Example sentences of "be be [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another change of direction — rather than building and extending what has been been achieved during the past few years — could lead to yet another thoroughly dispiriting time for patients , and for those who work in the NHS . |
| 2 | And these roles are are occupied by the same people every year ? |
| 3 | They 're being taught in a converted pigsty while staff try to get retrospective planning permission for the school . |
| 4 | he 's going , so busy looking on what 's going on behind the question that 's being asked , that you never answer the question that you 're being asked in the first place . |
| 5 | They 're being detained for a long time . |
| 6 | You 're being transferred to the Correctional Labour Colonies , but you wo n't be classified as a foreigner , you wo n't be in the foreigners ' camp . |
| 7 | One of his greatest knocks was the 143 at Port-of-Spain in 1968 — this after he had reached breaking-point in 1966 , only to come back with century after century in the 1967 Tests — but he still found touring the Caribbean a fairly distasteful affair , as revealed in his letter to his wife : ‘ We 're being taken for the biggest ride … the umpiring , the crowd and Charlie … it is downright cheating … |
| 8 | Vines for SCO will be be marketed as a Banyan application , and sold by both companies via their usual outlets . |
| 9 | And could I just say that I think that the issue of sustainability does also touch upon the need for the new settlement to be be located on a public transport corridor , preferably an existing public transport corridor , and I think again that argument for for s for somewhere where a rail link , preferably , could be provided , and that of course would tend to support all those factors tend to support a location on the Northern side of York rather than the Southern side of York . |
| 10 | I 'm being treated like an incompetent child ! ’ |
| 11 | Star and Garter I 'm being told from the right here , those sort of very special places we do n't provide them , we buy in from , from outside . |
| 12 | The numbers of baby eels in Scandinavian and European rivers are also declining , and the NRA believe that the depopulation may be being caused by an unknown factor , possibly pollution , in the Atlantic . |
| 13 | If objections based on uncertainty have any validity , then that word must be being used in a third sense . |
| 14 | Research has indicated how radioactive contaminants may be being introduced into the human food chain via the migration of wildfowl through the Chernobyl region . |
| 15 | Just how complicated a problem this may turn out to be is indicated by the following quotations from the opening paragraphs of the first two chapters of Christine Hugh-Jones ' very remarkable book From the Milk River , which is a study of Pira-pirana Indians living in the Vaupes region of Colombia , as viewed from the perspective of the inhabitants of a single longhouse community in which she and her husband resided for two years between September 1968 and December 1970 : |
| 16 | How great the effect of the interfaces may be is shown by a famous experiment of Professor Orowan 's with mica . |
| 17 | Uncertainty about how straightforward the physical process would eventually be was compounded by the enormous time-scales over which it was likely to happen . |
| 18 | Three-dimensional figures , inspired by Donald McGill 's saucy postcards , are being tested for an environmental art scheme . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | SOME OF the 17ft thick walls of Bristol Castle 's keep , built circa 1135 by the illegitimate grandson of William the Conqueror , Robert of Gloucester , are being revealed by an archaeological dig , writes David Keys . |
| 21 | If the originals are being shot to a numbered shooting script , it makes the material easier to identify for editing if you record the shot number onto the beginning of each take . |
| 22 | Meanwhile the birds of Felling are being featured in a new wildlife book , sponsored by Coatings and produced by the local council . |
| 23 | Many are being refitted with the same smart new decor which will make them easier to spot on the high street . |
| 24 | Mergers , especially between banks serving the same area , are being seen as the swiftest route to big cost savings ; these , in turn , free up capital . |
| 25 | At the same time , a perception exists that their efforts are being hampered through a severe lack of executive functions for the Boards . |
| 26 | However , even if you draw a blank , it is always worth checking to see whether or not you can influence the external event that starts the sequence , so either while you are being hindered by an unproductive feeling or after an experience where you were hindered ask yourself : ‘ What external event has triggered this feeling ? ’ |
| 27 | As we saw under Beliefs ( see page 21 ) it is easy to fall prey to some recurring unrealistic thoughts or beliefs which cause you to feel upset whenever they are violated so , either while you are being hindered by an unproductive feeling or after an experience where you are hindered , or when you feel vulnerable to the onset of an unproductive feeling , ask yourself : ‘ How can I make more effective use of this present moment ? ’ |
| 28 | With both visual estimation and point counting techniques it must be remembered that values are being computed from the two dimensions of the thin section into the three dimensions of a sediment for modal composition . |
| 29 | A Home Office spokesman was quoted as saying : ‘ The object is to investigate whether children are being abused in an organised way by networks or rings of adults . |
| 30 | Increasing numbers of patients , however , are being diagnosed in the elderly . |