Example sentences of "[noun sg] be being [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winter gear is being readied at the moment , but it will be hard , all the same , travelling in such weather . ’ |
| 2 | I wonder whether his influence is being felt at the back anyway . |
| 3 | On the liquids front condensate is being produced at the Kapuni on-shore gas field . |
| 4 | The New Energy Bar is being launched at the ADT London Marathon exhibition , but further details and local stockists are available from . |
| 5 | Italy 's honour is being saved at the moment by the private sector ; local industries and banks are adopting projects , and although the choice of priorities is not always beyond criticism , their efforts shame the government 's . |
| 6 | It was n't an ideal situation , but it was educational provision of a sort , and local people thought that was better than nothing at all which was what the girl was being offered at the time by the authorities . |
| 7 | * 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 . |
| 8 | Books on floppy disk are being targeted at the business market , where there are multitudes of personal computers in use . |
| 9 | A 70s disco is being held at the Village Hall on Friday between 8pm and midnight to raise money for the playgroup . |
| 10 | A FASHION show with a difference is being held at the Beechlawn House Hotel in Dunmurry next Wednesday . |
| 11 | ‘ It is stressed that this is the only confirmed case of doping into which an inquiry is being conducted at the moment by the Jockey Club . ’ |
| 12 | A public inquiry is being held at The Village Hall , Chwilog on Tuesday , June 29 . |
| 13 | The next meeting is being held at the Pentland Hills Regional Park Headquarters , Boghall Farm , Biggar Road , Edinburgh , Midlothian , on Thursday , 10 December 1992 at 7.00pm . |
| 14 | Last summer , when the Sainsbury Wing was being dedicated at the National Gallery , Lord Sainsbury said in his speech that , while he was very happy to have provided that money for the Wing , he really thought the government should have paid for it . |
| 15 | Moreover , it had become clear from the opinion polls that the unpopularity of the new tax was being laid at the door of the government which had introduced it , rather than the local authorities who were responsible for levying and collecting it . |
| 16 | What was called a cart load of peat was being sold at the high price of 2/6 . |
| 17 | His self-image and his idealism were being threatened at the anvil of reality . |
| 18 | A service is being held at the accident spot this evening and a memorial service is to take place at St Mary 's Church in Moredon on Sunday . |
| 19 | The event is being held at the King 's Hall and includes wines from Italy , Spain , Germany , France and the United States . |
| 20 | The video is being filmed at the moment and editing is planned for next week . |
| 21 | Afterwards a rally is being staged at the Assembly Rooms against Government policy on public sector pay . |
| 22 | It believed viewers would see that the fun was being poked at the kiosk 's location — not blind folk . |
| 23 | A spokesman said a substantial amount of Derv was spilled while a rail tanker was being filled at the North Tees road and rail terminal . |
| 24 | At a subsequent meeting an official added that it would be ‘ most unfortunate ’ if the evidence was being heard at the same time as the project 's grant came up for renewal . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | FOOTBALL : The third B and M Windows five-a-side tournament is being held at the Oak Leaf sports complex , Newton Aycliffe , on Monday . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Blame for this fiasco is being laid at the door of everyone from teachers to examiners . |
| 29 | In other words , part of the essence of Cobol clarity is being preserved at the expense of what some would argue is object-oriented programming 's inherent expressiveness at the fine object level . |
| 30 | They are Tony Bevan , William MacIlraith , Robert Mason , Hughie O'Donoghue , Terry Setch , whose powerful exhibition of the flotsam of Cardiff Bay is being held at the Camden Arts Centre ( to 5 July ) , and Victor Willing . |