Example sentences of "[be] being [vb pp] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fundamental questions are being posed at the same time about the company itself and about the strategic character of the industry . ’ |
| 2 | This may seem to violate the definition of policy making as involving more than isolated decisions , yet individual professional judgements of this kind may cluster or have similarities that suggest implicit if not explicit policy decisions that are being made at the operational level . |
| 3 | In-Service Training day fees are being held at the same cost for the third year running , despite inflation and a probable increase in the cost of premises for Q.T. days . |
| 4 | I 'll be talking in a few moments time about aviation travel and the risks and , indeed , the trends that are being reflected at the present time , but erm before we move to that let's just think about those of us who perhaps have decided we wo n't go abroad . |
| 5 | These points are being forgotten at the very time that they have become most pressing — for the transition from communism in Russia and Eastern Europe has added greatly to the demands that are being placed on western aid budgets . |
| 6 | In this regard , the ISS proposals for units and unit credits were consonant with other changes in secondary schools which were being developed at the same time : graded assessment , where the initial belief that it was simply a matter of devising achievement tests soon gave way to much more fundamental re-thinking about allied development work on curriculum content and teaching method ; and also work on profiles/records of achievement . |
| 7 | The two men , who were being questioned at the high-security Paddington Green police station in central London under the Prevention of Terrorism Act , will appear at Arbour Square Magistrates ' Court this morning . |
| 8 | At the last minute , however , when the terms were being finalised at the papal court , the French withdrew : the making of such concessions , which involved so much principle as well as territory , could not be countenanced . |
| 9 | In January 1941 , the local newspaper carried a description of the fires of London reflected in the southern sky , and in the same issue of the Bedfordshire Times it was reported that a member of the Area Guardians Committee had stated that a number of men employed as labourers on government works were being lodged at the Public Assistance Institution as casuals . |
| 10 | And was partially at least the inevitable consequence of the fact that the Murphy brothers were being prosecuted at the same time as the complaint against the arresting officers was being investigated . |
| 11 | Ministry of Defence and the centralization of the Defence votes , which were being studied at the same time as the Skybolt/Polaris crisis was coming to a head . |
| 12 | The new farmsteads were being built at the same time , set snugly into shelter belts of oak , beech and elm , nursed up by Scots pines . |
| 13 | It is believed both men were being held at the high-security Paddington Green police station last night . |
| 14 | However , UI chief Peter Cunningham , speaking from the dais , alluded to discussions that were being held at the highest levels and suggested that they were very close to some sort of agreement . |
| 15 | They were being held at the local police station . |
| 16 | Round hands As has been suggested in the last section , secretary and humanistic italic , both cursive hands , were being used at the same time in England for all kinds of general and vernacular purposes . |
| 17 | County roles take members into schools in their day-to-day work , and for some of the team 's functions ( especially the selection of schools for recommendation for inclusion in the project ) the project role is being played at the same time . |
| 18 | This is a United Nations embargo , er and er all ships are required to comply with it , er and er the British , Australian , American ships which combined in this action , and we 've just had another one , and er also , there which involved also different ships , but involved er British , Australian and American ships as well , er and that ship is being inspected at the present time . |
| 19 | but , but we , we , we might come across this again a bit later on th that i it 's entirely possible that what is being said at the early part is n't actually borne out by the details that come later on . |
| 20 | The show is being staged at the Grand Opera House in Belfast , from Tuesday March 30 until Saturday April 3 , with morning and afternoon shows only . |
| 21 | A major exhibition , ‘ From Viking to Crusader : the Scandinavians and Europe 800–1200 ’ is being held at the Grand Palais until 12 July , supported by related events at the Swedish , Danish and Finnish cultural centres . |
| 22 | Their husbands brought their cars to the rally which is being held at the former car-plant at Dunmurry this weekend . |
| 23 | The fund 's dividends are paid quarterly and the third interim dividend is being held at the previous 1.2p , making a same-again 3.6p for the nine months . |
| 24 | Several Cabinet ministers will address the two-day gathering which is being held at the Royal International Pavilion in Llangollen for the first time . |
| 25 | Only by doing so can one judge whether the amount of procedural protection is being pitched at the correct level . |
| 26 | The genetic basis of quantitative genetic variation is being investigated at the molecular genetic and population level . |
| 27 | On the liquids front condensate is being produced at the Kapuni on-shore gas field . |
| 28 | There were exceptions , again , like Carousel , which is being revived at the National Theatre later this year , and which has a plot bizarre by Verdi 's standards . |
| 29 | It is because of this fact , that ‘ DEAC ’ the manufacturer states that if a battery is being discharged at the 110 rate you should not discharge it to a voltage of less than 1.1 volts per cell . |
| 30 | A somewhat similar note was being struck at the same time in Scotland by the lay theologian Thomas Erskine of Linlathen ( 1788–1870 ) . |