Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the last decades of the seventeenth century a much heavier emphasis than ever before was being placed on the need for honesty , for the diplomat to behave in a way which inspired confidence in those with whom he dealt . |
| 2 | Second , the works induction training package should be updated , with particular emphasis being placed on the need for non-asbestos workers to be aware of potential problem . |
| 3 | In fact , the fibreglass decor was artificially aged by being exposed in the desert for a week before fitting , by the first owners , emigrants from Europe who had reason to foresee the nostalgia boom . |
| 4 | The nickname here is Rangi , this being given to the person for his prowess with a cricket bat and was so called after an Indian cricketer while another Upper Halling nickname was No Cut Mitchell , this being for his skill in hair cutting . |
| 5 | Diane Wright , of The Greenway , Dovecote , Liverpool , was being treated at the hospital for anorexia . |
| 6 | For a project to have any chance of being completed without the potential for constant disputes , these and many other questions must be answered within the contract . |
| 7 | The system was written by one of the investigators and is already employed in a project being undertaken in the department for the Alvey Directorate . |
| 8 | Colleges which did not respond last autumn to SCOTVEC 's invitation to discuss the future arrangements for single college awards are now being reminded of the possibility for change in a letter to the Principals . |
| 9 | Most subsidence claims are capable of being resolved without the need for underpinning . |
| 10 | Tagging , house arrest , tracking offenders , curfews and other restrictive punishments being considered by the Government for its Criminal Justice White Paper , would be a ‘ trip wire ’ into custody for those who would not have been jailed , they warned . |
| 11 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the proposals currently being considered by the Government for tackling the problems associated with minerals planning permissions granted in the 1950s , 60s and 70s . |
| 12 | The Middle East Economic Digest of May 31 released a list of 30 companies being considered by the government for privatization [ see p. 38007 ] . |
| 13 | You may have views on this in relation to the blocks currently being considered by the DTI for the next round of licences ( see the map ) . |
| 14 | The DoH may have to redraft the guidelines , and even if the legal difficulties are overcome the guidelines may not appear for another two to three weeks — a frustrating delay for professionals at a time when social worker are increasingly being blamed by the public for failing to control young people in care . |
| 15 | The Medical Research Council proposed to erect and maintain a public health laboratory in the grounds of St. Peter 's Hospital and this was approved , the building being leased to the M.R.C. for 25 years . |
| 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 | The dead were carried in wicker coffins from Keld along the corpse road , stops being made along the way for food and drink , and every so often there were great " coffin stones " at the side of the way where the pallbearers could rest the body ( one such stone still stands at the side of Ivelet Bridge ) . |
| 18 | Increasing use is being made of the telephone for interviewing the general public in market research and social surveys . |
| 19 | In the last few years , however , relaxations in Institution rules and instances of surveying practices becoming public companies have coincided with a number of applications being made to the RICS for permission to practise by way of a corporate structure with limited liability . |
| 20 | They will vouch that I stayed here , doing-accounts , going out to look at the carving which were being made for the pageant for the king 's coronation . ’ |
| 21 | There was a long debate on the question of a sixth boxer being selected following the recommendation for five by the National Coaching Committee . |
| 22 | In order that the scheme functions efficiently it is essential that the reception offices of the hotels within the scheme inform central reservations of the up-to-the-minute availability of rooms to let at all times ; failure to do this could result in double-bookings , loss of goodwill and unnecessary charges being levied against the hotel for the service . |
| 23 | The most important factor was whether all the crops were housed in the barn or whether some or all were kept in ricks in the fields , being moved to the barn for threshing . |
| 24 | In Att. -Gen. for New South Wales v. Trethowan ( P.C. , 1932 ) a decision of the Australian Supreme Court to grant a declaration that two Bills passed by the New South Wales State Legislature were invalid and grant an injunction restraining the Bills from being presented to the Governor for assent was upheld . |
| 25 | In the meantime , a search for a suitable building site had been carried out and it was decided that ground at Leith being prepared before the war for the Western Harbour extension was ideally suited for the purpose . |
| 26 | By early 1990 an ‘ NEPP-plus ’ containing additional measures was being prepared by the Cabinet for submission to the Second Chamber . |
| 27 | On both sides of the Atlantic , boardroom pay has raced ahead , offering an inflationary example to workers being lectured about the need for restraint . |
| 28 | Now they were being offered as the basis for policy , a suitably tailored " native language " which could be understood as the only common cultural resource of the whole nation , and administered as such . |
| 29 | Was that what this was all about ? ) and into the ante-room/office that was being used as the base for the investigation . |
| 30 | The latest Government proposals will do a lot more than just tinker with the existing liquor licensing laws in England and Wales , although the Scots will be pleased to hear that their licensing system is being used as the model for some of these proposed changes . |