Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] being [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An Alumni Association is being planned by the School of Hospitality Studies at Thames Valley University . |
| 2 | In so far as they are based upon analogy with the position of courts of law which are not under any such general duty , this reasoning is being undermined as the judiciary increasingly require some statement of reasons within judgments . |
| 3 | DESPITE England manager Graham Taylor 's protests that too much football is being played in the country , clubs often undertake gruelling journeys abroad in mid-season to play in lucrative exhibition friendlies . |
| 4 | Winter gear is being readied at the moment , but it will be hard , all the same , travelling in such weather . ’ |
| 5 | The search for 2 suspects who stayed at the Guest House around the time of the murder is being continued across the country . |
| 6 | Ellis declined to say how much the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club is being paid for the service , but this is not money which British racing is missing out on , as a contract , subject to review after three years , was drawn up with the Racecourse Association at the beginning of SIS transmission . |
| 7 | With an estimated cost of DM15 billion , the five-year programme is being implemented through the Treuhandanstalt , the agency responsible for selling off the state-owned assets of the former communist regime in East Germany . |
| 8 | The restoration programme is being funded by the Banca Toscana . |
| 9 | If your upper muscles ( head , shoulders , neck and jaw ) are tense , then that tension is being transmitted to the rest of your body and thence to your mind . |
| 10 | This proposed that mid-oceanic ridges represent regions where new oceanic crust is being generated by the upwelling of hot mantle material . |
| 11 | David McNeil , who is retiring on Friday as senior depute director of education , admitted to ‘ loose and inappropriate ’ remarks after The Scotsman disclosed that his department is being investigated by the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 12 | Well no , you see what 's happening there is , is a , a demand or a drive from the id is being gratified by the ego . |
| 13 | The research is being conducted within the theoretical context of ‘ discourse models ’ — the mental representations which a listener constructs on the basis of what he knows about the world in general , what the speaker is actually saying and what he thinks the speaker is intending to say . |
| 14 | A great deal of survey-style empirical research is being done outside the academic world , in organizations like the Home Office Research Unit and Social and Community Planning Research . |
| 15 | At present little research is being done on the subject . |
| 16 | Hilary also reported that research is being done into the physiological and psychological aspects of breathing work and we will let you know the results that emerge from this study . |
| 17 | The research is being done by the Museo del Castello di Rivoli and its director Ida Gianelli . |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what research is being undertaken into the use of straw as a renewable source of energy . |
| 19 | Claims by McEwan that undue weight is being placed on the episode strike one as disingenuous . |
| 20 | As part of this aspect of the project , a special study is being made of the role of local press and local radio and television in the campaign . |
| 21 | Colleagues I propose to take the vote one five eight as Mick 's indication is being opposed by the C E C. All those in favour of one five eight against that 's lost . |
| 22 | A fresh attempt is being made by the European Commission to settle an EC institutional dispute over titanium dioxide pollution . |
| 23 | At the first , there was not much co-operation , but I am glad to say that in October the association announced a scheme similar to that which my hon. Friend suggested — to offer discounts to certain car owners who have security devices fitted when the car is being made in the factory . |
| 24 | In order that transfer can take place in a manner which allows colleges to progress rapidly if they wish , but at the same time make allowances for those who prefer to proceed more slowly , each college is being consulted on the rate of transfer appropriate for each course offered . |
| 25 | The market prospects for bauxite are improving and the industry is being redeveloped with the help of the former multinational company owners who were displaced by the first Manley government . |
| 26 | NEW LIGHT is being shed on the molecular mechanics behind photosynthesis — the process by which plants turn sunlight into chemical energy . |
| 27 | Bu but it , it 's , it 's momentum is being given by the poor . |
| 28 | The belief that there is no real alternative is being challenged by the activities of teachers working in consultative/support roles and by an increasing body of research . |
| 29 | Second , an appreciation is being sought of the inter-relationship between organisations by appraising the resources needed ( eg legal , economic and information resources ) , their origins , the way in which they are distributed and the inter-organisational network within which these transactions take place . |
| 30 | Within the past hour has announced that a review is being launched into the future of three pits in Yorkshire with the intention of closing them all down . |