Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plans by Hibs football club for a twenty thousand seater stadium are likely to move a step nearer being realised this week . |
| 2 | There was a period of considerable pressure on the Gala line with the final lunge by David Kent being stopped five metres out . |
| 3 | Can you imagine the Managers of old being given actual lines to say to staff like a bit-part actor ? |
| 4 | THE latest progress report from the Fair Employment Commission proves ‘ beyond doubt ’ that Catholics are not being given preferential treatment by employers , according to Bob Cooper . |
| 5 | Nearly all research in communist East Germany was carried out in the 57 institutes of the Academy of Sciences , with universities being given little chance to conduct serious research . |
| 6 | SERC chairman Sir Mark Richmond announced that it is being given additional support to help achieve some of NCS 's recommendations . |
| 7 | Moreover , since the inclusion of items whose delivery was not straightforward , and of items delivered to reserve ( the latter being given lower priority than direct deliveries to readers ) would distort the results , in all categories the delivery times only of straightforward deliveries to readers are discussed . |
| 8 | BARCLAYS Bank has spent more than £5m equipping its 1,500 sales staff with laptop computers it claims will limit the likelihood of clients being given unsuitable advice . |
| 9 | This may result in his experiencing conflicting approaches and being given contradictory advice . |
| 10 | This assumes that girls themselves want to do this , unlike Kate whose response to being given contraceptive pills by her mother was to put them down the toilet . |
| 11 | However — bowing to public demand — we hope to host another dance in October/November so you 're being given ample warning . |
| 12 | These pine cabinet doors were sanded to a smooth finish before being given one coat of Antique Pine wood dye . |
| 13 | Staff in local authority children 's homes are being given new powers to restrain young people in their care physically , and in some cases to lock them up overnight . |
| 14 | HOW proud Karen Costen must be of her two-year-old son who battled on after being given two weeks to live and has finally had a kidney transplant . |
| 15 | Many note that the ‘ traditional ’ has been largely replaced by ‘ informal ’ music which plays on the emotions , with ‘ joy ’ being given great prominence . |
| 16 | This comes in the wake of a Labour Party survey showing fundholders nationally making profits as high as £100,000 and being given four times the amount non-fundholders are for spending on computers . |
| 17 | He could n't remember ever being given much chance to degrade her . |
| 18 | Schools are being given the chance to run themselves , and hospitals are being given that chance . |
| 19 | and in the same way , if if they 're being given that example , |
| 20 | It is reported that they are being given Namibian identity cards to enable them to vote for pro-South African parties in the elections . |
| 21 | Despite having 20 minutes to compose himself after being given advance notification of the exit poll result , the tension showed clearly on the Kinnocks ' faces as they they struggled to swallow bitter disappointment . |
| 22 | It was only when the tea came that her pleasure in such a welcome , in being given such evidence of the continuing affection in which she was held , abruptly waned . |
| 23 | The emphasis throughout the novena was on prayer , and the talks focused on the real and imminent threat of euthanasia being given legal approval in our country . |
| 24 | Blind ‘ sightseers ’ are also being given extra confidence to explore the countryside . |
| 25 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 26 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 27 | In any out-patient department patients are daily being given life-or-death judgements about their future . |
| 28 | In answer to one such question , he replied that he was pleased to say that he was now being given full support by the unions which drew the sharp retort … . |
| 29 | In the spirit of this policy , no application from a disabled but otherwise qualified candidate will be rejected because of his or her disablement without the applicant being given full opportunity to see the facilities of the University and to discuss with appropriate staff how particular difficulties might be overcome . |
| 30 | It is not necessary because section 6(3) ( b ) is capable of being given full effect without any such implication : it applies where a school is under-subscribed and yet seeks to refuse certain applicants who have expressed a preference for that school : Parliament has indicated that if spaces are to remain unfilled because of admission criteria such criteria have to be agreed with the local education authority . |