Example sentences of "[noun sg] [am/are] being [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , de Groot 's fears , expressed in 1983 , have been reiterated by Emory in 1988 who states that in 1986 some 26023 tourists visited the islands and that the problems of environmental protection are being exacerbated by the influx of mainland Ecuadoreans seeking wealth in the tourist trade . |
| 2 | Sir , — We are all well aware that the harsh effects of the present recession are being felt by the accountancy profession to a degree that is certainly unprecedented in my memory . |
| 3 | While some aspects of education provision are being centralised in the course of reform , the management of staff is being decentralised . |
| 4 | For example , skills in non-destructive testing and inspection are being applied in the nuclear , oil and gas and aerospace industries . |
| 5 | MEMBERS of Parliament are being canvassed by the New Statesman , the weekly left-wing magazine , to find which books have influenced them . |
| 6 | Finally , it seems that attempt are being made in the United Kingdom , Flanders , and the Netherlands to create a more positive image and role for residential care ( see National Institute of Social Work , 1988 ) . |
| 7 | Every day , wrote one social investigator , the ‘ old methods which require manual skill and long practice are being superseded by the progress of mechanical invention . |
| 8 | ENTRIES from the North-East are being sought for the Royal Mail 's twin town award scheme , which aims to find the best link between a British community and a foreign counterpart . |
| 9 | Always the call will be for more power to the organization , so that the 1989 cry of alarm from the Police Federation conference about private security firms is based more on a fear that areas of influence are being taken from the institution than on beliefs that such groups are incompetent . |
| 10 | Small time offenders in need of psychiatric help are being jailed by the courts because of a rundown of psychiatric hospitals . |
| 11 | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil : The operations of Tintas International and Supertintas Litoverti are being combined under the new title Courtaulds International ( Brazil ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Questionable share deals involving the Miss World group and the pension funds of a county council are being investigated by the Stock Exchange and the City 's Takeover Panel after their disclosure by ‘ The Sunday Times ’ Insight team . |
| 13 | New ways of delivering legal advice and assistance are being explored by the Legal Aid Board including schemes which will franchise certain work to specific firms or agencies rather than making such advice available from any solicitor ( Smith , 1989 ) . |
| 14 | DAFS has recently announced that HLCAs in the Highlands and Islands Development Board Area within the LFA are being increased to the EEC maximum — £60 per cow and £9 per sheep . |
| 15 | As an added incentive , two complimentary tickets for the evening 's disco are being offered for the winning entry . |
| 16 | Heads of Government and at the moment are being debated throughout the community but the signs are ominous for the anti-reformers as the McSharry Crusade gains momentum in its aim of changing the face of agriculture . |
| 17 | Here in Brighton this week reams of revisionism are being pulped through the decision-making process of the Labour Party conference , loads of ideological lumber jettisoned as Labour endeavours ‘ to meet the challenge and make the change ’ . |
| 18 | ( 4 ) If securities in the offeror are being offered to the shareholders of the target company , the offeror 's results should be known in order to analyse share price , earnings and dividends and to demonstrate their attractiveness to the target 's shareholders . |
| 19 | * A leaked memorandum shows that growing amounts of untreated nuclear waste are being stored at the UK Atomic Energy Authority 's base at Aldermaston , due to delays in constructing safe disposal sites , in part for fear that they will not meet safety requirements . |
| 20 | The incident of the Karin B , a ship carrying toxic wastes from Europe , illegally imported to Nigeria , which could not find a home and landed up on the south coast of England in the summer of 1987 , demonstrated that millions of tonnes of highly toxic waste are being shipped around the globe . |
| 21 | Books on floppy disk are being targeted at the business market , where there are multitudes of personal computers in use . |
| 22 | Prestbury Park 's been having a heat wave … gallons upon gallons of water are being pumped onto the course to make the going good … |
| 23 | It seems probable , however , that since factors such as gastrin are being produced by the developing stomach from about 18 gestational weeks , they may have a role in the development of the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 24 | The schemes they have dreamed up for art-related asset-manipulation are being imitated throughout the world , notably in Europe and Japan . |
| 25 | Scotland 's two government-backed countryside bodies , the Nature Conservancy Council and the Countryside Commission are being amalgamated under the chairmanship of Sir Magnus Magnusson . |
| 26 | Several lines of enquiry are being pursued with the Meat Marketing Board and the Meat and Livestock Commission , and you can help by asking for Herdwick whenever you buy woollen garments or meat . |
| 27 | It will include an extension mechanism , and QuickTime , AppleScript and Apple Open Collaboration Environment are being converted for the environment , but are not expected to be ready until the second half of next year . |
| 28 | Thirteen others arrested during the ferment are being brought before the courts in two batches . |
| 29 | The luxuries of the past are being reclaimed by the jungle in both places . |
| 30 | In this case the Sleaford Navigation Society are being supported in the making of a video to encourage official bodies to part with the major funding needed . |