Example sentences of "being given [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strathclyde Regional Council may provide further funding and consideration is being given to the possible employment of a part-time nurse . |
| 2 | There is often a rush to create something new without enough thought being given to the physical problems they may cause . |
| 3 | I have noticed recently that in the climbing world some consideration is being given to the lack of participation by black people . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | The next chapter covers the synthesis of peptides , with roughly equal weight being given to the subjects of protecting groups and coupling procedures . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | ‘ Particular attention is being given to the possible ending of UK participation at the treaty renewal point in 1992 , ’ says Phillips . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | … 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 ; |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | Is sufficient thought being given to the implications , and is anyone taking an overall view ? |
| 21 | Hopefully , the meeting will swell opinion in favour of more thought being given to the existing premises and new developments . |
| 22 | Is the support which is given to the son-in-law ‘ really ’ being given to the daughter by proxy ? |
| 23 | But there are some instances documented in the literature where people are quite clear that support given to in-laws is really being given to the blood relative . |
| 24 | Not all efforts to improve prison conditions are futile , but any success is likely to be at the margins and will depend upon full regard being given to the capacity and population side of the reform equation . |
| 25 | Gate takings from designated provincial matches were being given to the Patriotic Fund , the first lists of killed and wounded were being published , and , as the season drew to a close , newspaper pages were filled with the photographs of the casualties from Gallipoli , New Zealand 's bloody initiation into modern warfare . |
| 26 | In the new climate , the need for a new ecumenical voice is even more pressing , and careful thought is being given to the most effective format and content for the new magazine . |
| 27 | A silver-gilt sweet-meat dish made in Hamburg in 1610 and originally owned by Christian IV of Denmark before being given to the Tsar should realise SF300–450,000 ( £115–175,000 ; $200–300,000 ) . |
| 28 | The last two chapters of the book are primarily concerned with the problems and policies of macroeconomic management , with special emphasis being given to the role of monetary policy . |
| 29 | To achieve this high priority is being given to the development of domiciliary provision and the encouragement of measures designed to prevent or postpone the need for long term care in hospital or residential homes . |
| 30 | The sales department , for example , or the export department if the broadcast is to go out on the world service or in any particular language , might be able to use the information to back up sales activity and to show that promotional support is being given to the company 's product or services . |