Example sentences of "[noun] [being] [vb pp] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest were to be handed over in 1989 and 1990 with Mr Gillespie being paid £318,750 on each occasion . |
| 2 | On Sept. 9 Gamsakhurdia announced the formation of a republican Defence Ministry ( Dzhoni Pirtskhalaishvili being named Minister of Defence on Sept. 19 ) , and ordered rebel elements of the Georgian National Guard to return to barracks . |
| 3 | Cooke found no mention of living animals being found north of Notre Dame Bay in Newfoundland ( SON ) whilst Bousfield ( 1960 ) simply says " Southern Labrador " . |
| 4 | During the Bishopric of John of Bradfield 1278–1283 , we find John Usher of the parish of Snodland being granted land in Halling and Holborough . |
| 5 | The congress approved a new leadership structure , with Pavol Kanis being elected chair of a federal council . |
| 6 | She appealed against the defendants being given bail for fear they would interfere with witnesses who could help police inquiries . |
| 7 | Home Office Minister Charles Wardle promised to ease rules which have led to 36 Yugoslavs being denied asylum despite the civil war in their country . |
| 8 | For the teachers who have to cater for all kinds of pupils this concentration on a particular kind of pupil and a particular kind of educational success poses the same dilemma voiced by the rural studies teacher in response to the promotion of academic examinations in his subject ; ‘ Once again we can see the unwanted children of lower intelligence being made servants of the juggernaut of documented evidence , the inflated examination . ’ |
| 9 | An independent inspectorate would have a right to comment also on teacher supply and teacher shortage and on instances of classes being taught subjects in which the teachers are not qualified . |
| 10 | It was surprising to see two sports being played side by side in such harmony despite some savage tackling at short extra-cover . |
| 11 | Other made-up stories included the Angels thwarting rapists and Sliwa being thrown 17ft down a track by a shotgun-toting mugger . |
| 12 | Counselling has to be rooted in practical reality , with the dangers and opportunities of retirement being presented side by side , and with the understanding that personal decision and volition will determine a large part of the eventual outcome . |
| 13 | The Wellington was obliged to ditch in the sea off the North African coast due to technical problems , the General and the crew being taken prisoners by the Italians . |
| 14 | The use of a mode register reduces the number of operation codes required , but it does not eliminate the problem of an instruction being given operands of one format when it expects another format . |
| 15 | The most important issue regarding freedom is that we fear that , far from more people being given control over their lives , when the new system comes into play , fewer people will have control . |
| 16 | They include a 17-year-old shop assistant being paid £50 for a 45 hour week ; an apprentice panel beater working 44 hours for £42.50 a week ; and a 17-year old secretary working 45 hours a week for a plant hire firm for a gross wage of £50 . |
| 17 | Just days after a truce was agreed , Khmer Rouge guerrillas planted explosives on roads in Kompong Thom province to halt reinforcements being pushed north by Phnom Penh . |
| 18 | Any which arrive late will result in the student being refused admission to the Examination Centre . |
| 19 | But breaches of the injunction continued and the union officials were held to be in contempt , the union being fined £50,000 with sequestration of assets to follow , if needed . |
| 20 | Left : Northern India 's pygmy hog , which is about the weight of the average shopping bag , is a whole species being held hostage by armed repels . |
| 21 | Using national and state curriculum guidelines as a basis parallel texts are devised in both English and Yoruba , children in Yoruba medium streams being taught English as a subject from Class I — in the experimental school by specialist teachers , in the expansion classes by the regular class teacher . |
| 22 | Her friends , also studying at exclusive colleges , said they had no difficulty being served drink despite their ages . |
| 23 | ‘ That just about sums up something which is a short term political advantage being given priority over the fate of the planet . |
| 24 | Two new ministries were created , with Ibrahim Ahmad Omar being appointed Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research , and Hussein Soleiman Abu-Salih , hitherto Minister of Housing and Public Utilities , becoming Minister of Social Security and Development . |
| 25 | There appears to be nothing against a company being granted recognition by the Council to provide professional services such as are normally provided by individuals practising as solicitors by providing those services as itself a member of a partnership with other individual solicitors . |
| 26 | Herak 's chilling account of the fate of Muslim women being held prisoner in a motel in Vogosca , six miles north of Sarajevo , has been broadcast repeatedly on Sarajevo television . |
| 27 | But are n't the rights of the individual being made subservient to the interests of the state ? |
| 28 | It is most often used where a salesperson is faced with the same objection being raised time after time . |
| 29 | When in Auckland A cultural misunderstanding has led to a young Cook Islander being fined £75 by a New Zealand judge for squeezing the buttocks of two white women in a Wellington street . |
| 30 | It was deserted except for a group sitting round one table being served ale by the frightened proprietor . |