Example sentences of "[be] being [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that particular organisation I presume is , is the one that is known as the most profitable investment bank partnership in the world or in history and presumably the reason why you 've been advised is because the advisor or the director to Robert Maxwell who was instrumental in dealing with Robert Maxwell business wherever he was in the world and I mean I 've seen er faxes and cables to France where er that particular director , I believe Mr Shineberg was , I 've seen faxes about Jersey business to Mr Shineberg er presumably er you 're being advised to take that action because in effect it was operating as one operation with transactions routed through New York , routed through London as seemed to suit the circumstances , but not necessarily with any rational basis other than er to avoid perhaps regulation . |
| 2 | They 're being urged to take extra care until more vaccines are available . |
| 3 | The uncertainty about whether they are being observed discourages military activity in some nations , says Washington . |
| 4 | The Baseline Data sets are being processed to create data bases at the farm , family and individual levels ; core data are being merged to enable comparative analysis across Europe ; derived variables are being constructed , the Statistical aspects are being studies . |
| 5 | The children are being invited to attend special masterclasses , using facilities not available at their own schools . |
| 6 | So far as the enforcement of school attendance is concerned , increasing attempts are being made to control poor attendance from the fringe of the legal system and outside it . |
| 7 | What plans are being made to dispatch British troops to Yugoslavia ? |
| 8 | More and more researchers in natural language processing are investing their efforts in dictionaries and lexicons , and efforts are being made to use machine-readable dictionaries instead of constructing lexicons from scratch ’ . |
| 9 | Various efforts are being made to bridge this gap . |
| 10 | Although attempts are being made to remedy this lack of knowledge , there are still many assumptions about recreation and the countryside which are taken as facts . |
| 11 | Arrangements are being made to transfer remaining Water Operations to ground floor in main building and thereafter Meter Section/Work Study/Transport Co–ordinator and BUsiness Plan Team . |
| 12 | To facilitate international links between the public networks , efforts are being made to standardise different countries ' ISDNs . |
| 13 | In France , efforts are being made to train more women for the job . |
| 14 | Meanwhile attempts are being made to keep National Sprint winner Ballyfolion Shy in Ireland after his sale to Yorkshire 's Paul Stoner this week . |
| 15 | The long-term prediction is that the only defence against AIDS lies in effecting behavioural changes and anthropologists are being employed to study behavioural aspects . |
| 16 | An auditor shall by examination of the accounts and other wise satisfy himself … that the body whose accounts are being audited has proper arrangements for securing economy , efficiency and effectiveness in the use of its resources . |
| 17 | Householders are being warned to take special care when buying second hand electrical goods after a housewife was electrocuted by a washing machine . |
| 18 | There has been very wide extension in the sense that a large number of new course options are being taught involving new specialisms . |
| 19 | For example , police surgeons and paediatricians are learning to conduct medical examinations in partnership , and social workers and police officers are being trained to conduct joint interviews with children where sexual abuse is suspected . |
| 20 | Volunteers are being asked to visit residential homes and befriend the people who stay there . |
| 21 | Management committees are being asked to take more responsibility for the shaping of their bureaux by participating in the planning and assessment processes . |
| 22 | SHOPPERS in Darlington are being asked to spare some love on Valentine 's Day for hungry Russian children . |
| 23 | Staff are being asked to consider early retirement or redundancy packages . |
| 24 | At the moment , unelected technocrats are being asked to provide economic reform from above . |
| 25 | Wear Valley district councillors are being asked to approve increased charges for meals on wheels and luncheon clubs . |
| 26 | Now these scientists are being asked to bear another burden : nearly 2,000 who were promised university positions may now find themselves jobless because the universities do not want them . |
| 27 | They reflect added commercialism in the game , and the fact that in Wales various means are being sought to re-kindle public support lost in recent years . |
| 28 | As Table 8.6 shows , two further plant attributes are being exploited to produce new crop plants . |
| 29 | And the special properties of sodium silicate — liquid , settable , and non-toxic at any temperature — are being developed to create fire-resistant paints , adhesives , binders and building materials . |
| 30 | New awards in engineering practice are being developed to provide clear progression routes from the relevant national awards in engineering practice . |