Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 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 | Within minutes money was changing hands and the baby antelope was being placed on blankets on the back seat of the car . |
| 3 | Finniston is convinced that too much emphasis is being placed on earnings from so-called ‘ invisible ’ exports . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( 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 ) . |
| 7 | Its purpose was to survey the quantity and quality of training in church music currently being given to ordinands in Britain . |
| 8 | THE recession has caused a large rise in the number of dogs being given to kennels by owners unable to afford the animals ' upkeep . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Priority is being given to children with physical disabilities for whom no other respite care service exists in the borough . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Spix 's macaw 's deep blue plumage has led to its being prized by collectors around the world , who will pay up to £29,000 for a single specimen . |
| 14 | They are now being likened to bands like Dinosaur Jnr and Sonic Youth . ’ |
| 15 | It is not that these issues are being dismissed in terms of their general abstract importance as a way of getting to grips with capitalism as a system . |
| 16 | Why has Britain dragged its feet on the European directive under the Social Charter to prevent women being dismissed from jobs on the grounds of pregnancy ? |
| 17 | • If you and your spouse are both being treated as in-patients by the NHS for the same road accident , this payment will be tripled to £78 for each night , again free of tax . |
| 18 | In short , people are being treated as individuals with priorities and resources . |
| 19 | Freud uses these two specific examples to suggest that psychoanalysis has shown that , in these cases , the animals or birds are being treated as substitutes for a parent , and the ambivalent feelings towards the animal reflect the feelings of the child towards the father — love and fear . |
| 20 | The reason for this is to avoid those who appointed the administrative receiver being treated as mortgagees in possession or being held liable for the receiver 's acts which would be the case were the receiver to be treated as their agent . |
| 21 | She 's still being treated for injuries to her legs at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital . |
| 22 | And that she was originally being treated for injuries to her wrists . |
| 23 | Mr Templeton said that when he arrived at the fire after 10pm , he had spoken to a man who was being treated for injuries in an ambulance . |
| 24 | He was taken to Our Lady 's Hospital in Cashel where he is being treated for burns to his upper body . |
| 25 | The incident , which happened while several people including children were milling around the van , is being treated by police as attempted murder . |
| 26 | The incident , which happened while several people including children were milling around the van , is being treated by police as attempted murder . |
| 27 | The incident , which took place while several people , including children , were milling around the van , is being treated by police as attempted murder . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , injured children evacuated from the Moslem town of Srebrenica are being treated in hospitals in neighbouring Tuzla . |
| 29 | it would follow from these findings that the children currently being referred to clinics for anti-social behaviour are the group for whom successful intervention is the more urgently needed , to prevent personal misery for them as adults , for their spouses and children , and for the persons whom they will rob or swindle . |
| 30 | After the IPS requirements had been specified during Activity 3 of the FAOR approach , it was employed to forecast the possible effects of the proposed system in terms of benefits and disadvantages ( the latter being referred to disbenefits in the FAOR publication ) . |