Example sentences of "are [being] [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The all-male strip troupe are being checked out by the Office of Fair Trading after a rival group complained about unfair practices .
2 Other ideas are being followed up by the Supply Chain Management Project which is investigating ideas on promotional planning , information availability and customer service system enhancements .
3 Although today these vital units of the railway system are being phased out by the modern fully automated control centres , there still remains the lonely , isolated signal box , often miles from anywhere , that on a dark winter 's night can conjure up strange happenings and instil fear even in the heart of the most level-headed signalman .
4 Procedures for implementing this recent legislation are being worked out by the U.S. Department of the Interior .
5 The case is one of the first serious unsolved crimes throughout the country to attract the rewards which are being put up by the Community Action Trust , the organisation behind the Crimestoppers scheme .
6 I mean , I do think we need to er recognise that tremendous efforts are being put in by the individuals employed by the D S Os , but I do think that we need to recognise also , that there is a lot lacking in the , particularly the marketing of the services .
7 Guidelines are being drawn up by the IEC .
8 Proposals are being drawn up by the CI Development Group chaired by Alistair Dawson — consultation with Districts is planned for March .
9 TEACHERS of young children are being looked on by the Government as ‘ not a lot more than well-disciplined child-minders , ’ a senior Belfast education adviser claimed today .
10 The conclusion is obvious ; and it is that those local searchers for a place here , who are being crowded out by the southerners , are most likely to be northern Catholics .
  Next page