Example sentences of "[adj] being [vb pp] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His evidence indicates sites of low status disappearing both before and after the Black Death , with relatively few being eliminated by the well-recorded activities of rapacious landlords . |
| 2 | The evening came to an end after about three hours ' dancing , the final speeches being made by the local dignitaries , this being followed by a round of applause for the French people , led by a British Officer . |
| 3 | When it was revealed that the 14 candidates polling the least votes and thus threatened with exclusion from the central committee included such notables as Abalkin , Shevardnadze , Ryzhkov , Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov and CPSU international department head Valentin Falin , Gorbachev intervened with a proposal that they too should be deemed elected by virtue of having won a legitimate majority , this being accepted by the congress . |
| 4 | in this case it was held that despite knowing that a vehicle had deposited diesel on the road there as no duty to take active steps to prevent another being injured by the negligence of a third party . |
| 5 | ‘ We just see one leader being cheered by one lot of people , and another being cheered by a different lot . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not saying best practice is wrong , ’ he said , ‘ but someone must change the operational guidelines because you ca n't have one set of guidelines issued by the Institute and another being operated by the JMU . ’ |
| 7 | Files of this firm would contain 30 letters on average for a conveyance , roughly half being despatched by the firm . |
| 8 | The selectors certainly ca n't be accused of not spreading their nets far and wide , Division III being represented by the Haddington winger , John Kerr , and Division II by Steven Ferguson ( Peebles ) and the Stewart's-Melville pair , Kenny Milligan and Douglas Wyllie . |
| 9 | This resulted in a hefty fine being imposed by the county FA , on top of a fine for fielding an ineligible player during the match at Twitchit Albion . |
| 10 | ‘ All fines will be levied equally between the county clubs and the players , with the contribution to be made by each individual player to any fine being decided by the county concerned . ’ |
| 11 | It was customary to wear heavy iron or brass rings around their fingers , these being made by the mine smiths . |
| 12 | For instance only four-were living alone and all these people had much lower OBS scores than the three being sustained by the project ( one had a score of three and the other three of five ) ; they were also able to manage much more of their own care than the former group , being mentally and , to some extent , physically more capable . |
| 13 | If Labour Members oppose the Bill , they and the miners will know that the redundancy terms on offer — which are generous by any standards — the transfer payments available for those wishing to move to other pits , the retraining help , and the managed workshops are all being provided by a Conservative Government , despite opposition from the Labour party . |
| 14 | All four rooms are linked by double-door access , Meeting Rooms 3 and 4 being divided by a partition which can be removed to create a larger meeting area , which is useful for bringing together syndicate groups . |
| 15 | At Beida there were two major poster campaigns in April and June , the latter being provoked by the ‘ murder ’ of a postgraduate student . |
| 16 | The facts involved the plaintiff construction company , carrying on business in Kuwait , which had bought a quantity of heavy duty pails with waterproofing compound , the latter being manufactured by the first defendants . |
| 17 | The move was steered successfully by P&O Roadtanks Managing Director , Bryan Haworth , who believes that customers are more confident being served by a company with a strong identity . |
| 18 | I stumbled out of the hotel and into the middle of the road , narrowly missing being killed by a taxi . |
| 19 | I 'm busy being interviewed by a journalist , ’ the A&R man snorts dismissively . |
| 20 | Witton , like their opponents , are also attempting to reach the final for the first time and today 's clash at Marine 's Rossett Park ground is all-ticket with a crowd limit of 2,500 being set by the police . |
| 21 | This produces a busy pattern on the slide due to the overlapping of the man ) , vortexes arriving from the field , as well as those being created by the dynamic nature of the energetic interactions within the cell itself . |
| 22 | Officially , Britain is keen to present its lobbying effort as a ‘ gentlemanly exercise ’ that falls in behind those being conducted by the American Navy , by the Lockheed Corporation , which is making the D-5 , and also by the White House . |
| 23 | The YCCC however were able to raise public awareness of the issues involved , and in doing so learned that the only taxes coming from the tannery were those being paid by the workers themselves , that the city was grossly undercharging the tannery for the use of the sewage treatment plant , and that there was a sewer-use ordinance that , if enforced , would solve the problem immediately by cutting the tannery off from the sewage treatment plant . |
| 24 | The only means at the disposal of the unemployed would be to offer their labour services at money wages which were lower than those being commanded by the employed . |
| 25 | The extra fish resulting from these measures are among those being intercepted by the English fishermen who contribute nothing . |
| 26 | John Perry Garibay of Michigan , whose offshore bank , Zurich Overseas , was among those being investigated by the Yard and the FBI , was found dead in the sea off the southern part of the island after going bathing with friends . |
| 27 | QTs can rest assured that your teaching qualification will be included in those being identified by the Lead Body . |
| 28 | Although Spencer worked out an elaborate scheme of social evolution , in terms of the increasing scale and complexity of societies , his political sociology was based mainly upon a fairly simple distinction between ‘ militant ’ and ‘ industrial ’ societies , the former being characterized by the predominance of activities concerned with defence and offence ( that is , warfare ) , the latter by the predominance of activities concerned with ‘ sustentation ’ ( that is , production and trade ) . |
| 29 | L , v and r are the variable factors , with a change in one being counterbalanced by a change in the other . |
| 30 | ( a ) Unregistered land If the house is in the husband 's sole name it should be conveyed , for reasons mentioned earlier , to trustees who can be himself and the wife , or himself and an outsider , or not less than two outsiders ( often one being nominated by the husband and one by the wife ) . |