Example sentences of "being [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , after various newspaper disasters , it is being recognized that allegiance to a particular paper , whatever others may think of it , is not something people change lightly . |
| 2 | Here it was while the first presentation of the news about Jesus is being given that the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Gentile listeners causing them to speak in tongues and praise God ( v 47 ) . |
| 3 | He did n't remember being given that form ; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place . |
| 4 | The request which was made to me in Committee was to bring forward amendments to enable the Secretary of State to set up a funding council , on the clear understanding that no commitment was being given that we would wish to do such a thing . |
| 5 | At the level of the local enterprise it is being hypothesised that the chances are that the political relations between management and workers are a re-enactment of patterns more reminiscent of family relations . |
| 6 | In addition the judge used intemperate language which could have led to the view being formed that the contemnor had not had a fair trial . |
| 7 | According to the White Paper , these criticisms were heeded , it being explained that ‘ As a general rule , each warrant names only one person and one address or telephone number ’ ( Home Office , 1980a ) . |
| 8 | The low conductivity of lithosphere contributes to this effect , it being calculated that the centre of a descending lithospheric slab may be 1000 C cooler than the surrounding mantle at a depth of 400 km . |
| 9 | panel recommended an increase in expenditure on this item of work next year , an increase in one point six million pounds to two million pounds , we ca n't say categorically that , that will happen until we 've had our allocations both sanctions borrowing for , for next year , it is a wish of interest of hands make clear in the comments on appendix A in this paper against the figure of one points being aroused that the |
| 10 | The first one is the possibility being mooted that BP Coal may sell off its interests in the area to another company , as part of a wider restructuring . |
| 11 | It is now being claimed that the ERP allows the objective monitoring of well specified mental activities . |
| 12 | In spite of it being claimed that Sunday was the Lord 's day and therefore a day of rest , all in all it was one of the most tiring days of the week . |
| 13 | If the petition is presented in respect of a debt payable at some future time , it being claimed that the debtor appears to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay it , the court may , on the debtor 's application , order that security for the debtor 's costs be given , and no hearing of the petition can take place until the security has been given . |
| 14 | It is also often unclear whether it is being claimed that the bureaucracy is truly multifunctional or is merely recruiting and socializing its own members , articulating their interests , or acting as ‘ one of the main channels of political struggle in which and through which different interests are regulated and aggregated ’ ( Eisenstadt 1963 , p. 112 ) . |
| 15 | The younger Royals are being reminded that the State still pays for many of their benefits . |
| 16 | ‘ I keep being reminded that I am only 18 , but I am eager and enthusiastic to play . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't like being reminded that I have not one drop of blood to link me with my family . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Being reminded that she 's actually married always comes as rather a blow , ’ Luke commented , watching her go . |
| 19 | Owen did not like being reminded that he was , so far as police work was concerned , an amateur . |
| 20 | Upon being reminded that Darlington was the sort of marginal constituency the Party may like to win she assumed then that the recipients must live in Tory wards . |
| 21 | I take issue with the Foreign Secretary 's remarks this morning about it being expected that the EC would take the initiative . |
| 22 | A system is being considered that would place shield-type support beams in front of a drum cutter opening up tunnels while being operated 10–20 metres behind . |
| 23 | In a somewhat terse paper — it being considered that the more substantial analysis of principles had been carried out in the HMI document A View of the Curriculum — it was maintained that throughout the period of compulsory schooling , from 5–16 , all pupils should undertake study in English , mathematics , science , religious education , and physical education . |
| 24 | And some people say that 's the best thing that happened to it being voted that cos it meant people had done things about it and sorted it out but you think it 's still dull as |
| 25 | Earlier in the season so many wasps ( or guêpes , as they call them ) were being caught that the gardener was having to empty the traps twice a day . |
| 26 | Carp refused to accept a bait mounted directly on strong tackle because they had learned through the experience of being caught that dangerous ( hooked ) baits behaved differently from those that were not dangerous ( free , unattached baits ) . |
| 27 | Holding them of course means a return is being earned that otherwise would be forgone . |
| 28 | For the first few years , that would be the big problem for the resettlers too , but a pipeline was being built that would bring a supply down from Canada . |
| 29 | A Health and Safety Executive spokesman said : ‘ Research like this can help us take steps to reduce the risk of a mistake being made that could have catastrophic consequences . ’ |
| 30 | Claims are being made that its future is currently under debate in a roundrobin of meetings and phone calls among the founders and staff of the Open Software Foundation and that no decision has been reached . |