Example sentences of "[being] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN heroic team of firefighters is being saluted for saving three people including a mother and baby son from their blazing home . |
| 2 | Fewer babies available for adoption due to changing social attitudes and access to contraceptives and abortions has led to older children being placed for adoption . |
| 3 | The spanning of the United States in 1869 and of Canada in 1885 led to similar grand designs being formulated for Australia . |
| 4 | They were only caught after being stopped for a burglary they did n't commit . |
| 5 | She drove so frantically to begin with that it finally occurred to her that she was running the risk of being stopped for speeding . |
| 6 | But he is now being exposed for what some of us always warned that he was . |
| 7 | A sale of goods is not prevented from being a sale by description by reason only that , being exposed for sale or hire , they are selected by the buyer . ’ |
| 8 | ( p100 ) This is now given statutory effect by s13(3) of SGA 1979 which provides that : A sale of goods is not prevented from being a sale by description by reason only that , the goods being exposed for sale or hire , they are selected by the buyer . |
| 9 | In the 1830s they were being criticized for despoiling ‘ the crystalline beauties ’ of the local caves , or in other words bearing off as trophies the stalactites and stalagmites . |
| 10 | A Mareva injunction was granted by the English court , but the Irish action was the one which went to trial , judgment being given for the plaintiff in the sum of some £3.4 million . |
| 11 | It seems likely that permits are increasingly being given for non-manual occupations , which has tended to favour the white inhabitants of developed countries such as the USA and South Africa . |
| 12 | I went for a very short while to the Royal Academy of Arts for a leaving party being given for Mrs William Kerr , who firstly as Griselda Hamilton-Baillie then as Griselda Kerr , has worked so hard on the public relations staff of the Royal Academy , since 1972 . |
| 13 | They reflected our great breadth of interest , being given for cultural and educational activities , as well as for buildings and environmental projects . |
| 14 | Students with any subjects outstanding have transferred to the new structure , with full credit being given for subjects already passed . |
| 15 | 2.17 This exercise has been described in a different way by Lord Diplock in Mallett v McMonagle [ 1970 ] AC 166 at p174 : The purpose of an award of damages under the Fatal Accidents Act is to provide the widow and other dependants of the deceased with a capital sum , which , with prudent management , will be sufficient to supply them with material benefits of the same standards and duration as would have been provided for them out of the earnings of the deceased had he not been killed by the tortious act of the defendant , credit being given for the value of any material benefits which will accrue to them ( otherwise than as the fruits of insurance ) as a result of his death . |
| 16 | Because over half the world 's cereal harvest is fed to livestock being reared for slaughter , and not to men , women and children . |
| 17 | The tunnel was a failure both financially and in terms of use , being intended for pedestrians , and in 1865 it was converted for use by the London Underground . |
| 18 | Being intended for private use , the test aircraft had normal hinged doors rather than the sliding option and sat rather rakishly on low skids . |
| 19 | Poverty amongst the lower classes was an expected and accepted facet of societal structure and education was rarely of a good standard , being intended for a lowly station in life , laced with religion and related to prescribing the sanctity of the sabbath . |
| 20 | The Cereopsis , or Cape Barren goose , had become an early victim , being prized for its downy feathers . |
| 21 | For example , as Mexico exports more and more live cattle for processing in the United States , the hides and byproducts traditionally used by poor Mexican consumers and artisans are now being re-imported for sale at much higher prices . |
| 22 | But to do that would be to risk being enslaved for ever . |
| 23 | He stayed for five years — photographing cars and production lines — before being dismissed for habitual lateness ( he had dallied once too often taking pictures on the way to work ) . |
| 24 | Clause 24 and Sch 5 provide additional protection for all safety representatives against being dismissed for carrying out their health and safety duties . |
| 25 | He scored 109 as the West Indies reached 225–3 in their second innings after being dismissed for only 183 and following-on . |
| 26 | Set a massive 440 after being dismissed for a paltry 96 in their first innings , the champions showed their pedigree by reaching the target with four wickets to spare . |
| 27 | " The following morning the Deputation again visited the School previous to the Scholars being dismissed for the Midsummer Holidays , and having inspected the Book of Entry of the Scholars ' Admissions & c we found that the whole number of 150 had been received into the School — that on the day of examination 141 were present and the remaining 9 absent from suspension or illness and one by death . " |
| 28 | For many years university academic staff have enjoyed the unique position of having tenure for their working lives , the argument in support of this being that it protected academic staff from political pressure and avoided the possibility of someone being dismissed for expressing unpopular or unconventional views . |
| 29 | The reshuffle also involved the departure of Culture and Tourism Minister Aruru Matiabe who Namaliu said was being dismissed for leaving the PAP after losing the party leadership contest . |
| 30 | Newtown 2nds lost by five wickets at Acton Reynald 2nds after being dismissed for 98 , Gerald Wilkinson top scoring with 22 . |