Example sentences of "being made [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one accident I witnessed , the take off was being made towards the glare of the sun . |
| 2 | The dead were carried in wicker coffins from Keld along the corpse road , stops being made along the way for food and drink , and every so often there were great " coffin stones " at the side of the way where the pallbearers could rest the body ( one such stone still stands at the side of Ivelet Bridge ) . |
| 3 | There was also a reduction in the number of elderly bus passenger casualties which may have resulted in a fall in the number of trips being made following the introduction of fares for concessionary travel . |
| 4 | The changes are being made under the Tobacco Products Labelling ( Safety ) Regulations 1991 , which were laid before Parliament by the Secretary for Health , Mr William Waldegrave , on 11th July . |
| 5 | It is well known that the UKCC has to this date been a bastion of conservatism , its appointments being made through the patronage of the secretary of state or the national boards . |
| 6 | He had been obedient and had never received the fuss that was being made over the return of his brother . |
| 7 | As we saw in Part II , this has not been the case with child language , where both comprehension and production have been extensively studied , with comparisons being made between the child 's spontaneous use and understanding of particular linguistic forms . |
| 8 | Pro-choice groups were in favour of a liberalization of abortion but felt that the distinction being made between the mother 's health and her life was invidious . |
| 9 | Reg says many other decisions were being made about the churchyard without involving him . |
| 10 | This independent assessment results in a judgment being made about the likelihood , based on that evidence , of a court finding a case proved beyond reasonable doubt . |
| 11 | At the time , as the stations were being built , it was much less easy for outsiders to see what was going on , or to make informed assessments of the rosy promises being made about the future . |
| 12 | Unrealistic assumptions are being made about the extent to which — and the speed with which — the need for hospitals can be reduced by technological advance and improvements in primary care . |
| 13 | Many claims are now being made about the environment , some true , many exaggerated . |
| 14 | But it was soon obvious that this would not be feasible because of the rapid advance being made into the area by Tito 's forces . |
| 15 | Increasing use is being made of the telephone for interviewing the general public in market research and social surveys . |
| 16 | Much is being made of the presence of pollen in the samples , yet Crone states that the mixture of pollen and fungus on the leaves and rocks probably could not have occurred naturally . |
| 17 | The review of the recording of La Mer is especially interesting for the debate it prompts within Porter himself , who admits to a prejudice against some Karajan performances , not before they start , but within moments of the opening , when it might be felt that — in those days — too much was being made of the music . |
| 18 | There is strong evidence that greater and greater use is being made of the CAB service . |
| 19 | Studies are being made of the population biology and molecular genetics of the parasite world-wide with emphasis on variation in antigens and in genes responsible for response of the parasite to drugs . |
| 20 | By the outbreak of World War II rather more was being made of the ceremony itself , but it would appear that the reasons given by working class couples heading for the altar were still somewhat pragmatic . |
| 21 | More use today is being made of the aspersion method , a system of dissipating the freezing effect of frost by spraying the vines with water . |
| 22 | An analysis is being made of the role of technological development and competition and the role of post-innovation improvements in market success . |
| 23 | As part of this aspect of the project , a special study is being made of the role of local press and local radio and television in the campaign . |
| 24 | An analysis is being made of the methodology and operating characteristics of Quality Circles to find out how and why they actually work . |
| 25 | To prevent the proprietor sitting on his patent , deliberately failing to use it , section 48 of the Act allows any person to apply for a compulsory licence under the patent , after the expiry of three years if , for example , the patent is not being worked or some abuse is being made of the patent monopoly such as if the product is not being made available at reasonable terms . |
| 26 | The job losses , which affect more than half the workforce , are being made across the board affecting shopfloor workers , office staff and management . |
| 27 | Between the wars the kind of juvenile gang-violence portrayed , for example , in Graham Greene 's Brighton Rock again led to unfavourable comparisons being made with the past . |
| 28 | That is one reason why we look forward to some progress being made with the Milk Marketing Board so that it becomes a real marketing institution . |
| 29 | The toes of the kicking foot should be curled outwards to avoid injury , impact being made with the ball of the foot . |
| 30 | The day , after a raining start , was a great success , both for raising funds and being able to show the public the progress that is being made with the project . |