Example sentences of "[is] being [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the elements for the powerboaters this weekend are water and wind … as the British Grand Prix returns after a two year gap … it 's being raced in cardiff and favourite to win is Steve Kerton of Gloucestershire … he 's lying second in the world championship … he 's going for the win but is happy to be back racing in britain |
| 2 | the elements for the powerboaters this weekend are water and wind … as the British Grand Prix returns after a two year gap … it 's being raced in cardiff and favourite to win is Steve Kerton of Gloucestershire … he 's lying second in the world championship … he 's going for the win but is happy to be back racing in britain |
| 3 | Come on , do n't tell him he 's being recorded on tape , you know |
| 4 | And Matthew … poor Matthew ! — even now he 's being chased from pillar to post , on stage and TV at home and abroad — to satisfy the cuddly trio 's craving for mischief and mayhem ! |
| 5 | The purpose of an audit mark or stamp on clients ' documents is twofold : it provides evidence that the document has been examined for a particular purpose ( which should be clear from the audit file ) ; and it helps to avoid the document 's being re-presented as support for a duplicate entry . |
| 6 | This week Peter Harris came home from the hospice where he 's being treated for cancer . |
| 7 | He 's being treated for back and head injuries . |
| 8 | Now it 's being commercialised in earnest . ’ |
| 9 | The drug 's being tested by cancer specialists … although it could be some years before it 's generally available . |
| 10 | Between the double-six dice throw , and the perfect deal at bridge , is a range of more or less improbable events that do sometimes happen , including any one individual 's being struck by lightning , winning a big prize on the football pools , scoring a hole-in-one at golf , and so on . |
| 11 | No he 's , he 's being moved to troop fifteen |
| 12 | An new investigation led to Ferrier 's being charged with assault . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's being done in tandem with academic research into British production , distribution and exhibition over the past ten years . |
| 14 | ‘ Boon has always cared for the ordinary man and woman — old ladies who need help in the post office or the bloke in the pub who breaks down and confesses he 's being hounded by loan sharks . |
| 15 | Spanish police had been asked to find Ms Gibson to tell her about her daughter 's being taken into care . |
| 16 | It 's being sold with planning permission to turn it into a hundred and twenty bed hotel . |
| 17 | ‘ Your father 's being released from hospital at lunchtime , ’ Damian drawled . |
| 18 | Two hundred thousand folk caught it at Silverstone yesterday … it 's being spread on radio and television even comes through the letterbox with the morning papers … |
| 19 | not to let them get out of the pov that 's what I 'm saying , it suits them because they can buy up property much cheaper than if that two hundred pounds a week that 's being spent on bed and breakfast , that , they were spent on helping them with the problems as they are at the moment . |
| 20 | Then you 'll need clearance before you enter the range template — it 's being controlled on channel 4 . ’ |
| 21 | Like all areas of our business , hotelware is being examined at present and until a plan for the future has been determined we will continue to maintain our activity in hotelware . |
| 22 | The model is generally used to assist with enquiries into the effectiveness of information provision , but could form the basis for an engineered system in appropriate circumstances ( ie where a particular set of processes is being examined in detail ) . |
| 23 | Throughout , the activity of the crowd is being examined in relation to findings on conventional political participation . |
| 24 | The case is being examined by government scientists who are investigating whether the disease can pass between generations and , if so , what is the statistical likelihood of this happening . |
| 25 | All of a sudden this certainty is being called into question by dramatic changes in public opinion , and also by new pressures greatly to expand the EEC . |
| 26 | The implementation of the team recommendation programme is being finalised for execution this winter so that the full benefits of team working may be realised . |
| 27 | If the property is being charged by way of mortgage by the wife then priority can be obtained by the mortgagee 's solicitors making the usual Form 94A Search on behalf of the mortgagee , which gives a priority period of 30 working days ( Land Registration ( Official Searches ) Rules 1990 ( SI No 1361 ) , r3 ) . |
| 28 | The 10,000km journey , which is being supported by Virgin and the Japanese pharmaceuticals firm , Otsuka , will begin in south Japan and should end just off the Californian coast , or in open countryside near Los Angeles . |
| 29 | The Olympic tournament is being played on clay , a surface which is not best suited to his style of play , and he is also due to get married the following week . |
| 30 | But Forest did n't do much threatening either , largely because their brilliant young midfielder , Roy Keane , is being played at centre-back . |