Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [noun] [be] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time they arrive at Maidstone , there fore , most have settled into the routines imposed by a long sentence of imprisonment and most do at least feel that some progress through the system is being achieved . |
| 2 | Nigel Short , who is taking a break in Greece , has already expressed his support for the contest 's being held in Manchester . |
| 3 | 3.2 Where the Landlord the Tenant or the Guarantor for the time being are two or more persons obligations expressed or implied to be made by or with such party are deemed to be by or with such persons jointly and severally |
| 4 | He also alleged that " communists are at the periphery of the NLD and that the thinking of the NLD is being influenced by the BCP " . |
| 5 | If the bulk of the community are being criminally victimized in ways they do not understand or realize , surely that too is sufficient reason for prioritizing the study of corporate crime . |
| 6 | Although Douglas was eventually acquitted of any offence , his initial conviction and the methods of the police — which included presenting in court what they claimed was a transcript of their tape of his speech , but which was only one third of the length of another tape-recording which was played to the court — led many Free Presbyterians and sympathizers to believe that the whole force of the state was being directed against them . |
| 7 | The back arc/foreland-basin model developed as a result of the work is being increasingly used to constrain regional geotectonic models of the collisional history of the Iapetus Suture Zone , presently being investigated in collaboration with the Newfoundland Geological Survey . |
| 8 | The reply by the minister was a direct echo of Mary Carpenter : ‘ The principle behind this provision in the bill is that parents should be required — if their means so permit — to pay for their child 's board and lodging , so that they are in no way better off as a result of the child 's being in care . ’ |
| 9 | The TDC said the future of the building was being discussed . |
| 10 | Yes , c or another sign that they put up by the side of the road is was you passing this spot this time last week did you see anything . |
| 11 | One may ask whether the person who takes the Side of the Other is being inconsistent . |
| 12 | ‘ This is further evidence that the major hospital on one side of the river is being denuded of major medical facilities . |
| 13 | The atmosphere of grey repression that clung to the eastern side of the city is being purged at an astonishing speed . |
| 14 | Tilly Mead on the other side of the stream is being raised with several feet of stone chippings . |
| 15 | The life operations will go to Lend Lease , Australia 's third largest life office , for about £76m , while the loss-making general side of the business is being bought by QBE , a big general insurer , for £58m . |
| 16 | And the vixen of the newsroom is being joined on stage by the villain of Albert Square . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , a serious conspiracy against the Republic was being hatched . |
| 18 | The MMB stated that aid from the USA was being siphoned off " to satisfy personal appetites " , and warned that the continuous increase in the number of US advisers to assist in the government 's drug eradication policy was " jeopardizing the national sovereignty of the country " . |
| 19 | Feedback from the trials is being reviewed and the final package will be released early next year . |
| 20 | Beyond them , a narrow fold in the hillside was being filled with rubbish to provide space for a car park . |
| 21 | A specially created group piece from the workshops is being exhibited all this week in the Wilson Marriage cafe area . |
| 22 | In other words , the traditional division of unpaid labour in the home is being upheld rather than changed by the new scheme . |
| 23 | The divisions of labour in the household are being re-negotiated between men and women and , adults and children such that the amount of time available to household members to spend on leisure and social activities is changing . |
| 24 | There was a sensation of power , as though the biggest spring in the world was being wound up . |
| 25 | Opposition to the deal is being led by Palau 's small but powerful group of traditional women elders , who say the agreement would have a devastating social economic and political impact on Palau 's society and culture . |
| 26 | He seems later to have returned ; possibly an attempt on the throne was being planned when he died , for the C text 's statement that Cnut afterwards had him killed is followed by Florence , who adds that he was betrayed by those he held dearest . |
| 27 | In addition , the ethos of the CAB is being spread by all those who receive CAB training and then act as ambassadors for the CAB in other roles . |
| 28 | Thus this large part of the NHS is being progressively privatised . |
| 29 | This part of the canal is being restored and the mill-wheel will be replaced . |
| 30 | A system already being used in part of the region is being hailed as a model for the whole country , as Tim Hurst reports . |