Example sentences of "are being [verb] [adv] by the " in BNC.
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| 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 | Whatever the future effects of the Tomlinson report on nurses and nursing services , nurses are being affected now by the problems of the capital , says Pearl Brown , primary services manager of the Riverside Health Authority and a member of the inquiry team . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | On the positive side , I feel fine physically and my spirits are being lifted immeasurably by the mail that 's beginning to pour in . |
| 6 | In November Nizan correctly assessed the situation when he commented : " At the present moment in time , the policies of the fascist government are being thwarted only by the diplomacy of the USSR and the heroic resistance of the Spanish people " . |
| 7 | Procedures for implementing this recent legislation are being worked out by the U.S. Department of the Interior . |
| 8 | ‘ All of them are vulnerable to coastal erosion and are being nibbled away by the sea . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The problem has come about because dentists are being paid less by the government for their patients . |
| 12 | Guidelines are being drawn up by the IEC . |
| 13 | Proposals are being drawn up by the CI Development Group chaired by Alistair Dawson — consultation with Districts is planned for March . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |