme to upgrade the A701 between Straiton and Milton Bridge is being sought by the council 's transportation convener , Ron Muir , to promote economic development and employment in Midlothian . |
| 30 | Work at the moment is being done by the prince 's office . ’ |