Example sentences of "be be [vb pp] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This genetic cohesion of a population arises because , while the very slow processes of homogenisation are at work ( among copies of a family on the same and different chromosomes ) , the chromosomes in a population are being mixed at each generation . |
| 2 | He brought his ballad finished ’ , we hardly need to be reminded that The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , Christabel , and other poems were being written at this time . |
| 3 | He stood there in the crowded classroom , half listening to Mrs Willmot , and thought of the inexorable process going on all round him — the lives whose courses were being decided at this moment , behind the innocent-seeming chatter , the smiles , the faintly carnival atmosphere of families having a day out . |
| 4 | It was not just in the treatment of syphilis that advances were being made at this time . |
| 5 | In 1820 he was sent to Fort Augustus , where the locks of the Caledonian canal were under construction , and , as his father was well known to everyone there , he was given the opportunity of learning not only masonry but all the branches of civil and mechanical engineering that were being practised at that time . |
| 6 | Whole research cruises where water samples were being taken at many depths , every sample that came back was titrated on board ship to get the silver nitrate to establish the chlorinity and hence the salinity . |
| 7 | Communication amongst friends includes a much broader field than what is being communicated at that moment . |
| 8 | They 've been checked over , as I say , the first one 's been cleared , and that 's been allowed to proceed , and the next ship er is being checked at this moment . |
| 9 | In organisations where there is an intermediate level ( eg divisional , regional or subsidiary company headquarters ) between the establishment and the enterprise headquarters , an interview is being conducted at this level also . |
| 10 | To bring in the international comparative aspects of the project , foreign participation is being sought at all stages — particularly for the case-studies and attitude survey where participation is likely from France , the Federal Republic of Germany , and possibly Italy and Canada . |
| 11 | I , on a point of order Madam Speaker , I understand that a major announcement in connection with rail privatisation is being made at this moment by way of written answer and press conference erm the statement will reveal a huge increase in access charges for railway operators and ultimately therefore huge increases in costs for tax payers and passengers . |
| 12 | I would go further Chairman , in terms of the version we reach now , I would be very surprised if they do reach those figures , and , er , why I would expect them to be substantially less , because the policy which is being proposed at this stage is one of using joint finance monies as a one hundred percent grant , one-off grants for one or two years in support of schemes , rather than in , as a tapering item . |
| 13 | Given the time needed to deal with the residue of Poll Tax no reduction in Support Services , including typing is being suggested at this time and other services are expected to continue as at present . |
| 14 | and the head or whoever it is is committed at that time to be taking the rest of the year so they can profile . |
| 15 | ‘ The QE2 was being built at that time . |
| 16 | E. P. Thompson is no doubt right to insist that a distinctive working-class culture was being formed at this period . |
| 17 | It was probably in 1937 that he and Tolkien had a conversation about their distaste for much of what was being published at that time . |
| 18 | All that they would be tendering for would be to actually run the facility , and there 's no reason to suppose that a private contractor can do that any more cheaply , if they deliver the same quality of service , as the Local Authority can do , so it would n't actually save money , all it would do would mean that control of the level of service that was being delivered at those facilities was lost from the Council to a private contractor . |
| 19 | The historic state coach No 351 which was being restored at that time suffered exterior damage in the fire but it is now intended to restore it as a museum piece . |