Example sentences of "being [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 19 million people are being exposed to air whose quality is on the verge of falling below recommended EC safety levels . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ As a farmer whose children have grown up on a busy farm , I am very aware of the risks and the work pressures that all too easily lead to children being exposed to danger . |
| 4 | Separate aliquots of the same mucosal homogenates were assayed for peptic activity after being exposed to pH 8.0 by alkalinisation using 1N NaOH . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Chief Superintendent is being posted to division after heading the department for some 2 years . |
| 7 | However he remained with the Wellington unit only for a short time before being posted to Control Office duties at Luqa . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The content of the different lengths of music inputs would be planned in sequence — more time being given to music activity as the music programme evolves . |
| 10 | What consideration is being given to noise barriers of various kinds ? |
| 11 | Whilst it may be possible for certain hoists and lifts to be provided with dual controls and to be relied upon to assist in the initial stages of smouldering fire or even the last stages of salvage and reinstatement , and whilst the provision of a portable extinguisher could be regarded as standard , the dangers involved in aligning the confines of a lift or cage to a developing fire in the only manner by which it could be used effectively are sufficiently great to warrant special mention when consideration is being given to emergency planning . |
| 12 | The Government response has been to accept these recommendations in principle ‘ subject to further consideration being given to timing and the availability of resources ’ ( Government Response to Benson , 1983 ) . |
| 13 | Current attention is being given to lowland agriculture , where greater impacts can be expected on farm output and wildlife . |
| 14 | The high priority being given to quality is also reflected in plans for additional equipment that will be installed during the July holidays . |
| 15 | The clear implication is that greater weight is being given to macro-planning , in the hope that greater effectiveness here will indirectly benefit individual projects . |
| 16 | The fact that the government is financing all their perks with a national debt that will bankrupt their children and a taxation policy that will see all their factory jobs being given to cheapo Moroccans and Poles has not yet struck home . |
| 17 | Public-sector investment was fixed at TT$1,418 million , with priority being given to infrastructure projects . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A huge vat full of oil was bubbling over a monstrous bonfire and , bound hand and foot inside , stood a criminal being boiled to death . |
| 20 | Jonah , disliking the task for unexplained reasons which might have had something to do with a fear of being stoned to death by the partying Ninevites , ran away . |
| 21 | The injured included a 24-year-old woman who had to be resuscitated from a heart attack as she was being flown to hospital by helicopter . |
| 22 | Women with bulimia who are abusing drugs or alcohol or both can benefit from being referred to specialist services , at least initially . |
| 23 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 24 | Er Chairman , yes , if I may just make a couple of , of , of , of , of , comments on , on , on the report side , I , I very much welcome the report back which I think has clarified a number of areas in the inspector 's report and what the services are actually , actually are doing about this one , I think er overall it 's er it , it , it 's , it 's very , it 's very er it 's very er very useful to see er what has been done erm I , I , I , I , I 've been assured by the Chief Officer er on item , item er , item three one at the top of page two , that the operational plans being devolved to individual sch will not apply to operational activity , they will be er to separate activity within the s er sch station , erm I did raise that because I was concerned about one station saying yes we will attend the fire and another one saying we wo n't , which obviously is not appropriate er but with that caveat I , I , I , very much welcome the report , I would like to move the proposals sch standing in , in , in , in , in my name that we commend the report as well as er er what 's on the officer 's erm er , er , er recomen er the re the recommended er resolution and that we send a copy of that , this |
| 25 | So , too , is the workload being devolved to Cabinet committees . |
| 26 | Forty cases of illegal logging have been brought to court in the last three years , but the loophole in the regulations makes it difficult to prove charges , so a technique is being developed to date the year of felling , using tree rings . |
| 27 | There are instances of people being crushed to death or pushed under trains by the crush of excursionists on station platforms . |
| 28 | The few states which actually measured what was happening to landfill capacity reported that it was increasing , in some cases because more waste was being diverted to recycling or waste-to-energy plants . |
| 29 | Being addressed to family responsibilities , this proposal should help to unify rather than divide the pressure groups which together constitute the family lobby . |
| 30 | But , of course , he can help us no further , being torn to death by Gaveston 's dogs . |