Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not being given money for sweets . |
| 2 | But by failing to register in time you will have lost the chance of being given preference in allocation . |
| 3 | She appealed against the defendants being given bail for fear they would interfere with witnesses who could help police inquiries . |
| 4 | Farmers are also being given access to grant aid to help in setting up extra activities to supplement their farming income . |
| 5 | I smiled to myself as I let in the clutch and moved off I would stop at the shop and tell the little man that he could collect his pans without the slightest fear of being torn limb from limb , but my overriding emotion was one of relief that I had not cut the sparkle out of the big dog 's life . |
| 6 | An exploration well is being drilled West of Shetland following the outstanding success of the recent 3D seismic survey over the area . |
| 7 | Prices for the golf apartments now being built range from £92,500 for a one-bedroom property to £197,000 for three bedrooms . |
| 8 | Despite archaeological discoveries which are still being made year by year and which throw more light upon the Etruscan civilisation , knowledge of these people , their origins , their way of life is still far from complete . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There were reports of their best equipment , the Russian T-72 , being pushed south on tank transporters along the north-south axis . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In fact , the novelty of being offered information by Sniffy would n't let me miss it . |
| 15 | Four former South African police officers were sought by the Namibian authorities to testify at the trial , but had refused to come forward , despite being offered immunity from prosecution . |
| 16 | The use of correctly converged colour television projectors with pixels superimposed rather than being shown side by side allows present television standards to be used satisfactorily , and economically , unless and until genetic engineering succeeds in altering human optics . |
| 17 | Now the building is being demolished bit by bit for safety reasons . |
| 18 | It 's our credibility as well you know we 're being told quality of service etc etc and I think it ought to be a department meeting we all ought to have the opportunity to put forward what we 're doing and where we 're going . |
| 19 | It is most often used where a salesperson is faced with the same objection being raised time after time . |
| 20 | Such Persian names survive in local nomenclature till Roman times : the priests of Artemis at Ephesus went on being called Megabyxoi for centuries after 330 ; or we might compare the place-name Maibozani , recently attested ( JRS , 1975 , p. 65 , line 10 , with p. 73 : a Roman inscription from Ephesus of the first century AD ) . |
| 21 | It was surprising to see two sports being played side by side in such harmony despite some savage tackling at short extra-cover . |
| 22 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
| 23 | Cooke found no mention of living animals being found north of Notre Dame Bay in Newfoundland ( SON ) whilst Bousfield ( 1960 ) simply says " Southern Labrador " . |
| 24 | George told Pat of a number of foreign nationals who are imprisoned at present for being found witnessing as Christians . |
| 25 | He was in a Niagara Falls jail yesterday waiting to hear if he would be sent back to Britain after being refused entry to America . |
| 26 | He studied further at Aberdeen , Glasgow , and Berlin before being appointed lecturer in history and economics at Rhodes University College , Grahamstown , in 1911 . |
| 27 | He stayed at St Harmon little more than a year , being appointed vicar of Bredwardine , Herefordshire , at the end of 1877 . |
| 28 | Pavlov , 53 , had started his career as a district auditor and had risen through the ranks of the Finance Ministry and the State Planning Committee ( Gosplan ) and State Pricing Committee , being appointed Minister of Finance in 1989 . |
| 29 | A noted soldier and astronomer , he served in the army under the Duke of Wellington before being appointed Governor of New South Wales . |
| 30 | In January 1989 Bernard Quinn ceased to be editor on being appointed Director of Information Services . |