Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was evidence in our sample that more training was being organized internally , and that thought was being given as to how to achieve training objectives within this changing framework . |
| 2 | It is an intriguing machine , with records being broken as to how many people you can get onto a 2ft ×1ft footplate , and still run a train station . |
| 3 | To prove this would require something quite extreme ; Lord Greene M.R. gave the example of a teacher being dismissed because of red hair . |
| 4 | The medical analogy is of a patient either not being treated because of the cost of investigations or undergoing treatment in the absence of data showing which treatment , if any , is indicated . |
| 5 | Despite a rising demand for operations , the latest analysis of the waiting list shows that more people are being treated and at a faster rate than ever before . |
| 6 | However , a Harwich police spokesman said yesterday no definite cause had been established and the fire was still being treated as of doubtful origin . |
| 7 | Now more clouds were being arranged and for a moment he could swear that a shrouded figure was distinguishable , arm outstretched , pointing , accusing , a lamentation of rage . |
| 8 | But in April 1878 he was cautioned for being intoxicated while on duty , and when discovered drunk in 1882 was reduced to the second class . |
| 9 | You see Madam Deputy Speaker , deregulation unless we 're very careful , could just become another layer of bureaucracy with a whole new sub culture of civil servants being consulted as to whether something should be deregulated or not . |
| 10 | On Jan. 2 Lithuania 's President Vytautas Landsbergis announced that Lithuania 's offer to suspend its March 1990 independence declaration was being withdrawn because of the failure after more than six months to convene negotiations on Lithuania 's status . |
| 11 | Two brands of vaccine used to protect babies against measles , mumps and rubella are being withdrawn because of possible links with a mild form of meningitis . |
| 12 | This enables the investigator to establish the amount of training being undertaken and for companies doing little or none , why this is the case . |
| 13 | Careful consideration needs to be given as to how many restrictions are being undertaken and by how many people . |
| 14 | Pupils ' work is generally expected to be more practical , the oral being regarded as of the same importance as the written . |
| 15 | She never bothered to write to her husband while he was away , husbands being regarded as of very little importance , except as sources of money . |
| 16 | Trover became a complete alternative to replevin despite the fact that it could be argued that , the goods being regarded as in the custody of the law , the distraint did not amount to a denial of the owner 's title . |
| 17 | You 're sweating and nervous and you know you 're out on a limb here , you 're in the process of taking some terrible risks and the luck , the flow that comes from being justified and in tune and not taking too much for granted , not being contemptuous or disrespectful of fate ; all that 's in danger here because you 're pushing the envelope , you 're maybe relying on one or two too many things going perfectly . |
| 18 | Vauxhall announced on May 28 that all 5,128 of its UK Corsas were being recalled because of an electrical fault . |
| 19 | The 80486 translator floating point code is still being optimised and in a couple of weeks Charig says that time will be cut to between 20 and 30 seconds . |
| 20 | The 80486 translator floating point code is still being optimised and in a couple of weeks Charig says that time will be cut to between 20 and 30 seconds . |
| 21 | As she reached the outskirts of the town she stopped to ask the way , and then discovered that the traffic on the road past the White Lion was being diverted because of an accident . |
| 22 | And it 's the Abingdon street fair today and tomorrow , and High Street and Ock Street are closed , and traffic 's being diverted because of this . |
| 23 | I also told John Chaplin that I would inform the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington ( the accident investigation authority in the USA ) of the situation so that there would be no question of action being delayed because of poor communications between the UK and the USA . |
| 24 | ‘ According to the pathologist , the timing is wrong for her being poisoned except at the meal . |
| 25 | The century had been one of tremendous change and older views , like the emphasis on individualism , were being modified and in some cases challenged by the closing decades of the century . |
| 26 | The knowledge and understanding gained has value in prioritising policies when guidelines for practice are being considered and for the counselling provisions which are now mandatory under The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act which regulates infertility services and comes into effect in July 1991 . |
| 27 | There is little reason to doubt that they are being incarcerated because of their trade union membership . |
| 28 | With an almost unanimous vote at its 40th congress in Geneva , the party said that the word " communism " was being dropped because of all that had been done in its name . |
| 29 | Our survey suggested that , in the three districts studied , people on section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and those who were being discharged after at least six months in hospital were almost always included on care programmes , but for people being discharged from hospital after briefer admissions , for those who were being treated outside hospital and for elderly people with both functional and organic disorders , the decision to formulate a care programme was determined by particular considerations . |
| 30 | Was Leonard aware , even at such a tender age , of the sense of grief his father had , not only in his life being shortened but with it his usefulness ? |