Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fewer babies available for adoption due to changing social attitudes and access to contraceptives and abortions has led to older children being placed for adoption . |
| 2 | The spanning of the United States in 1869 and of Canada in 1885 led to similar grand designs being formulated for Australia . |
| 3 | A sale of goods is not prevented from being a sale by description by reason only that , being exposed for sale or hire , they are selected by the buyer . ’ |
| 4 | ( p100 ) This is now given statutory effect by s13(3) of SGA 1979 which provides that : A sale of goods is not prevented from being a sale by description by reason only that , the goods being exposed for sale or hire , they are selected by the buyer . |
| 5 | I went for a very short while to the Royal Academy of Arts for a leaving party being given for Mrs William Kerr , who firstly as Griselda Hamilton-Baillie then as Griselda Kerr , has worked so hard on the public relations staff of the Royal Academy , since 1972 . |
| 6 | Students with any subjects outstanding have transferred to the new structure , with full credit being given for subjects already passed . |
| 7 | Because over half the world 's cereal harvest is fed to livestock being reared for slaughter , and not to men , women and children . |
| 8 | The tunnel was a failure both financially and in terms of use , being intended for pedestrians , and in 1865 it was converted for use by the London Underground . |
| 9 | For example , as Mexico exports more and more live cattle for processing in the United States , the hides and byproducts traditionally used by poor Mexican consumers and artisans are now being re-imported for sale at much higher prices . |
| 10 | ‘ She is being treated for drug abuse and depression , ’ a hospital source said . |
| 11 | ‘ She is being treated for drug abuse and depression , ’ a hospital source said . |
| 12 | Last night the little boy , thought to be only 24 hours old , was out of danger after being treated for exposure . |
| 13 | ‘ I rushed out of the bathroom with just a towel to cover myself , ’ she said after being treated for shock and cuts . |
| 14 | Her mother was being treated for shock by one of the junior physicians and the husband was creating hell . |
| 15 | The police officer who saw the shooting is being treated for shock . |
| 16 | She spoke to Julie about her daughter Maisie , four , who is being treated for leukaemia . |
| 17 | These are the patients being treated for dementia ’ . |
| 18 | The casualties were detained at the Westminster Hospital where the woman was being treated for back injuries and the men for shock . |
| 19 | He 's being treated for back and head injuries . |
| 20 | Eddie Gilfoyle , 30 , was arrested at a hospital where he was being treated for stress . |
| 21 | He was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital by a passing motorist and is being treated for leg and arm wounds . |
| 22 | The 39-year-old Thornaby man is being treated for leg and head injuries at North Tees Hospital , Stockton , after he was seen jumping from Victoria Bridge into the Tees , near the town centre on Tuesday night . |
| 23 | She 's still being treated for injuries to her legs at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital . |
| 24 | And that she was originally being treated for injuries to her wrists . |
| 25 | Mr Templeton said that when he arrived at the fire after 10pm , he had spoken to a man who was being treated for injuries in an ambulance . |
| 26 | Miss Wright , of The Greenway , Dovecote , Liverpool , was being treated for anorexia at Broadgreen Hospital , and a Merseyside police spokesman said last night the family were concerned about her safety . |
| 27 | Many of their customers were being treated for diseases directly caused by their habit . |
| 28 | The woman was being treated for Hodgkins Disease — a form of cancer — when her spinal cord was injured . |
| 29 | IF anyone in the Government has a conscience , I hope it was pricked by your terribly moving picture of Belinda Giles asking Santa to keep open London 's St Bartholomew 's Hospital , where she is being treated for cancer . |
| 30 | This week Peter Harris came home from the hospice where he 's being treated for cancer . |