Example sentences of "being [verb] by [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CONSIDERATION is being given by Powys ' highways department to providing a right turning lane for traffic on the A483 trunk road in Newtown , following concern expressed by Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council for the safety of pedestrians crossing the road between the Do It All superstore and the Safeways supermarket . |
| 2 | The clinical distinction between the biotic and cultural levels is difficult to sustain and urgent attention ( of the kind being developed by Harré et al. ) needs to be given to the merging of these two lines of thought . |
| 3 | The reports of the Bavarian Government Presidents all record the resounding impact of the speech — one called it ‘ mighty ’ , another ‘ epoch-making ’ — but interpreted this solely in terms of anxiety about an imminent war being eased by Hitler 's emphasis on his desire for peace . |
| 4 | That evening , Anderson , at a subdued dinner with McKendrick and Chetwyn , argues with McKendrick about ethical problems before being approached by Hollar 's wife , whom he had met at the searching of the apartment ( scene eight ) . |
| 5 | The seminar is being organised by WACC 's North American regional association and hosted by The United Church of Canada under the theme ‘ Legacy : 500 Years of Evangelization in the Americas ’ . |
| 6 | In the 1970s there were only two types of potential replacement DMU being considered by BR 's passenger marketing people and the engineers . |
| 7 | The Group wound up with a great relegation battle between Herts and Essex with the scales being tipped by Herts ' strength in the doubles . |
| 8 | WISE lies flat out after being felled by Simpson 's tackle . |
| 9 | The CMOS TFP is designed to deliver Cray Research Inc Y-MP-class performance for floating-point scientific and multiprocessing applications and is being designed by MIPS ' fiance Silicon Graphics Inc along with Toshiba Corp . |
| 10 | The manager was admitted to the 181-bed luxury hospital for the £12,000 operation on Monday and the cost is understood to be being met by Liverpool 's private health insurance . |
| 11 | We lost the toss in a 30-over contest and spent an undignified two hours being peppered by Antigua 's formidable array of fast bowlers on a ‘ flying ’ ( if you know what I mean ) . |
| 12 | The men named by the dwarf were being sought by Burun 's provost , but it was already apparent that they were no longer in Kinsai . |
| 13 | The largest investment in East Germany was being made by Volkswagen AG , which planned to invest DM5,000 million over four years by expanding through its own subsidiaries . |
| 14 | It was almost as if the independent life I 'd built up of necessity was being disrupted by Grant 's presence . |
| 15 | Equally , the ‘ signposting ’ role now being adopted by UNEP 's GRID project — which is expected to offer on-line access to a catalogue of environmental data sets and details of the responsible agencies in 1991 — is to be welcomed . |
| 16 | Because of their profound sense of being accepted by God 's love , they can live transparently , not hiding behind the mask of being dutiful . |
| 17 | Thereafter he did well to hold the round together , being helped by Palmer 's improvement which included him holing a 75ft putt for a two in a first-round 75 . |
| 18 | The dossier is being sold by Fleming 's step-daughter Mrs Fionn Morgan and is expected to raise up to £30,000 for the London Library Appeal . |
| 19 | The dossier is being sold by Fleming 's step-daughter Mrs Fionn Morgan and is expected to raise up to £30,000 for the London Library Appeal . |
| 20 | They 're being told by Lucy 's father , who flew out to see them this morning . |
| 21 | The company declares that it has replicated the functions of APPN , without any inside information from IBM , and this , together with the required patent permissions , should be enough to avoid it being fingered by IBM 's corporate lawyers . |
| 22 | Four hours later police broke in after being alerted by Sian 's husband Andrew — worried that she had not returned to their home in nearby Pontypool . |
| 23 | A manifesto for fashion from an idea by Lenin : Helen Womack on the stylish clothes being inspired by communism 's icons |
| 24 | It 's also put together a rescue strategy for the 40 or so licencees of the former MIPS Computer Systems Inc Risc/OS which will allow them to migrate over to Unix SVR4 : the MIPS operating system is being retired by MIPS ' new parent , Silicon Graphics Inc . |
| 25 | Only a few weeks after the Crawfords ' split had made newspaper headlines , Gabrielle was named as ‘ the other woman ’ in a divorce action being brought by Baldwin 's wife . |
| 26 | And then certainly in two and a half year 's time , a hundred and seventy million pounds is being spent by Water er putting in a new sewage station . |
| 27 | He had fled the Philippines in early 1986 after being overthrown by Aquino 's supporters . |
| 28 | Bristol Crown Court has heard how Mrs Lorraine Hurkett , 26 , and her daughters Sharon , four , and Lisa , two , died after being struck by Flook 's Vauxhall Nova when it jumped red lights . |
| 29 | Matthew 's recipes are set to be included in a cookery book being compiled by Sainsbury 's . |
| 30 | Opposition to the deal is being led by Palau 's small but powerful group of traditional women elders , who say the agreement would have a devastating social economic and political impact on Palau 's society and culture . |