Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Mareva injunction was granted by the English court , but the Irish action was the one which went to trial , judgment being given for the plaintiff in the sum of some £3.4 million . |
| 2 | 2.17 This exercise has been described in a different way by Lord Diplock in Mallett v McMonagle [ 1970 ] AC 166 at p174 : The purpose of an award of damages under the Fatal Accidents Act is to provide the widow and other dependants of the deceased with a capital sum , which , with prudent management , will be sufficient to supply them with material benefits of the same standards and duration as would have been provided for them out of the earnings of the deceased had he not been killed by the tortious act of the defendant , credit being given for the value of any material benefits which will accrue to them ( otherwise than as the fruits of insurance ) as a result of his death . |
| 3 | " The following morning the Deputation again visited the School previous to the Scholars being dismissed for the Midsummer Holidays , and having inspected the Book of Entry of the Scholars ' Admissions & c we found that the whole number of 150 had been received into the School — that on the day of examination 141 were present and the remaining 9 absent from suspension or illness and one by death . " |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the opera was finally performed on 29 January 1781 , enjoying a triumphant reception , and Wolfgang had the pleasure of being joined for the occasion by Leopold and Nannerl . |
| 5 | ARNOLD Schwarzenegger 's wife is being treated for the killer virus meningitis . |
| 6 | ARNOLD Schwarzenegger 's wife is being treated for the killer virus meningitis . |
| 7 | Both relate to the social environment of the person with an established schizophrenic illness : while he is being treated for the disorder in hospital , and after he has been discharged into the community . |
| 8 | you 're visiting a War or MOD Disablement Pensioner who is being treated for the disablement he or she is getting the pension for or |
| 9 | Whenever a place is being furnished for the use of young children , a set of blocks is generally considered one of the basic pieces of equipment to be provided . |
| 10 | While it is easy to imagine the value of having the information available in digital format , one realises that its preservation is not being undertaken for the value to posterity of the data , but because of its commercial value to 20th Century-Fox . |
| 11 | ‘ I would be delighted if you would consider being interviewed for the film . |
| 12 | She had worked for Mair as his PA for the last three years and he knew her now no better than on that morning when she had sat in this same office being interviewed for the job . |
| 13 | Candidates for an overseas assignment should have had the opportunity to digest all information given to them on the new job , country , life style , compensation package and effects on their careers and families before being interviewed for the post . |
| 14 | The winds that were being reported for the hurricane did not include the ground speed that the storm was tracking . |
| 15 | Several bypasses were being considered for the road , he added . |
| 16 | Unsurprisingly , there was talk that Dustin was being considered for the title role of Portnoy 's Complaint , the film version of Philip Roth 's novel of a Jewish mother-dominated boy with masturbation problems . |
| 17 | The idea is that those being considered for the award can be attached to any of the Divisions within the Department and will include trainee Roadworkers , Technicians , Graduate Engineers and Accountants and all training schemes currently operating within the Department . |
| 18 | There 's one on page 18 , it 's a quite serious mistake , second sentence says ’ Didcot was being considered for the installation of FGD equipment ’ , I think they said it was n't . |
| 19 | Do you know of any good flight sims , and is there any chance of one being considered for the Megatape ? |
| 20 | Dell Computer Corp international president Andrew Harris resigned and the company promoted Joel Kocher to president of all sales , marketing and service operations worldwide ; he had been president of Dell USA ; Dell said that both men were being considered for the post and after Kocher got the job , a disappointed Harris decided to resign . |
| 21 | I knew that I was being considered for the MBE , to be announced in the next Queen 's Birthday Honours , and to say I was stunned at the thought was an understatement . |
| 22 | This initiative emphasises the policy of maintaining the focus of our qualification on Commerce and Industry and further developments are being considered for the future . |
| 23 | However , Sefton 's Chief Planning Officer Tim Cox refuted the criticisms and said that the fun characters were just one aspect of environmental art being considered for the area . |
| 24 | YOUNG Chris Bart-Williams is being tipped for the top by Trevor Francis — a teenage star himself before Chris was even born . |
| 25 | The single 's out on Kingslake records and the band , described in a national music magazine as ankle biting rockers , are being tipped for the top . |
| 26 | Dr McNab now ordered the stimulants to be decreased gradually from day to day , meat and beer from the stores being substituted for the brandy and beef tea . |
| 27 | The English Parliament , somewhat ungratefully , used the restoration of peace to revive all its old objections to a standing army and eventually forced the king to get rid of all but 10,000 of his 30,000 troops , £350,000 a year being voted for the remainder , considered the minimum needed for home defence . |
| 28 | But it was now three o'clock in the morning and the debate was quickly wound up with the money being voted for the site and foundations . |
| 29 | Having been cleared of theft , she is now being blamed for the museum 's low attendances . |
| 30 | But another member of the workshop was annoyed that the educational ability of the local people was being blamed for the lack of jobs in the area . |