Example sentences of "being [vb pp] to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The size of the establishment could reasonably be expected to affect the number of young people being exposed to the different recruitment strategies ( although the relative numbers of small employers would also have to be borne in mind ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Particular attention is being given to the possible ending of UK participation at the treaty renewal point in 1992 , ’ says Phillips . |
| 3 | Strathclyde Regional Council may provide further funding and consideration is being given to the possible employment of a part-time nurse . |
| 4 | All the folk having grazing rights according to the poor rate assessment of 1833 received their apportioned share of the fields , ‘ due consideration being given to the public carriage roads , drift ways and public halter paths or bridle ways through and over the [ land ] divided and enclosed . ’ |
| 5 | If the students ' memories are to be trusted , there is little evidence of any serious thought being given to the meaningful use of new grammar in either speech or writing . |
| 6 | This force may be expressed in a person , ‘ old man ’ , ‘ old woman ’ or other names being given to the mythical figure supposedly dwelling in the last sheaf of wheat . |
| 7 | Because of the ten-year lead time involved in planning and commissioning new stations , thought is already being given to the eventual need to replace the remaining Hunterston plant . |
| 8 | Gate takings from designated provincial matches were being given to the Patriotic Fund , the first lists of killed and wounded were being published , and , as the season drew to a close , newspaper pages were filled with the photographs of the casualties from Gallipoli , New Zealand 's bloody initiation into modern warfare . |
| 9 | The most famous in Islay must be those larger islands in Loch Finlaggan which contained a chapel and a complex of buildings from which the Lords of the Isles ruled their kingdom , the main island being joined to the smaller Council Isle . |
| 10 | Some councils therefore still insist on every committee decision being referred to the full council for confirmation or rejection . |
| 11 | Accordingly , in relation to paragraph 2(k) of the originating summons I will answer the question in the affirmative , subject to the question being limited to the existing documentation in use by the Woolwich Building Society and subject to the request for the structural survey being part of an application for a further advance . |
| 12 | the attaching or refusal to attach a condition under s.38(3) or 5.101(2) of the Act , the right of appeal being conferred on applicants and unsuccessful competent objectors who appeared at the hearing ( s. 17(6) ) , a refusal to affirm or declare final a provisional grant ( s.26(10) ) , the right of appeal being limited to the applicant , the making of a suspension order ( s.31(8) ) or a closure order ( s.32(7) , the right of appeal being limited to the licence-holder ) , the suspending of a licence under s.36 where the licence-holder fails to execute structural alterations , the refusal to cancel such a suspension ( s.36(8) , the right of appeal being limited to the licence-holder ) , the decisions referred to in 5.44 relating to seamen 's canteens ( the right of appeal being limited to the licence-holder or the applicant ) , the making of a restriction order ( s.65(8) ) , the right of appeal being limited to the registered club , or licence-holder concerned and any complainer who appeared at the hearing , the granting or refusal of an application by a public house licence-holder for Sunday opening at the premises ( the right of appeal being conferred on both an unsuccessful applicant and an unsuccessful objector ( Sched. 4 , Part I , paras . |
| 13 | They did however eventually see World War Two service , initially with the 412th Fighter Group and its 29th , 31st and 445th Fighter Squadrons , all units being assigned to the 4th Air Force and stationed in the western United States . |
| 14 | The slot for the fielded panel at the bottom of the curved members , needed a template which rested on the wood at each end of the slot to which I glued and screwed a 50 x 50 batten , the slot being routered to the correct depth in the middle and slightly oversize at each end . |
| 15 | There has always been a temptation to regard the successive recommitments to the central political purpose of the Community as being confined to the small print , to be accepted only through gritted teeth and only on our terms . |
| 16 | It has the unique distinction among school magazines of being confined to the closed case of the British Library . |
| 17 | That influence , far from being confined to the former graveyard of St Giles ' , has spread and is spreading in every corner of the world . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Two optional extra days are being added to the overall programme both to be held at . |
| 20 | Additional information about examination results at age 16 is being added to the existing data-base which covers four years of junior schooling . |
| 21 | Building work continued , with a second storey being added to the Junior School building to provide improved facilities for art , drama , and music ; and the Orchard was brought , providing room for possible future development . |
| 22 | But with ageing , lack of fitness , and the pressures of playing for money now being added to the customary problem ( some unkind people suggest this is a congenital inability to catch ) he could be spared digging so deep . |
| 23 | Not knowing about electricity , but knowing about hydraulic systems , Descartes suggested that the control of these reactions in animals was mediated by movements of fluids , initiated in the sensory nerves by stimuli , being carried to the ventricular system of the brain where contact was made with the motor nerves . |
| 24 | The training goals here are the same as in the previous schedule , with the difference that the muscles are being re-educated to the different rhythm of track running . |
| 25 | The fear was banished from his heart by pity for his fellow-countrymen and anger at what was being done to the little village of Granard that he had thought would be a haven of peace . |
| 26 | ‘ Is there anything to prevent another payment being made to the right charity this time ? ’ |
| 27 | This final section allows Mr Hicks to justify the implementation of abc as a better foundation to the decision making process ; but is the argument being made to the right audience ? |
| 28 | You have heard my opinion that in general terms , the existence of a conservation area is an indication of the likelihood of a contribution being made to the special character of the settlement and therefore to the setting of York , which is the prime purpose or the prime function of the York greenbelt . |
| 29 | Aid appeal AN APPEAL is being made to the Welsh Office to help fund , through Urban Aid , a £20,000 scheme to build a play area for children at Castle Walks maisonettes in Flint . |
| 30 | 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 . |