Example sentences of "being [verb] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | YOUNG women are getting the chance to escape the war in Croatia by being placed as au pairs in Britain . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | After being diagnosed as HIV positive he was transferred to the Craigavon Hospital , Craigavon , Armagh , where he was not involved in any surgery . |
| 4 | Until AZT was produced being diagnosed as HIV was a death sentence . |
| 5 | After being diagnosed as HIV positive he was transferred to the Craigavon Hospital , Craigavon , Armagh , where he was not involved in any surgical practice . |
| 6 | They saved the scheme from being dismissed as nonsense . |
| 7 | Their authority is contained in the letter of 14 January 1992 which is expressly the consent of the ‘ interim government ’ to being joined as plaintiff . |
| 8 | The cases of five men convicted in Nottinghamshire of crimes they claim they did n't commit are being highlighted as part of a campaign organized by human rights group . |
| 9 | VAT on equality monies paid when properties are exchanged is also capable of being treated as consideration on which stamp duty is payable . |
| 10 | In the routine maintenance revenue account the resurfacing of Beech Hill and the construction of a footpath were being treated as priorities . |
| 11 | ‘ in situations like the present the defendants ‘ are ’ the company in the sense that any offences committed by them in relation to the affairs of the company would be capable of being treated as offences committed by the company itself . |
| 12 | It has been suggested by Customs and Excise that rent free periods may be the subject of value added tax by virtue of their being treated as inducements . |
| 13 | The city council which is bringing the action says the prosecutions are being treated as test cases . |
| 14 | I am sick of always being treated as part of the President 's baggage . |
| 15 | Far from being treated as adults , however , students on the course were talked down to as though they were children . |
| 16 | Police said the death is being treated as suicide and a report is being prepared for the coroner . |
| 17 | He had met commanders from both sides to tell them the shooting was being treated as murder . |
| 18 | He had met commanders from both sides to tell them the killing of L/ Cpl Edwards was being treated as murder . |
| 19 | The approach which Dixon J. suggested does not depend upon the debtor husband being treated as agent of the creditor . |
| 20 | Moreover , the so-called ‘ permissive society ’ was not protecting women from being treated as sex-objects : far from it ; pornography flourished , kerb-crawlers harassed passers-by on the streets . |
| 21 | This is a notably bad piece of drafting by the Commission , giving the impression that conservation considerations are being treated as cosmetics . |
| 22 | • 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 . |
| 23 | It should be noted that the profits of the blenders have been excluded from the welfare function since the policies were aimed exclusively at protecting the dominant firms and also the blenders are being treated as import agents . |
| 24 | Those ‘ in ’ the balloon — the infamous , the famous and the worthy — had to make the case for not being treated as ballast . |
| 25 | They rightly insist on being treated as individuals . |
| 26 | In short , people are being treated as individuals with priorities and resources . |
| 27 | It also emphasizes the importance of readings in which fictional texts are recognized for what they are rather than being treated as truth claims or pronouncements about the world . |
| 28 | Clacton on Friday evening is being treated as arson . |
| 29 | A school fire in Buckinghamshire which has caused fifty thousand pounds damage is being treated as arson . |
| 30 | The fire is being treated as arson . |