Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [prep] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Core Conduct of Business Rules and the third tier are , however , combined although the core rule element is distinguished by being printed in bold type and cross-referenced to the appropriate core rule . |
| 2 | Thames Water , the local water company , has declared that there is no risk to people living in the area since the contaminated water is treated before being used . |
| 3 | For instance , the forms of masculinity among the working class lay more emphasis on physical prowess , than those of the middle classes , where appropriate career is more important because masculine status is limited to being successful as husband-father breadwinner . |
| 4 | In Australia his memory is revered for being a left-arm unorthodox spinner who occasionally sent down literally unplayable deliveries . |
| 5 | It is interesting to contrast this with similar descriptions in child abuse in which , for example , a baby is punished for being dirty , the expectations of the parent being quite unrealistic . |
| 6 | A licence is that consent which , without passing any interest in the property to which it relates , merely prevents the acts for which consent is given from being wrongful . |
| 7 | Measurements carried out by the National Rivers Authority revealed 10 times the permitted level of 6 micrograms per litre in the brook , where waste water from the sewage works is discharged after being treated . |
| 8 | The front cover of this brochure says that Guinness Brewing Worldwide is committed to being the world 's foremost brewer . |
| 9 | GUINNESS BREWING WORLDWIDE IS COMMITTED TO BEING THE WORLD 'S FOREMOST BREWER . |
| 10 | As I expect you know , APRS was established some sixty years ago , and is respected for being apolitical , consistent , credible and above all objective . |
| 11 | The Church of England 's General Synod doubts if Freemasonry and Christianity are compatible and the organization is suspected of being behind police corruption , but Royal approval is nevertheless accorded it . |
| 12 | At the moment , ‘ history is made without being known ( l'histoire se fait sans se connâitre ) ’ — history constitutes , we might say today , a political unconscious . |
| 13 | Machismo is neutered by being assumed to be synonymous with stupidity and tedium . |
| 14 | They are also in favour of mandatory neutering of strays , unlike the RSPCA , and every stray animal is neutered before being rehomed . |
| 15 | At the turn of the key the lock is prevented from being opened from the outside . |
| 16 | This sequence is saved from being completely arbitrary by the narrator becoming involved in the plan of others . |
| 17 | The album , ‘ Girlfriend ’ , is saved from being one of those embarrassingly wimpy singer/songwriter affairs firstly by Sweet 's own humour and taste and secondly by the presence of some of the hippest musos in New York : Television 's famed guitarist Richard Lloyd , kd lang 's imaginative pedal steel player Greg Leisz , Lou Reed 's old skinbasher Fred Maher ( also producing ) and last , but not least , that elusive and exclusive Fender bender Mr. Robert Quine . |
| 18 | A tenancy from year to year is saved from being uncertain because each party has power by notice to determine at the end of any year . |
| 19 | If your village is clogged up with fumes , your house is threatened with being sunk under a reservoir or your road vibrates to the tune of ten-ton lorries each night , you might have something to say about it . |
| 20 | A new more punitive role is envisaged for the probation service , which is threatened by being replaced by a new executive service . |
| 21 | In part , this is accomplished through being involved in the work teams with more experienced workers . |
| 22 | It is often planted as an ornamental tree in warmer climates such as the Mediterranean , where it is valued for being very tolerant of salt-laden winds . |
| 23 | The former wartime brigadier , who is accused of being a war criminal ‘ with the blood of 70,000 Cossacks and Yugoslavs on his hands ’ , insisted that he left V Corps on May 22 . |
| 24 | MALCOLM RIFKIND , Defence Secretary , is accused of being the third minister to sign the public immunity certificate . |
| 25 | Bunn , 46 , of London , is accused of being involved in dishonestly pledging shares as security for a loan from a 35-bank syndicate to the Maxwell Communication Corporation . |
| 26 | It is also to be noted that the factual antecedent information is backgrounded by being placed in subordinate positions in these sentences ( see 7.5.1 ) . |
| 27 | Since the second amendment to the articles of agreement the structure of the Fund has been defined as consisting not only of a board of governors , an executive board , and a managing director and staff , but also a council if it is called into being by a decision of the board of governors with an 85 per cent majority of total voting power . |
| 28 | It is probably a conflation of the Bladud legend with that of Simon Magus who appears in the canonical Acts of the Apostles and the apocryphal Acts of Peter and who is credited with being the first teacher of the Gnostic heresy . |
| 29 | In fact his father is credited with being the original ‘ Blue Bull ’ . |
| 30 | According to Hanan ( 1969 ) , a venture team is characterized by being relatively small , by being composed of members from various functional areas working full-time on the project , by being willing to take risks , by having a broad objective that is not well defined at the start , by having sufficient resources , by being segregated from the permanent organization , and by having great freedom with a minimum of corporate rules and regulations . |