Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Our return to the Duomo is by way of Corso Vittorio Emanuele , a pedestrian-only street that is used as an outdoor art gallery , works by contemporary sculptors being erected at intervals along the length and changed regularly . |
| 2 | How can he explain the position in Surrey and in St. Albans , where consultants are being placed under pressure by managers to give priority to GP fund holders because they bring extra money ? |
| 3 | Within minutes money was changing hands and the baby antelope was being placed on blankets on the back seat of the car . |
| 4 | Finniston is convinced that too much emphasis is being placed on earnings from so-called ‘ invisible ’ exports . |
| 5 | Bush made his statement after receiving a CIA report in mid-February , which had informed him that Israeli claims that under 1 per cent of Soviet immigrants were being settled in the " occupied territories " was only partly true , because a further 10 per cent were being placed in settlements in East Jerusalem . |
| 6 | But Christian soon made it clear that his plans had nothing to do with the fire at the manor , although he admitted that Tom being placed in charge of the manor farm did affect what he had in mind . |
| 7 | One can accept that it is a complex and difficult issue as to which target language is acceptable , but clearly deaf people 's abilities are not being realised in contact with the hearing community . |
| 8 | ‘ Acquisition ’ is often used in the context of innate , non-specific forms of understanding — for example , knowledge of linguistic universals , being realised in respect of specific linguistic categories or rules . |
| 9 | The scare was caused by a report which showed that cavers were sometimes being exposed to levels of radiation , in the form of radon , up to 800 times the official safety limit in homes . |
| 10 | By 1673 , he thought that too many of his supporters were being exposed to danger by his presence so he went off to Ireland for a cooling-down period . |
| 11 | The National Toxics Campaign Fund , a US-based charity says the unexplained illnesses of hundreds of Gulf war veterans may be due to being exposed to radiation from weapons tipped with depleted uranium . |
| 12 | Think of the male statues which are even now being exposed at Sydenham without adequate covering and which may be viewed by innocent girls ! " |
| 13 | The Chief Superintendent is being posted to division after heading the department for some 2 years . |
| 14 | ( 4 ) To overcome legal difficulties which would otherwise be encountered as a result of the bidder offering consideration securities to overseas shareholders because foreign securities laws forbid such an offer document being posted to shareholders in the relevant jurisdiction , or permit it subject to compliance with onerous filing or other obligations ( see para 2.4.10 below ) . |
| 15 | All functions scored reasonable marking between 3 and 4 , but book selection and acquisition obtained the lowest average marking at 3.14 — the main reasons for dissatisfaction being given as lack of currency , inaccuracy of cataloguing-in-publication data , and lack of comprehensiveness . |
| 16 | A recognition of the prominence being given to psalmody outside Morning and Evening Prayer has led to the provision of simpler substitutes for Anglican chant . |
| 17 | Its purpose was to survey the quantity and quality of training in church music currently being given to ordinands in Britain . |
| 18 | THE recession has caused a large rise in the number of dogs being given to kennels by owners unable to afford the animals ' upkeep . |
| 19 | This has resulted in different messages about the same issue being given to clients of the health services , e.g. ORS : in Kangwane Banstustan they teach mothers to use one litre of water , six teaspoons of sugar and one teaspoon of salt to prepare the Oral Rehydration Solution ( ORS ) whilst their neighbours , Gazankulu and Lebowa have different methods . |
| 20 | Further progress was made in developing a conciliation scheme as a means of alternative dispute resolution between members and clients , with particular attention being given to training for members willing to act as conciliators . |
| 21 | Priority is being given to children with physical disabilities for whom no other respite care service exists in the borough . |
| 22 | There were even reports of material assistance being given to protesters by local officials , such as transport to demonstrations and financing for the protesters ' co-ordinating committees . |
| 23 | If the property is subject to a first mortgage and is , for instance , to be conveyed from the husband to the wife , subject to a charge being given in favour of the husband to secure a fixed sum , the husband will have to be satisfied with the security of a second charge , notice of which should be served on the first mortgagee . |
| 24 | Weldon ( No. 1 ) , which was before another division of the Court of Appeal as judgment was being given in Republic of Haiti v. |
| 25 | His illustrated lecture , A Life in Exploration , is being given in aid of Pro Corda , the Leiston-based chamber music group , and the Aldeburgh Foundation.Sir Ranulph , 48 , is officially ‘ the world 's greatest living explorer ’ according to the Guinness Book of Records . |
| 26 | In some cases , incentives are being given by management to workers who disassoc disassociate themselves from the unions , leading to hostility and antagonism within the workplace between workers who have traditionally been united in furthering industrial relations . |
| 27 | In order to comply with the directions being given by Mr to our client to rearrange his finances , your client 's letter in May er a buyer came forward but that sale did not go ahead in which to put your finances in order . |
| 28 | St Anthony being boiled in oil with a companionable gaggle of fellow martyrs ; St Anthony pierced by crossbow bolts fired by The Fat Controller in chain mail ; and in the central , triumphant panel — his white body as flexibly two-dimensional as bacon rind — St Anthony being sawn in half , lengthwise . |
| 29 | First , where an application for an injunction is made ex parte and the defendant claims , or in the opinion of the court would be likely to claim , that he acted in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute , the court shall not grant the injunction unless satisfied that all steps which in the circumstances were reasonable have been taken with a view to securing that notice of the application and an opportunity of being heard with respect to the application have been given to him . |
| 30 | The paper notes specifically that companies would have to invest more in pollution prevention and farmers would have to introduce measures to prevent water being polluted by run-offs from their land . |