Example sentences of "[noun sg] being [vb pp] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an employer infringes the law , resulting in an employee being sued for this infringement , the employee can require the employer to pay any damages . |
| 2 | They resented the fact that it perpetuated a situation whereby in many areas , notably in Wales , the only available school was Anglican , no alternative being provided for non-Anglican children . |
| 3 | There is generally no particular emphasis in the killing ages of sheep as both young and old are found , although at West Stow ( Suffolk ) the evidence was indicative of sheep being used mainly for a combination of meat production and dairying with a small amount of wool being produced for domestic purposes ( West 1985 , p. 93 ) . |
| 4 | The latter method may be preferred where , for cosmetic reasons , the parties wish to present the transaction as a " true " merger rather than one party taking over the other ; however , it is more unwieldy and expensive and is not often used where there is a risk of a competitive bid being made for either company . |
| 5 | With the wind in their favour Ballymena dominated the first half being encamped for long spells in the Hawick territory . |
| 6 | Subject to a special fee being prescribed for some applications , the plaint fee includes all other interlocutory applications ( see Appendix II to County Court Fees Order 1982 as amended — at back of book ) . |
| 7 | The Register proper consists of 12 parts , as follows : Part 1 General financial charges Part 2 Specific financial charges Part 3 Planning charges Part 4 Miscellaneous charges Part 5 Fenland ways maintenance Part 6 Land compensation charges Part 7 New towns charges Part 8 Civil aviation charges Part 9 Opencast coal charges Part 10 Listed buildings charges Part 11 Light obstruction charges Part 12 Drainage scheme charges The form containing additional enquiries is in two parts : Part I contains questions of universal application , and replies are sought and paid for by one comprehensive fee ; Part II entries are relevant only to particular properties and will not be answered unless indicated by the searcher , a separate fee being paid for each entry searched . |
| 8 | The rag I read mentioned Leeds might switch their attention to Alan Mclaren of Hearts if they ca n't lower the price being asked for 30-year-old Jobson . |
| 9 | This cost consciousness can be generated if you attend certain meetings yourself and lead a discussion about the price being paid for such activity . |
| 10 | I slid away , another shadow in my dark costume , and made a wide half-circle to an unoccupied area being prepared for new landing patches . |
| 11 | No legislation currently exists to prevent offal being exported for human consumption in non-EC countries . |
| 12 | Firms within enterprise zones would not pay rates for ten years , local government being reimbursed for lost revenue by the Treasury . |
| 13 | The prosection claims they tampered with a statement in a fraud case five years ago which led to a man being jailed for six years . |
| 14 | Perhaps the most dramatic opportunity being developed for linguistic studies is the British National Corpus . |
| 15 | You need people at regional level and at that village level , to advise and suggest how money being allocated for that communities benefit , can be best spent . |
| 16 | ‘ Then , suddenly , ’ he grins , ‘ there were absolutely ridiculous amounts of money being offered for these T-shirts . |
| 17 | ‘ Then , suddenly , ’ he grins , ‘ there were absolutely ridiculous amounts of money being offered for these T-shirts . |
| 18 | Lectures often began as early as 5 or 6 a.m. in the summer ( 7 a.m. in the winter ) , and sometimes the first lecture went on for three hours , no provision being made for any food before 10 a.m . |
| 19 | Recently we have looked carefully at the Training Courses at present being run for Qualified Teachers . |
| 20 | However , since he had served nearly a year in prison whilst awaiting trial he was released on completion of the trial , the sentence being reduced for good conduct . |
| 21 | On 14 October 1991 Mr. Butler had been found guilty of contempt of court by breaching the injunction granted on 12 September 1991 and was sentenced to four weeks in prison , the sentence being suspended for six months . |
| 22 | He emphasised the fact that , under the Single European Act , some majority voting had been introduced in order to ensure that the single market worked effectively , but that he was very critical of the case being proposed for further extensions of competence , for example in the social field . |
| 23 | And in Ansiminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission it was held that a statutory provision that decisions of the Commission were not to be ‘ called in question in any court of law ’ was ineffective to exclude the quashing of a decision vitiated by jurisdictional error of law : its only effect was to prevent a decision being quashed for non-jurisdictional error of law . |
| 24 | The net result is that the lack of that information results in the application being delayed for many months . |
| 25 | Queensland batsman Greg Ritchie was dined $A500 for abusive language when dismissed in the NSW match at Sydney , the penalty being suspended for 12 months . |
| 26 | This is particularly important given that the explanation of the data given in Chapter 4 in terms of attention focusing relied on assumptions about memory being enhanced for some aspects of the stimuli and impaired for other aspects . |
| 27 | Once terms of reference for the way code , compilers and operating systems work together are established , things that prevent software being implemented for different systems need to be addressed . |
| 28 | This is an example of the sociological method of evaluation being used for summative evaluation of the products of an educational programme . |
| 29 | the fish-shop being swabbed for early closing , |
| 30 | We even found a record of the castle being besieged for one day during the Civil War . ’ |