Example sentences of "were [being] [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discrimination against employing people started with those in their 40s , while over-50s were being pressed to take early retirement regardless of their individual ability or health , said the report , by Eurolink Age . |
| 2 | By the early 1950s , the period of post-war reconstruction was coming to an end , rationing had ceased , wages were beginning to rise , and people were being encouraged to spend more money . |
| 3 | By 1985 according to the Financial Management Unit ( Cabinet Office ( MPO ) / Treasury ( FMU ) , 1985a , p 4 ) ‘ most departments [ were ] developing new ( or strengthening existing ) arrangements for reviewing programmes systematically each year ’ , and all departments were being urged to adopt similar procedures . |
| 4 | Mr Wilson , the MP for Cunninghame North , said it was gangsterism and claimed that people were being blackmailed to accept lower terms and conditions . |
| 5 | At first , he was sympathetic to the ‘ popular cry that the premier team has not tried to encourage and develop local talent ’ , and assured readers of the club programme that steps were being taken to foster such talent . |
| 6 | He said the purpose of the annual review was to inform the legal profession , the users of the court and the wider public of what problems had been encountered in endeavours to achieve better , cheaper and swifter appellate justice , what steps were being taken to overcome those problems and what success was attending those efforts . |
| 7 | Trading standards officers have seized two machines which were being used to make fake designer t-shirts . |
| 8 | The Minister will be aware of the substantial minorities in each of the Baltic states , some of which , prior to the recognition of their independence , were being used to impede that development . |