Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That sparked off celebrations with manager Lennie Lawrence being given a good soaking as his team showed how they felt about the end to a successful season . |
| 2 | One of Britain 's 12 national trails , the North Downs Way , is being given a major facelift over the next three years . |
| 3 | AN American killer who stabbed a teenager and a boy aged seven to death said farewell to his fiancee in Britain before being given a lethal injection yesterday . |
| 4 | There is some support for Burke and Chinkin 's view in the remarks of Denning LJ ( as he then was ) in Lee v Showmen 's Guild of Great Britain [ 1952 ] 2 QB 329 at 342 , where he stated that a domestic tribunal must observe the principles of natural justice ; but this was in the context of being given a reasonable opportunity to meet a " charge " , in this case the attempt to expel a member from a trade union . |
| 5 | BOXER Frank Bruno said he would ‘ pull no punches ’ in his campaign to help underprivileged young people when he joined more than 400 youngsters being given a new chance in life by the Prince 's Trust at a special promotion in Ayr yesterday . |
| 6 | Badly blunted blades can also be finished on this before being given a new cutting edge on the honing wheel . |
| 7 | AIDS patients are being given a new vaccine which could slow down the effects of the disease . |
| 8 | TRANSPLANT patient Lisa Strange , 12 , was fighting for her life yesterday after being given a new heart and lungs . |
| 9 | It was all just like being given a new recipe or a knitting pattern . |
| 10 | Dog-eared it may be , but the idea is being given a new lease of life by the rapprochement between the Soviet Union and South Korea , the thaw in relations between Japan and North Korea , and now a likely peace treaty between Japan and the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | EastEnders , regarded by senior BBC managers as having lost its way with sordid story lines , is being given a new producer . |
| 12 | ‘ As a new young photographer , he was being given a great opportunity and he could have spoilt things for himself by using me . ’ |
| 13 | Sports Link : Ipswich sports clubs with junior sections are being given a rare opportunity to get together in the town . |
| 14 | The lucky denizens of East Anglia are being given a rare opportunity to see a magnificent selection of 16th century drawings loaned form the British Museum 's great collection , which is only occasionally exhibited to the general public . |
| 15 | A matched group of birds would be ‘ tained ’ by being given a water-coated bead to peck instead . |
| 16 | Effectively , and in a commercial sense , the right lasts for 10 years with the owner being given a five-year breathing space within which to bring articles made to the design to the market place . |
| 17 | A HAMBLETON businessman is to set up shop outside the area after allegedly being given a rough ride by the district council . |
| 18 | C. Farries Public Relations and Publicity Awards competition , resulting in the National Library being given a special award for this promotion ; and the SSL was also short-listed for The Scotsman Computer-User of the Year Award . |
| 19 | Polyester or down-filled sleeping bags will be washed or dry cleaned before being given a special waterproofing treatment with Nikwax TX10i . |
| 20 | VHAF , as it is known in the trade , is being given a rigorous fitness test by the Football League Playing Surfaces Committee . |
| 21 | Alan Curtis , the former Welsh international striker , yesterday signed for Swansea after being given a free transfer by Cardiff . |
| 22 | DARLINGTON midfield player Gary Gill wants to play abroad after being given a free transfer by new manager Ray Hankin . |
| 23 | Middlesbrough striker Bernie Slaven yesterday joined second division promotion-chasers Port Vale on a 15-month contract after being given a free transfer . |
| 24 | To date , it 's been reasonably simple to pick holes in their Heads-Down-Take-No-Nonsense-Mindless-Boogie , but here in New York they overcome both comparisons and critics , sending a tangible buzz round a capacity crowd , already reeling after each being given a free condom by a security man on the way in . |
| 25 | The residents are being given a bad time . |
| 26 | And will he then be rewarded for failure , like all the others , by being given a huge job in the City ? — . |
| 27 | To ‘ work to ensure a system of legal liability for members which provides a reasonable balance between the interests of auditors , preparers and users of accounts ’ is ranked 14th in a list of 15 detailed objectives , which does not encourage one to believe that it is being given a proper priority . |
| 28 | Ever since being given a large stalk of them at the end of last summer , I have been wanting to make a design from them . |
| 29 | While deaf education was being given a severe blow first by the Milan Congress and then by the Royal Commission , life for adult deaf people continued to improve with the establishment of recreational and spiritual services in Reading ( 1880 ) ; St. Barnabas , London ( 1882 ) ; Bristol Dumfries and Jersey ( all 1884 ) ; Warrington ( 1885 ) ; Chester ( 1889 ) and many others . |
| 30 | Where Italy is being given a cold shoulder today , could other deficit countries with particular political problems — a Mitterrand France , a Wilson Britain , a post-Franco Spain , a Denmark with a parliament of all-sorts — be jilted tomorrow ? |