Example sentences of "of them being [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the relatively high ( if lower than average ) proportion of people in the educational and health occupations regarding themselves as in the seasonal , temporary or casual category might result from many of them being engaged on a " temporary " basis but for an unspecified ( non-fixed ) period , perhaps to replace workers who are absent or until regular or permanent recruitments can be made . |
| 2 | In practice , inter-Service rivalry only becomes unbridled when there is a danger — real or anticipated — of the balance between the Services being upset ; or of the structure of one of them being changed in a revolutionary rather than an evolutionary way . |
| 3 | The presence of its members was normally tolerated because they supported the industrial action of the TUC , 1,200 of them being arrested during the dispute , and because some of its leading figures , such as Robin Page Arnot who did sterling work in organizing the councils of action in the North East , were active in the dispute . |
| 4 | Whoever heard of any of them being groomed by a fashion editor and strapped into toning pinks for a photo call ? |
| 5 | Some of these were not foreseeable or preventable but they all represent threats to our reputation , and all were reported to the media ( although we managed to stop two of them being used by the media ) . |