Example sentences of "being [verb] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , petitions — which are scarcely known before 1272 — quickly became so numerous that by 1280 most were being redirected to the appropriate departments of royal government ( the exchequer and the chancery above all ) and only the remainder were dealt with by the king . |
| 2 | The seeds are all the external influences that tend to throw us out of balance and they may affect us on any level of our being ; on the physical level it may be something simple like being exposed to a cold wind , getting soaked in the rain or even some form of trauma . |
| 3 | Dr John Bromley , senior partner at the practice , in Monkgate , York , admitted failing to prevent John being exposed to a hazardous substance and was fined £750 under the Health and Safety Act . |
| 4 | Yet it is probably fair to suggest that few people could have been immune from the implications of the party struggle at Westminster , since decisions taken by the central government often had a direct affect on ordinary people 's lives , and few people could have avoided being exposed to the political controversies of the day through the various media of propaganda . |
| 5 | Most crucially it means identifying the population which is at ‘ risk ’ of being exposed to the noxious or infectious agent via proximity or because of certain characteristics which make them more vulnerable . |
| 6 | The size of the establishment could reasonably be expected to affect the number of young people being exposed to the different recruitment strategies ( although the relative numbers of small employers would also have to be borne in mind ) . |
| 7 | I had thought that the one good thing about being posted to a permanent , that is a pre-war , RAF Station , was that at least the Waaf quarters should consist of solid , brickbuilt barracks and not the Nissen huts which had been my home so far . |
| 8 | Initially the National Salvation Front ( NSF ) through its Council , represented by an Executive Bureau presided over by Ion Iliescu , assumed legislative authority , with executive responsibility being given to a new provisional Council of Ministers headed by Petre Roman . |
| 9 | This would seem to preclude any direction being given to a taxing master other than for a taxation on a standard basis or an indemnity basis . |
| 10 | Although initial studies focused on three area , all of them parallel to the existing runway , consideration is now being given to a non-parallel alignment . |
| 11 | Strathclyde Regional Council may provide further funding and consideration is being given to the possible employment of a part-time nurse . |
| 12 | ‘ Particular attention is being given to the possible ending of UK participation at the treaty renewal point in 1992 , ’ says Phillips . |
| 13 | Hopefully , the meeting will swell opinion in favour of more thought being given to the existing premises and new developments . |
| 14 | However , as time goes by and the problem of unemployment does not seem to diminish more thought is being given to the specific problems of those applying for work while out of a job . |
| 15 | All the folk having grazing rights according to the poor rate assessment of 1833 received their apportioned share of the fields , ‘ due consideration being given to the public carriage roads , drift ways and public halter paths or bridle ways through and over the [ land ] divided and enclosed . ’ |
| 16 | If the students ' memories are to be trusted , there is little evidence of any serious thought being given to the meaningful use of new grammar in either speech or writing . |
| 17 | This force may be expressed in a person , ‘ old man ’ , ‘ old woman ’ or other names being given to the mythical figure supposedly dwelling in the last sheaf of wheat . |
| 18 | There is often a rush to create something new without enough thought being given to the physical problems they may cause . |
| 19 | Because of the ten-year lead time involved in planning and commissioning new stations , thought is already being given to the eventual need to replace the remaining Hunterston plant . |
| 20 | Gate takings from designated provincial matches were being given to the Patriotic Fund , the first lists of killed and wounded were being published , and , as the season drew to a close , newspaper pages were filled with the photographs of the casualties from Gallipoli , New Zealand 's bloody initiation into modern warfare . |
| 21 | Then it 's a night on the town watching Cats ( the musical , that is ! ) and being treated to a slap-up dinner at the Players Theatre . |
| 22 | Imagine using your mouse to press a button labelled Mozart and being treated to a near CD quality reproduction of ‘ Eine kleine Nachtmusik ’ whilst looking at , for example , the score or maybe watching a digital tour of Strasbourg . |
| 23 | Rumour has it this Achtung Baby thang actually lasts for an hour — the assembly is being treated to a full 36 minutes of footage. this either means that a lot of it is rubbish or it 's so blinking brilliant They could n't show the lot lest our brains exploded with pleasure . |
| 24 | The small species , formerly P. africanus , is now being referred to a new species , with P. africanus being restricted to Koru and Songhor , together with the similarly sized but morphologically distinct Rangwapithecus gordoni . |
| 25 | Some councils therefore still insist on every committee decision being referred to the full council for confirmation or rejection . |
| 26 | Accordingly , in relation to paragraph 2(k) of the originating summons I will answer the question in the affirmative , subject to the question being limited to the existing documentation in use by the Woolwich Building Society and subject to the request for the structural survey being part of an application for a further advance . |
| 27 | the attaching or refusal to attach a condition under s.38(3) or 5.101(2) of the Act , the right of appeal being conferred on applicants and unsuccessful competent objectors who appeared at the hearing ( s. 17(6) ) , a refusal to affirm or declare final a provisional grant ( s.26(10) ) , the right of appeal being limited to the applicant , the making of a suspension order ( s.31(8) ) or a closure order ( s.32(7) , the right of appeal being limited to the licence-holder ) , the suspending of a licence under s.36 where the licence-holder fails to execute structural alterations , the refusal to cancel such a suspension ( s.36(8) , the right of appeal being limited to the licence-holder ) , the decisions referred to in 5.44 relating to seamen 's canteens ( the right of appeal being limited to the licence-holder or the applicant ) , the making of a restriction order ( s.65(8) ) , the right of appeal being limited to the registered club , or licence-holder concerned and any complainer who appeared at the hearing , the granting or refusal of an application by a public house licence-holder for Sunday opening at the premises ( the right of appeal being conferred on both an unsuccessful applicant and an unsuccessful objector ( Sched. 4 , Part I , paras . |
| 28 | The report states that those who have lived on state pensions , income support or low pay , are most likely to live in the most energy-inefficient homes which are incapable of being heated to a minimum comfort standard . |
| 29 | No evidence has yet been forthcoming for any external towers , the mortared stone foundation in Kingshams Field now being assigned to the medieval defences . |
| 30 | The tanker was searched by coastguards protected by the marines from H M S Brazen and was found to be carrying stores in breach of the UN embargo ; it 's being diverted to a nearby port on the coast of Amman for further investigations . |