Example sentences of "is be [vb pp] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons for failure are more likely to be due to people problems , which may show themselves by the lack of cooperation when the information system is being developed and a resistance to the changes that occur when the application is implemented . |
| 2 | If Offline is being conducted because a disk is nearly full , therefore , the work directory may need to be on a different disk , where more space is available . |
| 3 | Tourism potential is being realized and a variety of local economic initiatives have been established . |
| 4 | The following month , in the same journal , a swift refutation of these tenets came in the shape of a letter from a consultant histopathologist by name of J.V. Clark , who responds to the last point regarding the relations ' not understanding what is being asked when a postmortem is requested , by pointing out that in all probability funeral directors do not explain the procedure of embalming to the next of kin and , more seriously , maintaining that delay would reduce the maximum benefit of an autopsy and also delay the funeral . |
| 5 | For it is being questioned whether a symbol which would appear to be necessarily male can be said to be inclusive of all humanity . |
| 6 | Steady progress is being maintained and a number of smaller seizures also made at Felixstowe and Ipswich . |
| 7 | Creation of an " environmental catastrophe response unit " is being discussed and a database of scientists with expertise to help in environmental emergencies is to be set up . |
| 8 | The Foreign Office says the body is being held while a police investigation is carried out . |
| 9 | A Draft Plan is being produced and a consultation programme is being put into operation . ’ |