Example sentences of "[noun prp] [am/are] being [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | More than half the British troops in Germany are being withdrawn over the next four years , which will inevitably put more pressure on UK training areas , making the removal of the MoD from national parks even less likely . |
2 | Fifteen projects designed to restore areas of native woodland in the Highlands are being financed by the North West Region of Scottish natural Heritage . |
3 | Thousands of people across Northamptonshire are being exposed to the potentially lethal radon gas in their own homes . |
4 | Paintings of 1947 vintage by Wilfredo Lam are being shown throughout the month by Lelong , while the Maeght gallery in the rue St-Merri is exhibiting sculptures and engravings by Miró . |
5 | Questionnaires received after 8 November are being added to the data file , and revised estimates of key variables will be included in the second interim report In June 1985 , along with information from the planned follow-up study . |
6 | Members of the RIBA are being invited by the President of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors to attend Rooftec '90 as the guests of the Federation on Wednesday 7 November , which is being set aside as Architects Day . |
7 | Attempts to encourage otters to come back to the River Thames are being aided by the building of a man-made home for them . |
8 | Celebrating colour : 70 years after the Scottish Colourists held their first joint exhibition in London , paintings by Peploe , Hunter , Cadell and Fergusson are being shown at the MacRobert Gallery , Stirling University , writes Allen Wright . |
9 | It is n't that one writer did something bad and somehow called punishment down upon himself ; it 's that writers in Iran , Saudi , Egypt are being persecuted by the forces of fundamentalism . |
10 | The reason why I have detained readers of New Scientist with such minutiae is that the ‘ Mink on Shetland ’ presents us with a case study of the way in which decisions affecting the wildlife of Britain are being left to the ephemeral whims of local personages . |
11 | As with every theory that seems at first to have an obvious answer to every problem , the beautifully simple picture is becoming smudged , the two obvious large plates of Africa and Europe are being confused by the " microplates " of the eastern Mediterranean . |
12 | Tighter Government guidelines for areas of outstanding natural beauty like the Cotswolds are being blamed by the nurseries planning consultant , himself a former planning chief . |
13 | 16 year old Mark Cross and 17 year old Paul Eversham are being brought into the side to show off the talent Hereford has to offer for the future . |
14 | All packages from here for London are being diverted to the Riyadh office for a day before they go forward . ’ |
15 | His comments come as up to eight million parents across England and Wales are being balloted on the topic of National Curriculum tests . |