Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our return to the Duomo is by way of Corso Vittorio Emanuele , a pedestrian-only street that is used as an outdoor art gallery , works by contemporary sculptors being erected at intervals along the length and changed regularly . |
| 2 | ANGRY organisers of the International Air Show at Eglinton Airport in Londonderry , today advised people that the show would go on , despite bogus ‘ cancelled ’ stickers being placed over posters advertising the air extravaganza . |
| 3 | The only requirements are that cardboard boxes are flattened before being placed into cages and that only cardboard is deposited , unless otherwise specified . ’ |
| 4 | But it 's a fact that the vast majority of chairmen do n't even talk to their managers about the workload that 's being placed on players . |
| 5 | Within minutes money was changing hands and the baby antelope was being placed on blankets on the back seat of the car . |
| 6 | There are fears of VAT being placed on newspapers |
| 7 | The figure of over 40 per cent seems too high to be merely chance and he suggested that burials were being placed on boundaries , and that hence , because the dates of the burials were known from the types of grave goods , the boundaries must be of sixth- or seventh-century date at the latest . |
| 8 | Finniston is convinced that too much emphasis is being placed on earnings from so-called ‘ invisible ’ exports . |
| 9 | The pre-court ‘ tribunal ’ investigation employed in Sheffield and the growing emphasis being placed on ways that schools can improve pupils ' motivation to attend through curriculum development and new approaches to teaching , serve as illustrations of the perceived inappropriateness of formal legal intervention other than in extreme cases . |
| 10 | For them the library essentially is the college and contains it ; it is not a question of libraries being placed in departments , but of departments being regarded as essential facets of and often included within , the library . |
| 11 | Bush made his statement after receiving a CIA report in mid-February , which had informed him that Israeli claims that under 1 per cent of Soviet immigrants were being settled in the " occupied territories " was only partly true , because a further 10 per cent were being placed in settlements in East Jerusalem . |
| 12 | I was sent hither and thither on messages , and sometimes went in the car with a billeting officer to help him or her with young children who were being placed in homes . |
| 13 | Robert Stewart , 28 , of Skipton Green , Low Fell , Gateshead had denied the charge at Newcastle Crown Court , saying he had bought the car just three weeks before being stopped by police and the 351 squares of the drug hidden in fog lamp covers must have been left there by the previous owner . |
| 14 | The stress response in relation to being overweight is now being recognized by professionals . |
| 15 | Learners acquire a particular language by receiving comprehensible input , that is to say by being exposed to messages expressed in language which is within the current acquired competence of the learners , together with language which is due to appear in the next stage of acquisition , and which can be eased into the mind by the help of context , knowledge of the world and so on . |
| 16 | The scare was caused by a report which showed that cavers were sometimes being exposed to levels of radiation , in the form of radon , up to 800 times the official safety limit in homes . |
| 17 | ( 4 ) To overcome legal difficulties which would otherwise be encountered as a result of the bidder offering consideration securities to overseas shareholders because foreign securities laws forbid such an offer document being posted to shareholders in the relevant jurisdiction , or permit it subject to compliance with onerous filing or other obligations ( see para 2.4.10 below ) . |
| 18 | Attention is being given to grass-roots structures , which the election revealed as over-grown rather than bearing the green shoots of healthy activity . |
| 19 | Its purpose was to survey the quantity and quality of training in church music currently being given to ordinands in Britain . |
| 20 | THE recession has caused a large rise in the number of dogs being given to kennels by owners unable to afford the animals ' upkeep . |
| 21 | The House of Commons Select Committee found that insufficient weight was being given to parents ' views in the assessment process . |
| 22 | Divisions in the book are unusually clear , separate chapters being given to topics such as function , the market , or the historical and political background of the subject . |
| 23 | To arrive at such a figure , however , the BMA must consult with solicitors and the courts to avoid unsustainable advice being given to doctors who accept this sort of work . |
| 24 | Projects include : expanding the Museum to make it a live wartime HQ with ‘ operational briefings ’ being given to visitors ; Bomb aimer 's simulator ; air gunner 's simulator ; intelligence room ; crash recovery room ; building a memorial garden which will be dedicated to Canada ; refurbishing and fitting-out the Great North Road 's most famous landmark , the Grand Old Duke of York 's ‘ Temple ’ , as a memorial chapel to those who died serving in 6 Group . |
| 25 | Religious programmes such as church services are televised already , however these classes mark the start of increasingly more air time being given to churches . |
| 26 | This has resulted in different messages about the same issue being given to clients of the health services , e.g. ORS : in Kangwane Banstustan they teach mothers to use one litre of water , six teaspoons of sugar and one teaspoon of salt to prepare the Oral Rehydration Solution ( ORS ) whilst their neighbours , Gazankulu and Lebowa have different methods . |
| 27 | Chair , another query about a couple of the comments made just now , about priority being given to organisations which disclaim their proceeds in Oxford or Oxfordshire . |
| 28 | It was a group which came together in 1972 in an attempt to focus attention on the severity and inconsistencies of sentences being given in the courts to loyalists charged with politically motivated offences in contrast to those being given to republicans . |
| 29 | Consideration is also being given to issues associated with the profile of the University 's staff by sex , ethnic origin , and grade , and this work is expected to develop further in relation to the University 's equal opportunities policy . |
| 30 | Priority is being given to children with physical disabilities for whom no other respite care service exists in the borough . |