Example sentences of "being [vb pp] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — The Colombian government said it had rejected an offer last year from drug traffickers to give up the drug trade in exchange for not being extradited to the US , and firmly ruled out any dialogue with the traffickers . |
| 2 | In fact , petitions — which are scarcely known before 1272 — quickly became so numerous that by 1280 most were being redirected to the appropriate departments of royal government ( the exchequer and the chancery above all ) and only the remainder were dealt with by the king . |
| 3 | Inquiries to Mr Peterken were being redirected to the board 's press office . |
| 4 | Nevertheless an important start has been made and some students are being exposed to a segment of African literature . |
| 5 | The seeds are all the external influences that tend to throw us out of balance and they may affect us on any level of our being ; on the physical level it may be something simple like being exposed to a cold wind , getting soaked in the rain or even some form of trauma . |
| 6 | Dr John Bromley , senior partner at the practice , in Monkgate , York , admitted failing to prevent John being exposed to a hazardous substance and was fined £750 under the Health and Safety Act . |
| 7 | In that way more of our players are being exposed to a more demanding grade of rugby . |
| 8 | Zeng was deeply affected by being exposed to a wider range of photographic influences and styles during these years , but it took an exhibition of Cartier-Bresson 's work in Peking in 1987 to finally convince him that photographs could actually carry meaning and profundities just as a painting or a piece of music can . |
| 9 | The central living-room extends right up into the apex of the roof , the original heavy roof timbers — rafters , purlins and tie beams — being exposed to the interior ( Plate 13 ) . |
| 10 | The size of the establishment could reasonably be expected to affect the number of young people being exposed to the different recruitment strategies ( although the relative numbers of small employers would also have to be borne in mind ) . |
| 11 | Most crucially it means identifying the population which is at ‘ risk ’ of being exposed to the noxious or infectious agent via proximity or because of certain characteristics which make them more vulnerable . |
| 12 | This study was carried out to determine the number of haemophilic patients seropositive for HIV antibodies and the mortality from HIV infection and to confirm that young children were not being exposed to the virus . |
| 13 | However , you worry about being exposed to the market with the disappearance of the Variable Premium . |
| 14 | Yet it is probably fair to suggest that few people could have been immune from the implications of the party struggle at Westminster , since decisions taken by the central government often had a direct affect on ordinary people 's lives , and few people could have avoided being exposed to the political controversies of the day through the various media of propaganda . |
| 15 | About 40 people have been treated for eye and skin irritation , breathing problems and nausea after being exposed to the spill . |
| 16 | Thousands of people across Northamptonshire are being exposed to the potentially lethal radon gas in their own homes . |
| 17 | I had thought that the one good thing about being posted to a permanent , that is a pre-war , RAF Station , was that at least the Waaf quarters should consist of solid , brickbuilt barracks and not the Nissen huts which had been my home so far . |
| 18 | So much so that consideration is being given to a second arena … |
| 19 | This would seem to preclude any direction being given to a taxing master other than for a taxation on a standard basis or an indemnity basis . |
| 20 | Initially the National Salvation Front ( NSF ) through its Council , represented by an Executive Bureau presided over by Ion Iliescu , assumed legislative authority , with executive responsibility being given to a new provisional Council of Ministers headed by Petre Roman . |
| 21 | Although initial studies focused on three area , all of them parallel to the existing runway , consideration is now being given to a non-parallel alignment . |
| 22 | In spelling out its arguments for the proposed pattern , the Council was once again reinterpreting the balance that had been at the centre of its concerns from the beginning : there was nothing in the Charter and Statutes ‘ which prevented greater recognition from being given to an institution 's own internal procedures where these could be shown to be rigorous and effective . |
| 23 | Strathclyde Regional Council may provide further funding and consideration is being given to the possible employment of a part-time nurse . |
| 24 | There is often a rush to create something new without enough thought being given to the physical problems they may cause . |
| 25 | I have noticed recently that in the climbing world some consideration is being given to the lack of participation by black people . |
| 26 | The mujahedin have been using US-supplied Chinese and Egyptian-made rockets in recent years to shell Kabul , but there has been no previous evidence of Western rockets being given to the guerrillas . |
| 27 | I consider also that the decision in question was flawed to a degree by undue weight being given to the question of a disorderly collapse . ’ |
| 28 | A woman knelt down next to one of the stricken and bleeding girls and told her she got what she deserved ; another tried to prevent first-aid being given to the policeman and taunted his suffering . |
| 29 | Greater attention is now being given to the training of front-line paraprofessional personnel in order to have a greater impact on the country 's social development needs ( Pathah. 1983 ) . |
| 30 | The next chapter covers the synthesis of peptides , with roughly equal weight being given to the subjects of protecting groups and coupling procedures . |