Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faldo could also be disciplined after being heard to swear on TV when a spectator took a photograph at the ninth and Faldo scored a six . |
| 2 | But US reporters at the military hospitals in Texas to which the US casualties are being flown said at midday yesterday they had counted 190 US wounded being flown in , with more planes on the way . |
| 3 | George Bernard Shaw being taught to dance by Max Rinder at Reid 's Hotel , 30 December 1924 |
| 4 | A number of fabrics are being developed based on raschel knitting technologies . |
| 5 | The DHA would find that some of its carefully planned resources are being diverted to pay for services which may not figure in those plans . |
| 6 | The figure of one in four crimes being reported refers to crime in general , and this ratio of recorded to unrecorded crime varies according to the particular crime . |
| 7 | This is being designed to articulate with university degree courses , and to provide a suitable qualification for a number of employment areas . |
| 8 | There were cases of families being made to leave by conditions being rendered difficult for them after they had made complaints to the corporation housing department . |
| 9 | ‘ He is being made to suffer with needles and drugs . |
| 10 | The Government recognise the importance of personal conscience in this context and included a measure of protection for existing shop workers against being made to work on Sundays in the Shops Bill which was debated by the House in 1986 . |
| 11 | Acute peasant disappointment at being made to pay for land they considered their own led to widespread and in places violent protest between March and May 1861 . |
| 12 | Pensioners and law abiding citizens are being made to pay for council work that never gets done , poor street lighting that never gets fixed , empty houses being left to vandals , cemeteries neglected . |
| 13 | A young Frenchman , when in 1896 he entered his country 's diplomatic service , found himself trained as in the past , largely by being made to copy as models of style despatches dating from the pre-revolutionary monarchy . |
| 14 | Crump was a kindly man and his kindness to his wife had resulted in his being made to appear in thrall to her from time to time . |
| 15 | Being organized leads to confidence |
| 16 | Monetary union was also discussed , with governors of central banks being instructed to work towards union by 1995 . |
| 17 | The illusion of Television and some precise cueing by the PA must disguise the fact that all these props are being moved to order by stage hands hidden behind the sets . |
| 18 | no they just like , think that it looks good because they are being seen to go to church |
| 19 | Trade between the two countries was conducted in non-convertible currency , with technical credits being used to account for imbalances in imports and exports . |
| 20 | A new method of catching fish is being used to test for river pollution . |
| 21 | Once again she was being used to wave in front of Claudine and she knew it . |
| 22 | As a result of our decision Mr. Nathan 's successor in title will be left with the freehold of the remainder of No. 263–265 which , though retail premises , will have no frontage to a shopping street : the L.C.C . 's successors in title will have the freehold to a strip of land with a road frontage but probably incapable of being used save in conjunction with the land from which it was severed in 1930 , i.e. the remainder of No. 263–265 . |
| 23 | The Commission rightly made the point that ‘ there is a concern that voluntary effort is being used to compensate for deficiencies in the public services . ’ |
| 24 | Its stimulant effect may account for its reputation as an aphrodisiac , its generic name being thought to come from satyr , S. hortensis ( summer savory ) is the annual ; S. montana ( winter savory ) a perennial shrub , whose leaves have a stronger , but less pleasant flavour . |
| 25 | ( 3 ) For purposes of subsection ( 1 ) ( b ) a person induced to take in payment a cheque or other security for money by way of conditional satisfaction of a pre-existing liability is to be treated not as being paid but as being induced to wait for payment . |
| 26 | Obviously , it is a matter of judgement just what coverage , and what frequency to aim at — especially when you remember that the type of ‘ reach ’ being measured differs from medium to medium . |
| 27 | However , they drew the line on being told to dance with flames during one number — it just sounded too dangerous . |
| 28 | Yeah so please your worships it was the twenty first of June in the morning when the police officer was on duty on the Aces Accrington at Worley he had occasion to stop the vehicle which was being driven by Mr and he noticed that the excise licence which was being displayed had in fact , expired at the end of March . |
| 29 | He had occasion to stop the vehicle which was being driven by Mr and he noted that the excise licence which was being displayed had in fact expired at the end of March . |
| 30 | In 1916 , many of the women compositors found themselves being called to work as Post Office clerks . |