Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children with Down 's Syndrome are being given expert help in learning how to talk to people and to each other at a special new unit . |
| 2 | Tens of thousands of women are being given caesarian operations to deliver their babies even when it 's unnecessary according to the National Childbirth Trust . |
| 3 | But today she walked free from the High Court in Edinburgh after being given community service . |
| 4 | Most of the cathedrals and churches have later alterations and additions but , in many cases , Romanesque work is present in quantity ; perhaps due to the depredations of Henry VIII , English abbeys and priories , instead of being given Baroque face-lifts , have survived , more or less , as ruins from the Medieval period ( PLATE 50 ) . |
| 5 | The patients were being given yucca roots and chayote fruits as the main meal of the day and there was no milk available for the babies . |
| 6 | Two hundred pensioners in Edinburgh are being taught safety skills at classes in the capital this week . |
| 7 | Sheng 's parents are being taught therapy techniques during their visit so they can continue the treatment when they return to China . |
| 8 | Perhaps there are so many new routes being done West Cumbria that the writers can not keep up ; or is it that other areas are more important to the committee ? |
| 9 | As well as prophesying the triumph of ‘ the Saints ’ and the destruction of their enemies , Anna also declared God 's displeasure at Oliver Cromwell 's being made lord protector on 16 December 1653 . |
| 10 | The fifty four year old retired five years ago after being named Champion Jockey twelve times , but was granted a new licence last week . |
| 11 | The national energy crisis in the Philippines has taken a new turn with President Fidel Ramos being granted emergency powers to charge higher rates for electricity , after the World Bank suspended a $250 million loan to the state-owned National Power Corporation . |
| 12 | It was renamed Gallaudet College in 1894 in honour of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet , founder in 1817 of the first American school for the deaf at Hartford , Connecticut , and became Gallaudet University , on being granted university status in 1987 . |
| 13 | The charity is n't a ‘ Mickey Mouse ’ outfit by any means — our constitution is being verified by the Charity Commissioners at the moment , and we 've been informed that there 's no problem with being granted trust status . |
| 14 | He abandoned speculation firmly and concentrated on the implications for the present case , since he was plainly being offered expert testimony . |
| 15 | Now processors say they are being offered plastic waste with a dowry of £50–100 a tonne attached . |
| 16 | Although we were wary of being shown set-up situations , the people we met impressed us as having deep convictions , lively minds , tireless enthusiasm , incorruptible moral standards . |
| 17 | Engineering workers in most east German regions went back to work after being promised pay parity with west German workers by 1996 . |
| 18 | The deployment is being called Operation Hanwood , in a return to traditional British naming of operations based on progression through the alphabet . |
| 19 | Package costing : Where complete packages are being compared price mix may vary considerably between suppliers . |
| 20 | Mum found the ‘ American express menu ’ , which was considerably shorter than the Gettysburg address I was deciphering and extremely cheap — the most expensive item being smoked baby back ribs in barbecue sauce at £2.50 . |
| 21 | A SENIOR council official says his councillors should protest to Welsh Secretary John Redwood about the many disabled people being refused Council Tax relief . |
| 22 | The company says it 'll be shipping the equipment to Tripoli on Friday , despite a Foreign Office warning that Britons in Libya are being refused exit visas in the row over the Lockerbie bombing.Mike Rowbottom reports |
| 23 | Officers of the B&I ferry Isle of Innisfree , which travels between Rosslare and Pembroke , took action after being refused mineral water with their meals . |
| 24 | It is claimed they are being refused community care grants and budgeting loans . |
| 25 | Tadeusz Stanski was elected chair of the Polish Independence Party ( PPN ) on March 7 in place of Romuald Szeremietiew who had resigned upon being appointed Deputy Defence Minister . |
| 26 | In her first full interview since being appointed Health Secretary , she said the election result , and Mr Major 's unequivocal commitment to the NHS , had finally ‘ nailed the lie ’ about privatisation of health care . |
| 27 | Later he held managerial posts in Alloa , Edinburgh Davidson 's Mains , Kilmarnock and Edinburgh West End Office before being appointed Area Manager for Edinburgh Branches in 1985 . |
| 28 | Those few that escape being eaten form pairs and go off together to find a nest site in a crevice in the ground or a crack in a tree . |
| 29 | We are currently being assisted part time , for a minimal token fee , by a member of the Institute of Public Relations . |
| 30 | The following month he received a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force , soon afterwards being promoted air commodore . |