Example sentences of "[adv] being [verb] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Many functions such as baggage handling , catering and maintenance are already being contracted out to specialist third parties . ’ |
| 2 | To help engender trust and familiarity , the field-worker 's contact in the station was restricted at the beginning to a few hours a shift once a week , gradually being built up to a full shift , including mights , twice a week . |
| 3 | This little corn mill was certainly still being worked up to the late 1920s . |
| 4 | The renewed interest in alternative fuels and feedstocks has revived coal gasification and the old technology is rapidly being brought up to date . |
| 5 | Happily , the message is also being carried back to Japanese manufacturers . |
| 6 | However , there are signs of change at some levels , because men are now being accepted on to the CARE course , which provides specialist training in how to deal with victims of sex crimes , although this might simply reflect a recognition that an increasing number of victims are young boys . |
| 7 | The reforms have speeded up the pace of resource management ( now being rolled out to all acute units ) , made medical audit compulsory and strengthened managers ' formal powers over clinicians . |
| 8 | His body is now being brought back to Britain . |
| 9 | He cancelled the operation at Middlesbrough General Hospital and is now being changed back to a man . |
| 10 | The war of words between the two parties often reflected this sense of historical continuity , the roots of the divide frequently being traced back to the 1640s . |
| 11 | As a journalist I had seen many countries overseas , all smaller and poorer than ourselves , being granted self-government ; and I had hoped that Scotland would not be denied even the limited self-government that was then being dished out to the Cook Islands and the Faeroe Islands and the Cameroons . ’ |
| 12 | At this signal the master tape is run up to speed , an okay then being passed back to the Director by the Technical Manager . |
| 13 | Down in VT Control the machines bearing the master reels of 2″ videotape have been synchronously linked to the studio 's cameras and stand all ready to run , this news too being passed up to the gallery of Studio D , Lime Grove . |
| 14 | Many of its responsibilities are currently being handed over to Training and Enterprise Councils ( TECs ) — independent companies , consisting mainly of local groups of employers , who will contract with the government to plan and provide training , and promote small businesses and self-employment , in their area . |
| 15 | Erm a little bit of steam around so you do get an impression that it 's erm you know , it 's alive and working obviously not doing a day 's work , but certainly being restored back to working condition . |
| 16 | They have gradually refined their techniques over the years , with additional factors , such as ley length , continually being built in to the equation . |
| 17 | It was in fact a large room divided in two , one half being given over to the mistress 's wardrobe and dressing stool , with the pier-glass in the corner , the other providing a small chamber with room only for a cot bed . |