Example sentences of "being [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | S so the position as of say the summer nineteen forty seven when , when you 're , you , this law was being formulated the reports coming back are that although there is the opportunity for the poor to do better , as a , as a matter of course they 're not all doing better . |
| 2 | The system I would like to see is solicitors being given the job of approving up to £500 of legal aid work , with spot checks on quality , taking off any who are found to have abused it . ’ |
| 3 | The prayer of Jesus from the heart of the suffering world is not something in the mind , it is his accepted bodily agony and it is by being given the grace to accept our material weakness and pain and finally our death in union with him that we too can pray . |
| 4 | Schools are being given the chance to run themselves , and hospitals are being given that chance . |
| 5 | It was surely repugnant to commonsense that in this area of legal activity a local authority should be prosecuted by one of its tenants without first being given the opportunity by that tenant to remedy the consequences of a neglect to repair the dwelling that the tenant occupied . |
| 6 | He was being given the right of reply , it was pointed out , at which point he put the phone down . |
| 7 | Mrs Thatcher is being given the honour of an invitation to the President 's private retreat at Camp David , in the Maryland hills north of Washington . |
| 8 | The system was being given the highest priority by the BR board , it said . |
| 9 | If there is a point to saluting the winner of a race , it is ultimately to celebrate his good fortune in being given the natural attributes to do what he does ; and to thank him for the excitement of the spectacle he provides in devoting all his concentrated effort to showing he 's the best . |
| 10 | Throughout April about 1,000 fleet operators are being given the chance to put Peugeot 's entire diesel car range through its paces at various venues around the country , allowing road and track driving . |
| 11 | A newspaper campaign to prevent breeding by some of the substandard individuals with whom society is saddled would be much more to the point than vapid maunderings about the welfare of a child who has been endowed with an almost perfect inheritance , and is being given the best possible care ! ’ |
| 12 | Delighted he 's being given the O.K. , unsure what we 're meant to be doing now , and HUNGRY ! |
| 13 | I am not talking about hunting being given the name of culling , I am talking about situations where culling does really look to be the only way to save the vegetation . |
| 14 | Above all , you need to take advantage of being given the chance to put your own point of view . |
| 15 | But once he reached Stowey the Coleridges greeted him warmly at Lime Street , where the cottage had gained another new resident only a week before : on 14 May , Sara had been ‘ safely delivered of a fine boy ’ , the child being given the name Berkeley in honour of the philosopher , for whom Coleridge was developing a great admiration . |
| 16 | We would all prefer to be in first , and becoming a fund-holder is a bit like a traveller being given the difference in the fare between the two classes . |
| 17 | Julius Caesar is to some extent a case apart , being not only one of his most successful operas when first performed in 1724 , but also the most frequently revived this century , recently even having the dubious distinction of being given the ‘ Peter Sellars ’ treatment on television . |
| 18 | CPD was made compulsory only for those members qualifying after 1 January 1981 , older members being given the choice to opt in . |
| 19 | Make borrowing fair and honest ; bring bargaining between borrower and lender out into the open , with the borrower being given the opportunity to understand precisely what he was letting himself in for , and in that knowledge to make his choice . |
| 20 | Being given the ability to practise each level is a bonus in some respects , but ultimately kills any trace of lastability . |
| 21 | A one-to-one visit is best , with a single patient at a time being given the opportunity to stroke the PAT dog . |
| 22 | Within minutes of being given the treatment his walking was much improved , and the following day he was walking around without any sticks and was also able to climb up and down stairs unaided — a thing he had been unable to do for at least two years . |
| 23 | He is also a staunch advocate of sports marketing giants like IMG ( International Management Group ) being given the means to maximise revenue by packaging rugby — the tickets , the sponsors , the signs at rugby venues , the television rights , the advertising and the players . |
| 24 | But how would the British react to being given the chance to air their views face to face with a politician ? |
| 25 | Suzanne Calvert has been in a coma for five months since being given the drug at a party by Army deserter Sean O'Brian . |
| 26 | With punters across the country totally baffled , the field regrouped and , after being given the go-ahead by course officials after an eight minute break , started again , this time jumping the offending obstacle . |
| 27 | A better solution is to split the take into two shots , the first ( pre-tilt ) one being exposed normally , and the second ( tilted ) one being given the correction . |
| 28 | the Trader shall be entitled at any time prior to commencement of transit to give seven days ' written notice to the Carrier requiring that the aforementioned £800 per tonne limit be increased but not so as to exceed the value of the Consignment and in the event of such notice being given the Trader shall within the said seven days agree with the Carrier an increase in the carriage charges in consideration of the said increased limit . |
| 29 | So you have a frustrated male who can not understand why it is apparently being given the ‘ come-on ’ and who not surprisingly reacts with hostility when spawning is not forthcoming . |
| 30 | TROUT fishermen are being given the slip — the tasty morsels are just too clever for them . |