Example sentences of "[is] being [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time the monitor is powered up the de-gaussing circuit fires up and destroys and/or corrupts all your lovely data that 's being stored right next to the great big degaussing coil surrounding the screen . |
| 2 | And we try to explain it by saying the craft is accelerating — it 's being pushed on by the rockets placed at that end of the craft . |
| 3 | The , because it 's being pushed back , cos the opposite force , when you push , something else always pushes back with erm if you push on this table , |
| 4 | Is that the one that 's being run upstairs by Jean , by the way ? |
| 5 | She says she feels she 's being punished even though she 's only trying to do what 's best . |
| 6 | Barratt 's salary was increased in April that year to £250 , with John Taylor 's being stepped up to £120 . |
| 7 | In September a combination of politically clean hands plus a rising tide of Bonapartism led to the Prince 's being elected yet again , this time in five separate constituencies . |
| 8 | It 's being sent out to the public through the post with no attempt to spare her pride or hide her name . |
| 9 | I 'VE just heard Daley Thompson on telly trying to explain away Jason Livingstone 's being sent home from Barcelona for drug-taking . |
| 10 | Security 's being tightened up around the breeding pens … but staff are committed to maintaining the same easy access to the birds for visitors to the trust . |
| 11 | The claim that 's being made here is that no one 's body is at all essential to them . |
| 12 | Erm I think the , the point that 's being made here is that even within the defined areas of authority given to him by the constitution , the president finds it very difficult to act unless certain specific conditions are met . |
| 13 | just would n't go in would it , unless it 's being stood right down |
| 14 | But er usually a baby will be contented if it 's being fed properly . |
| 15 | They 're heading for an English style village that 's being built just north of Tokyo . |
| 16 | At Collington Chapel Lane is closed until Friday cos they 're putting a new sewer in there and traffic 's being diverted there along Main Street and at Totton there 's roadworks on Nottingham Road at the junction with Attenborough Lane delays likely there especially at busy times that 'll do us for now we 'll update the traffic for you again in half an hours time . |
| 17 | And the reason for those is the iron in the blood is being oxidized by various substances in the body , it 's being broken down into a form in which the body can reabsorb that iron , and during the process you go through all these colour changes because of the different forms of iron oxide being produced . |
| 18 | Chairman while though it 's being recorded perhaps I could take this opportunity to add mine . |
| 19 | The th there may be an argument , and I do n't know the details of what 's being said here , and I certainly would not defend any sort of the highest level of enquiry . |
| 20 | Now , what 's being said here in that particular sentence , is that there are obviously going to be , or possibly could be occasions when er , the Police Authority has er , an overspend , which is an immediate problem for instance , on pensions , and you 've heard the er , Fire Service Chief talking about his problems . |
| 21 | Well as a the reflector is they actually learn from situations where they get the opportunity to sit back to watch to think about what 's being said so they digest in information for themselves . |
| 22 | has already crapped himself about the visit cause extra work of course but er the er however we should er revert maybe we 'll keep an eye on the schedule and things er but we we need to tie it up tight so we do n't get a cos I mean what 's being said now in the corridors of power is that the schedule is totally sales driven and it 's the sales department that 's put it together , I am only the administrator , I only I d I completely take my orders from the sales department quote unquote in front of everybody at the management meeting . |
| 23 | Yes , erm , on paragraph three erm , the , the last sentence erm , where it says without direct access to its own balances , the authority may therefore have to make revised precept in ninety four , ninety five erm , I understand what 's being said there , but any organization needs to actually work within er , a clearly defined budget . |
| 24 | A particular case of course is in relation to Bosnia Hercegovina , erm Russia has traditionally been close to the Serbs erm and therefore is worried , not only about the situation within erm the old Yugoslavia itself , Bosnia Hercegovina , but also about the reaction erm within Russia if it is seen to take too anti a Serb line erm in the , in the crisis that 's being faced there . |
| 25 | That 's being stopped though |
| 26 | It 's being cooped up in this place I know , but her brain is just … ’ |
| 27 | It 'll do him good to get out for a while ; it 's being cooped up indoors all day makes him fidgety . ’ |
| 28 | that all the stuff 's being broked around , whatever it |
| 29 | He 's being operated on today . |
| 30 | ‘ She 's being followed now . |