Example sentences of "is be [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the invoice comes in for payment , this is copied on to the system as well , and Caterdata first searches for the equivalent delivery note to check that Brown is being charged for the right goods . |
| 2 | The lament is being played for the old military musical structure after the study found many could not even meet the required level of 20 men each and their music was suffering . |
| 3 | My interpretation of what is going on at the present day is being saved for the next chapter , but some of the most startling results come from the latest ( and most accurately dated ) deposits . |
| 4 | Much of their repertory is being recorded for the first time ( or very nearly so ) , and it may be that some current recordings will sound exploratory , even tentative , to future generations who will have the privilege to take things further . |
| 5 | Indeed today in the High Court a petition is being presented for the compulsory winding up of the company . |
| 6 | This season a benefit dinner is being arranged for the inspirational no.8 and certainly no player deserves it more . |
| 7 | Power is being exercised for an improper purpose ( to regulate unfurnished property ) and power is being used unreasonably ( £6,000 might be argued to be excessive ) . |
| 8 | Planning permission is being sought for a 72,000 sq ft factory to be built by The Development Board for Rural Wales on a new six acre site in the town . |
| 9 | However , sponsorship is being sought for the next term and it is hoped sufficient funding will be secured to avoid a repeat fee . |
| 10 | Although he is a senior and successful Congress ( I ) figure , and is Minister of State for External Affairs , Mr Singh is being challenged for the ruling party 's nomination by the present Maharajah 's son , Vishwendra Singh . |
| 11 | A man is being treated for a partially-collapsed lung after he was stabbed several times in the arms and body . |
| 12 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , says everything possible is being done for a twenty eight year old man who 's spent thirteen months in an Indian jail . |
| 13 | I should like to take this opportunity to emphasise that the work on the Iraqi material is being done for the United Nations and the IAEA . |
| 14 | In addition , a £100 prize is being offered for the best photographs taken of these two events to be judged by the experts at the Museum . |
| 15 | Prominence , which is the basis for our sense of the particularity of a style , also provides the condition for recognition that a style is being used for a particular literary end : that it has a " value in the game " . |
| 16 | Clearly a major price is being paid for the post-Heysel exclusion and Manchester United 's 1991 Cup Winners ' Cup win looks but a false dawn . |
| 17 | The Sydney meeting and concert is being filmed for a special video to be sold on Merseyside and across Australia . |
| 18 | If you supply the identifier of a Paper SPR that is being updated for the first time , a warning message will be displayed . |
| 19 | The requirements for safe glazing is being provided for the first time , but do not apply to glazing which is being replaced . |
| 20 | Okay , now putting both bits aside , if we 're making sure , right okay , if we 're making sure that the product is being sold for the right reasons , i.e. the client is separately saving for deposit , for house moving fees , legal fees , all the other fees , and they could still afford to do this , then I believe it 's a good thing that you can suggest to your clients . |
| 21 | The emergency services are investigating why firefighters turned up late to a mock nuclear accident.Confusion over phone lines is being blamed for a ten minute delay before the fire brigade responded . |
| 22 | The severe drought of the past three years is being blamed for a big increase in the number of houses suffering from subsidence . |
| 23 | The bad weather is being blamed for the empty seats , but now it 's cleared up they are confident of full houses until the run ends on April 15th . |
| 24 | It is not that the question of the ordination of women is being considered for the first time in our day ! |
| 25 | Elton John is being considered for the best actor nomination for his Coca-Cola advert . |