Example sentences of "[noun] [being] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yesterday Taoiseach Albert Reynolds did not rule out the possibility of the contest being held in the province , but 24 hours later RTE chief John Sorohan said Dublin would be the most likely venue . |
| 2 | For diehard election party-poopers , however , there is still time to book into the election-free break being offered on Lundy Island , the National Trust 's island in the Bristol Channel . |
| 3 | LAST week we protested about the 25-day Christmas break being taken by Members of Parliament . |
| 4 | There was also a mobile canteen , whose function was to supply urns of tea and light snacks , rolls , etc , at snap time , a snap or tea break being allowed by the same wartime act . |
| 5 | There was also a reduction in the number of elderly bus passenger casualties which may have resulted in a fall in the number of trips being made following the introduction of fares for concessionary travel . |
| 6 | The presence of a fringing reef and a barrier reef on an island would seem to be best explained by glacial control , the barrier reef being formed with the Post-glacial rise of sea level and the fringing reef by the more stable modern sea level . |
| 7 | I 'm delighted to welcome you I 'm sure you 'll be at home with one accord being sung on Sunday night . |
| 8 | The previous year 1255 , the property belonging to the Bishopric of Rochester , had been valued as follows : The estates at Halling with its member of Holborough and Cuxton , contained 717 acres of arable land , that not being marled was valued at fourpence an acre , also 38 acres of meadow land worth sixpence an acre , and 20 acres of pasture at eightpence an acre , the Mill at Holborough being valued at twenty shillings and the Mill at Cuxton worth thirteen and fourpence , no value is put on the vineyard at Halling but it is mentioned . |
| 9 | ‘ Of the Godfather of All ? ’ whispered Yeremi , haunted by the memory of Yakobi being forced towards the heat sink . |
| 10 | There is a problem here with the eyes , with the musician being chained to the printed page in front of him . |
| 11 | David first tried a cod bait on a size 10/0 hook and wire trace after a shark attacked a cod being brought aboard Clair Calder 's Scrabster-based charter boat Karen . |
| 12 | Slovenia 's President Milan Kucan told the meeting that in accordance with the results of that referendum Slovenia was already committed to becoming an independent state , a proclamation to that effect being scheduled for June 26 . |
| 13 | The simplest form of microscope is the convex lens , the magnifying effect being caused by the curvature of the lens . |
| 14 | One popular nineteenth century patterning was ‘ tree calf ’ , a delicate arboreal effect being produced by the interaction of chemicals . |
| 15 | He followed the bomber down until it dived into the sea off Filfla , three survivors being seen in the water . |
| 16 | There was no chance of survivors being found in other parts of the collapsed building . |
| 17 | The prospect of a civilisation being overturned by an allowed evil getting control is a real fear for Spenser . |
| 18 | That mesh of electrofibres will stimulate excruciating pain signals in all the nerves in your flesh without any physical harm being caused to that flesh . |
| 19 | Does the Chancellor appreciate the harm being done to the economy by the 20 per cent . |
| 20 | Peace talks were set to resume in Caracas , Venezuela , on Aug. 26 between the government and the Simon Bolivar National Guerrilla Co-ordinating Group ( CNGSB ) , which had announced on Aug. 1 that it would suspend attacks on the country 's economic infrastructure , especially electricity pylons and oil pipelines , because of " the harm being done to the poverty stricken communities of the country " . |
| 21 | In our special reports this week we 've heard complaints of under-investment in railways , over-reliance on road building , and of harm being done to the environment . |
| 22 | Conditions vary from organization to organization and across different parts of the public sector , some organizations being noted for having a history of indifference to internal audit . |
| 23 | This week we have considered four ways of organising the delivery of care and asked who might be the ‘ real ’ clients being served by each . |
| 24 | But the Total Recall video is showing Schwarzenegger being squitted by the stamping press . |
| 25 | A pig being reared under intensive farming conditions . |
| 26 | At Banbury , they say they found cattle being prodded with unnecessary force , a calf slipping up on a concrete surface and a pig being forced into a pen with a kick . |
| 27 | If the Policyholder can show that the permanent address of the son or daughter is the policyholder 's address , then subject to the loss/damage being caused by an insured peril , it is in order for the claim to be dealt with , being property temporarily away from the home . |
| 28 | In closed systems the fear of being considered faint-hearted , or uninvolved , or unsupportive prevents such doubts being voiced at all . |
| 29 | He will know , as other hon. Members do , of the considerable doubts being expressed by politicians from all parties in Germany . |
| 30 | ( 3 ) To make good any particular objection , the plaintiffs must satisfy the Chancery master , or the taxing master , as the case may be , of the unreasonableness contended for with any doubts being resolved in favour of the defendants . |