Example sentences of "[is] [being] [vb pp] from [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's being tackled from three angles : more efficient burning to reduce output at source , exhaust after-treatment and devising cleaner fuel . |
| 2 | Financing of around £2.8 million is being raised from private sources by the Fundación Principe de Asturias . |
| 3 | Er , other money is being raised from local businesses , we 've got support from Otter Nurseries and we 've got support from as well . |
| 4 | Safe , too , is John Birt , Hussey 's choice as director-general-designate , although morale is so low within news and current affairs at the BBC that rumours are circulating of a secret haven within ITN where ammunition is being collected from dissident BBC executives to try to blast Birt out . |
| 5 | For example , they associate liberal democracy with the core countries , arguing that such a system is only sustainable over substantial periods in countries which are exploiting the entire world-system , and can ‘ buy-off ’ popular demands from their own residents because of the wealth that is being appropriated from other countries . |
| 6 | He is being buffeted from all corners — a victim of circumstance trapped at the centre of a party more divided even than in the final days of Lady Thatcher . |
| 7 | The rate per loan is being increased from 1.81 pence to 1.86 pence , while the maximum any one author can earn remains £6,000 . |
| 8 | Science fiction enthusiast Wesley , of Dallas , Texas , believes Earth is being observed from outer space . |
| 9 | Backing is being sought from influential colleagues including Sir John Kingman , Vice-Chancellor of Bristol University , who was president of the RSS until earlier this year , and Professor Peter Moore , former principal of the London Business School , the current RSS president . |
| 10 | The £750,000 required is being sought from special council budgets , so that a rolling programme of ferry replacement is not affected . |
| 11 | To this end information is being sought from 51 organisations in Aberdeen , a labour market much affected by the fluctuating activities of the North Sea oil industry . |
| 12 | The temple itself is being studied from several perspectives . |
| 13 | Advice on hardware is being obtained from external sources at present . |
| 14 | Supplementary information is being obtained from local histories and court records , and there is also an ‘ oral history ’ component . |
| 15 | Diamond EuroClass is being introduced from 28 March on all its European services from Heathrow and also from East Midlands and Birmingham airports . |
| 16 | City Wise is being held from 3rd–7th September , 1990 at St John 's College , Nottingham . |
| 17 | A range of services is being provided from local Family Support Centres which will offer short term care for children on a basis of clear , early decision making , with the close involvement of natural parents and based on an assumption that residential and field workers will be working closely together in planning and providing help for the children and their families . |
| 18 | One of the wisest criteria we can apply to any of the claims made for the Holy Spirit and any of the teaching about the Spirit which is being advanced from all sides today is this : does it glorify Christ ? |
| 19 | Indeed , this sort of campaigning has given rise to a certain newspaper image — that Mr Kinnock is being protected from real people , shepherded into a succession of carefully-staged photo-opportunities designed to look good on television but a million miles away from the real cut and thrust of the hustings . |