Example sentences of "[noun sg] being [verb] are " in BNC.

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1 You 're worried about your privacy being invaded are n't you ?
2 As a general rule the liabilities associated with persons employed in a business being sold are normally governed by the Transfer of Undertakings ( Protection of Employment ) Regulations 1981 ( SI 1981/1794 — the Transfer Regulations ) .
3 At present being excavated are two houses in the centre of the settlement .
4 CPRW has no doubt that in this particular instance a decision to provide planning consent would be quite disastrous , whereas a rejection would strengthen the value of National Park designation at a time when development pressures of the kind being considered are on the increase .
5 Lawyers are already claiming there is no real precedent , because the Japanese being compensated are those who personally experienced internment , whereas no US black can claim direct and personal damage by ‘ the peculiar institution ’ .
6 ‘ If you share a needle when you inject drugs , the chances of the needle being infected are 1-in-eight .
7 Incidentally the odds on the hunted fox being killed are about evens .
8 An unsuccessful search terminates when the end points of the section of the list being searched are in fact next to each other , and neither matches the searched-for item .
9 Models of the item being marketed are useful when the product being sold is too large or bulky to be physically displayed .
10 The consequences of an administration order being made are as follows :
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