Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | All too often though , the critical enthusiasm is immense , while the actual critical judgement disappoints , and we are left with the feeling that good but minor work is being overpraised for polemical reasons . |
| 32 | A meeting of those at RBGE involved with the Course is being organised for late September . |
| 33 | Computed tomography of the gall bladder was initially done on all patients but latterly , only patients who were being considered for extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy ( patients with one to three gall stones which were less than 3 cm in diameter ) were scanned to determine stone density ( calcification ) . |
| 34 | By the time ‘ taking stock ’ is occurring in preparation for the annual report to parents , priorities are being considered for next year 's Plan . |
| 35 | The recovery action now being recommended for any stall is to move forwards on the stick to unstall the wings by reducing the angle of attack . |
| 36 | Polar plants must be capable of being frozen for several months each year , and to undergo repeated freeze-thaw cycles throughout the growing season , even at the height of summer . |
| 37 | A MAN was fighting for his life last night after being carried for 500 yards on the bonnet of a hit-and-run car . |
| 38 | A CAMERAMAN was plucked to safety yesterday after being trapped for two days inside an active volcano . |
| 39 | THREE 14-year-old Scouts were found yesterday after being trapped for 18 hours in torrential rain on a Lake District mountain . |
| 40 | Two survivors — both women — were cut free after being trapped for 20 minutes in the wreckage . |
| 41 | A cold , wet June which kept bees confined to their hives is being blamed for poor pod set on spring beans . |
| 42 | Lead mines in Broken Hill , New South Wales , are being blamed for high levels of lead found in the city 's young children . |
| 43 | Those highly accurate perishable goods — such as salad items — that have always been most commonly wasted are now being targeted for special attention . |
| 44 | Its overall structure and principles are similar to those of the Library of Congress List of Subject Headings though differences arise from Sears ' being designed for smaller libraries . |
| 45 | Other compression systems are being designed for special applications such as videoconferencing schemes . |
| 46 | After scooping the majority of prizes at the event the 24-man-troupe found themselves being booked for other carnivals which led to a whole summer 's bookings in 1990 . |
| 47 | Alternative venues are being sought for other arts events on the pre-Christmas schedule . |
| 48 | Host families in the Darlington area are being sought for German students this summer . |
| 49 | The stimulus plan contained $207 million for NSF in the current year , nearly half of the increase of 15 per cent being sought for fiscal year 1994 , which begins on 1 October ; without that running start , Congress is extremely unlikely to give NSF such a large increase in the face of pressure to reduce the federal deficit and to fund other domestic programmes . |
| 50 | The idea is that , say , a Domestos Hygiene Advisory Service , a Clarks Health Education Service , or a Butter Information Bureau , all channel information efforts about a product through a focal point , thus gaining better attention from the media , lending an increased air of respectability to what is being done for commercial reasons , and acting as a voice on behalf of the area of expertise in which the manufacturer operates . |
| 51 | But Khomeini again insisted that it was all being done for foreign enemies of the Jews , America and Israel , we must be nailed and killed ; we must be sacrificed to the evil intentions of foreigners " |
| 52 | Britain and Hong Kong claim they are eager for international agencies to monitor the resettlement of the illegal migrants , just as is already being done for those boat people who have returned voluntarily . |
| 53 | Whether they will feel as enthusiastic after being deluged for three weeks with the results of the £30m-plus likely to be spent by the main parties is more questionable . |
| 54 | Application can also be made when the freehold title is registered but not the leasehold , when the leasehold is registered but not the freehold , and when the leasehold is either registered or unregistered and application is being made for first registration of the freehold title . |
| 55 | These arguments are given some strength when we realise that the claims being made for English language by Lyons are remarkably similar to those being made for other aspects of English in general , or of English class culture in particular , by other writers . |
| 56 | An exchange can publish the quotes that are being made for future business , or the price at which historic business has been done . |
| 57 | Riding on the back of this successful ‘ First ’ , plans are now being made for further courses in 1992 . |
| 58 | We have heard evidence of arrangements being made for special services on Sundays in casual wards … every endeavour should be made to break the monotony of the casuals ’ Sunday by these and other means , such as visits by persons of goodwill ’ . |
| 59 | Some 60 per cent of education journeys and 43 per cent of shopping and personal business trips are made on foot , with one fifth and one third of all walk Journeys respectively being made for these purposes . |
| 60 | The Lord Chief Justice , Lord Lane , admitted that it did a bench of magistrates no ‘ credit if their clerk continues to affix standard conditions to bail forms even while applications are being made for unconditional bail ’ . |