Example sentences of "[subord] a [noun] be being " in BNC.

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1 ( 2 ) That , although the scope of Code C of the Codes of Practice ( 1985 ed. ) extended beyond persons in detention , it was intended to protect suspects who were , or thought themselves to be , vulnerable to abuse or pressure from police officers , and applied where a suspect was being questioned about an offence by a police officer acting as such for the purpose of obtaining evidence ; that , since the appellants were not being questioned by police officers acting as such and conversation was on equal terms , there could be no question of pressure or intimidation by the officers as persons actually or believed to be in authority ; and that , accordingly , Code C did not apply in the circumstances and the judge 's approach could not be faulted ( post , p. 237C–E , H ) .
2 The takeover target review , on the other hand , would be undertaken primarily by Strategy Services , with support from MAS and general practice , principally in contested situations or where a candidate is being analysed in detail prior to an approach being made .
3 On the evening of 22 October , a week before polling day , Joyce went to Lambeth Baths hall where a meeting was being held by Jack Lazarus , the Conservative-supported candidate for Lambeth North .
4 The newly painted double doors stood open to the yard , where a timber-lorry was being unloaded .
5 Where a property is being used in breach of planning permission , an enforcement notice may be served by the local planning authority on the owner/occupier requiring the use to cease .
6 For example , Justice Foster said , ‘ Had the author [ of the advertisement ] wished to indicate that nothing more than an opinion was being expressed , he could have achieved this object quite simply by introducing the very same words ‘ we think ’ before the ‘ there is little evidence ’ . ’
7 For example , if a person is being asked about her educational background one interviewer could encourage her to talk about the criticisms she could offer of it , while another interviewer could concentrate on the benefits she received from it .
8 ( c. 36 ) Whereas outside the realm , the king needed warning of any rebellion by subject peoples , or any imminent attack , " inside the realm [ the vital point was to find out ] if the people ( populus ) in any part , region or corner of the realm was in a state of disturbance , then what was the cause of it , and if a complaint of the people was becoming serious or if a noise was being made about some injustice about which it was necessary for the general assembly to deal " .
9 It was as if a balloon was being blown up inside her head , and the space in the balloon needed to be filled with knowledge .
10 It was a fundamental principle that we never er er er put aside , because we felt that er well as I say if , if a company was being profitable , there was every reason why we should go in and increase our members ' er er standard of living .
11 Whereas if a house is being sold your name is going to be seen on that particular product .
12 As stipulated above , if a property is being sold subject to and with the benefit of existing tenancies , instead of vacant possession of the whole property being given , the buyer will require an authority addressed to each tenant signed either by the seller-landlord or by his or her solicitor notifying the tenant of the sale and authorising the tenant to pay future rent to the buyer ( see Chapter 9 , head 7 ) .
13 There is no doubt that the industry has developed sufficiently in the past decade for an MBO or similar venture capital-financed transaction always to be on the vendor 's agenda if a disposal is being contemplated .
14 It is because of this fact , that ‘ DEAC ’ the manufacturer states that if a battery is being discharged at the 110 rate you should not discharge it to a voltage of less than 1.1 volts per cell .
15 If a site is being destroyed slowly , only a few finds are brought to the surface at any one time , and it may take years of plotting before the whereabouts of the site becomes apparent .
16 These comments certainly apply if a series is being sexed , but if only one or two long bones ( or fragments ) are available , it may be difficult to draw any conclusions unless the bone displays very clear indications of maleness or femaleness ( Boyd & Trevor , 1953 ) .
17 If a horse is being naughty then you have to punish him in some way — but do n't punish him if he does n't understand or is physically incapable of doing what you 've asked . ’
18 At any rate , if an alliance was being formed , it was as heavy going as bringing together two Middle East states .
19 If an easel is being purchased specifically for sketching out-of-doors , weight is a major contributing factor to the choice .
20 If an easel is being purchased specifically for sketching out-of-doors , weight is a major contributing factor to the choice .
21 If an agenda is being prepared , try and get your item dealt with early on .
22 The fuel situation in western Romania was desperate because a lot was being smuggled into Yugoslavia before it even got to the petrol stations .
23 He is now losing his watery view because a house is being built in front of his .
24 my Lord I can I 'm sitting early tomorrow because a witness is being cross examined by Mr got to go off to so tomorrow he simply could not er , he si simply could not be released but er with your clerk er we 've been able to speak to Mr
25 While a court was being urged to hold Mr Tindell , 28 , in custody in May , detective Mr Weatherill was seeing his ex-wife .
26 One technique is to fit the IUD while a woman is being given what she believes to be a routine pelvic examination .
27 It will give good reliability in general , but it will not cope with variations in sweep speed while a code is being read .
28 Inzamam-ul-Haq ducked into his first ball and took it around the shoulder , and while a helmet was being fetched , he tried to pull the next and merely splice it up for a return catch to Malcolm , who later disclosed that , being some way short of the top 100 fielders in the land , he could only murmur , ‘ Oh , my Lord , who 's going to take that catch ? ’
29 This is the memory that the computer uses to store instructions and information while a program is being run.program is being run ( carried out ) .
30 If users pressed the ‘ play ’ or ‘ rewind ’ controls while a program was being loaded from the tape recorder into the computer 's memory , a small voltage went across the erase head , leaving a blip on the tape .
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