Example sentences of "being [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — The Colombian government said it had rejected an offer last year from drug traffickers to give up the drug trade in exchange for not being extradited to the US , and firmly ruled out any dialogue with the traffickers . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Inquiries to Mr Peterken were being redirected to the board 's press office . |
| 4 | The central living-room extends right up into the apex of the roof , the original heavy roof timbers — rafters , purlins and tie beams — being exposed to the interior ( Plate 13 ) . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This study was carried out to determine the number of haemophilic patients seropositive for HIV antibodies and the mortality from HIV infection and to confirm that young children were not being exposed to the virus . |
| 8 | However , you worry about being exposed to the market with the disappearance of the Variable Premium . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | About 40 people have been treated for eye and skin irritation , breathing problems and nausea after being exposed to the spill . |
| 11 | Thousands of people across Northamptonshire are being exposed to the potentially lethal radon gas in their own homes . |
| 12 | Strathclyde Regional Council may provide further funding and consideration is being given to the possible employment of a part-time nurse . |
| 13 | There is often a rush to create something new without enough thought being given to the physical problems they may cause . |
| 14 | I have noticed recently that in the climbing world some consideration is being given to the lack of participation by black people . |
| 15 | The mujahedin have been using US-supplied Chinese and Egyptian-made rockets in recent years to shell Kabul , but there has been no previous evidence of Western rockets being given to the guerrillas . |
| 16 | I consider also that the decision in question was flawed to a degree by undue weight being given to the question of a disorderly collapse . ’ |
| 17 | A woman knelt down next to one of the stricken and bleeding girls and told her she got what she deserved ; another tried to prevent first-aid being given to the policeman and taunted his suffering . |
| 18 | Greater attention is now being given to the training of front-line paraprofessional personnel in order to have a greater impact on the country 's social development needs ( Pathah. 1983 ) . |
| 19 | The next chapter covers the synthesis of peptides , with roughly equal weight being given to the subjects of protecting groups and coupling procedures . |
| 20 | If cases were selected for a particular disposal at random , Galloway suggested , how could proper consideration be being given to the welfare of the child in every case ? |
| 21 | ‘ Particular attention is being given to the possible ending of UK participation at the treaty renewal point in 1992 , ’ says Phillips . |
| 22 | Neo-Malthusianism was further attacked in ways already discussed in Chapter 2 , but also drew what in the authors ' opinion was a misplaced and utopian analysis from the Marxist literature based solely on a critique of bourgeois ideology , without serious attention being given to the effects of rapid population growth in any social formation , transitional to socialism or towards any other social order . |
| 23 | From 1989 , the changing international political climate and the bad press following the murder by elements in the army of six Jesuit priests in December 1989 has led the US Congress to question more closely the level of support being given to the government of El Salvador . |
| 24 | From the answers a narrative history can be written , and perhaps published in the local press or parish magazine , full credit ( with photographs ) being given to the people who provided all the information . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | In Germany the Federal Infrastructure Plan of 1985 makes provision for 4,500km of high speed line including 800km of new line ; in Italy and the Alta Velocita network will consist of 2,200km of new and upgraded line in a T shape linking Milan , Rome , Naples , Turin , and Venice ; in France the TGV ( Train a Grande Vitesse ) network will eventually total 7,000km including 2,300km of new lines such as the recently announced TGV Nord which will link with the Channel Tunnel : and in Spain the government has decided to adopt the standard European gauge for all new high speed lines with priority being given to the Madrid-Cordoba-Seville and the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border lines . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | … influence driver behaviour so that drivers are induced to follow planned routes at moderate speeds , and with proper attention being given to the needs of pedestrians and cyclists ; |
| 30 | Job evaluation and performance-related pay are not in themselves threatening , but is thought being given to the implications , and is anyone taking an overall view ? |