Example sentences of "[prep] [being] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is understood that he decided not to appeal after being told that a mental health review tribunal would be held soon after his return to Britain . |
| 2 | This is analogous to the 1970 decision of the House of Lords in Bushell v Faith [ 1970 ] 1 All ER 52 , in which a provision about voting rights , which had the effect of making a special resolution incapable of being passed if a particular shareholder or group of shareholders exercised his or their voting rights against a proposed alteration of articles , was held to be enforceable ; an article in terms that no alteration shall be made without the consent of a particular member would be invalid , as it would come into direct conflict with statute law . |
| 3 | He said such an Article was ineffective , " but a provision as to voting rights which has the effect of making a special resolution incapable of being passed if a particular shareholder … exercises his voting rights against a proposed alternation , is not such a provision " . |
| 4 | Again , an understanding of encoded texts — the way in which a sender selects and combines signs — is of great importance to the public relations practitioner : a press release written specially for the tabloid sector , for example , may have more chance of being published than a blanket release designed to interest the serious press as well . |
| 5 | A duration of 0 inhibits the facility from being run while a duration exceeding the repeat time or a repeat time of 0 is taken to be continuous running . |
| 6 | Aston Villa 's manager Graham Taylor on being told that a foreign club was interested in signing Steve Bull . |
| 7 | This would be the position if a potential purchaser , on being told that a car was mechanically sound , nevertheless insisted , before buying , on having his own mechanic examine it . |
| 8 | A chief constable is perfectly entitled to insist on being informed when a member of his force writes to the press on matters appertaining to his force . |
| 9 | Lester Lefton and Laura Valvatne even use psychology to help the student with pep paragraphs about being motivated and a stream of ‘ progress checks ’ and ‘ selftests ’ so that students can monitor their mastery . |