Example sentences of "being [vb pp] to [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neo-Malthusianism was further attacked in ways already discussed in Chapter 2 , but also drew what in the authors ' opinion was a misplaced and utopian analysis from the Marxist literature based solely on a critique of bourgeois ideology , without serious attention being given to the effects of rapid population growth in any social formation , transitional to socialism or towards any other social order . |
| 2 | … influence driver behaviour so that drivers are induced to follow planned routes at moderate speeds , and with proper attention being given to the needs of pedestrians and cyclists ; |
| 3 | The next chapter covers the synthesis of peptides , with roughly equal weight being given to the subjects of protecting groups and coupling procedures . |
| 4 | Submissions were made that a life prisoner whose case is being referred to the judges under the ‘ first ’ consultation procedure ought to be allowed to make representations to the judges with the object of limiting his tariff , and further that the material to be placed before the judges should also be available for examination by the prisoner . |
| 5 | On the other runs the final path length was slightly higher , with the maximum value over all runs of 7392 , and with errors in the probe orders being confined to the centromeres of one or both of chromosomes I and II ( e.g. , one half of chromosome 2 would be joined to chromosome III ) . |
| 6 | The professors would have fixed salaries , the pupils ' fees being added to the funds of the establishment . |
| 7 | Something very interesting is being done to the soles of my feet . |
| 8 | Subject to the necessary amendments being made to the provisions of the schemes , they will continue for a transitional period after privatisation to provide for continuity of pension provisions and allow time for the privatised company to make new arrangements . |
| 9 | Considerable enhancements are being made to the services in the Library and the Bookshop through new computer systems . |
| 10 | Professor Glennerster said that it was clear that the benefits won by GP fund holders were swiftly being transferred to the patients of other GPs , which is what we said would happen . |
| 11 | Hair analysis : ‘ The concept of allergic symptoms being related to the levels of metal which are commonly found in hair samples is entirely speculative . |
| 12 | But the relations by blood or marriage of a wife are not regarded as being related to the relations of her husband : thus if A and B are two brothers and C and D two sisters , the marriage of A with C will be no bar to the marriage of B and D. |
| 13 | In only the last two years I 've noticed that more people are being drawn to the hills in Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | Indoor bowls : Visit Clacton-on-Sea is the advice being offered to the selectors of county bowls teams in Essex following the indoor club 's latest success over strong opposition.The seasiders moved through to the third round of the London Southern Counties Shield with a 76–67 victory over Essex County , secured largely through the efforts of Ron Marrable 's rink . |
| 15 | ( 4 ) If securities in the offeror are being offered to the shareholders of the target company , the offeror 's results should be known in order to analyse share price , earnings and dividends and to demonstrate their attractiveness to the target 's shareholders . |
| 16 | Although they were quick on the uptake of word processing systems , the company has one computer per staff member , they were still ‘ double keying ’ the majority of their text although portions were being supplied to the typesetters on disk . |
| 17 | A photocopy of an affidavit in the possession of solicitors was not privileged by the mere fact of its being handed to the solicitors for the purpose of legal advice if the original was not privileged . |
| 18 | Nagdi , who was being driven to the offices of the Iranian National Resistance Council , was shot twice in the face . |
| 19 | About the withheld novel of mine she wrote nobly : ‘ It must not be spoiled by being adapted to the sensibilities of living persons . |
| 20 | By 1973 the total staff was nearly 1400 , with a large proportion being devoted to the needs of the offshore exploration industry , and onshore developments consequent upon the need for improved infrastructure and resource exploitation to meet the requirements of the new industry for new roads , bridges , rig construction yards , concrete platforms , management expertise , information technology , and a host of other peripheral activities . |
| 21 | In consequence his temple was being abandoned to the ravages of Time , who for thousands of shamefaced years had been reluctant to go near the place . |
| 22 | It is a matter of their input systems being tuned to the contours of this physical and this social reality . |
| 23 | The new courts and departments established under the Tudors were from the beginning staffed by laymen : there was no question of clerical officials being appointed to the Courts of Wards or Augmentations . |
| 24 | Strangely enough the rainfall and harvests in the next few years were almost supernaturally abundant , and this led to a research team being despatched to the islands by the Minor Religions faculty of Unseen University . |
| 25 | Computer discs , containing the names of defaulters , are being despatched to the men in the small offices so that final legal warnings can be printed and distributed . |
| 26 | Although the procedure is quite slow and expensive , many more appeals are being taken to the courts on a variety of ingenious arguments , probably because the amount of money at stake can be very large , and because applicants do achieve a measure of success . |
| 27 | I am being taken to the realms of the People , who hate nature as much as they hate me , who am unnatural . |
| 28 | Next day , when I arrived to take my seat on the coach to our town , I discovered I was sitting in front of two convicts , who were being taken to the prison-ships by their guard . |
| 29 | They were a group of 130 citizens , headed by their Burgomaster from the small Dutch town of Haren , who were received in Church House before being taken to the homes of their local hosts . |
| 30 | Others love a day by the sea or an afternoon in the country ; and many most enjoy being taken to the homes of relatives or friends for a meal . |