Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [to-vb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are also reports from the country that assassination squads are being formed to attack the SWAPO leadership during the elections . |
| 2 | Armando Guebuza , the leader of the government delegation , as being designed to give the MNR time to consider proposals made by the talks ' mediators . |
| 3 | These skills , however , are being applied to support the Vance-Owen peace plan on the ground that it contains a concession which Lord Owen says he has not made . |
| 4 | Paxton was a young gardener at Chatsworth when , encouraged by the 6th Duke , he built a giant conservatory 300 feet long , 145 feet wide by 60 feet high which soon attracted the world 's attention and led to Paxton being commissioned to build the Crystal Palace for the Exhibition of 1851 . |
| 5 | Among cars currently on display is the late Hugh Hunter 's Siddeley , nicknamed Daisy ( he left £20,000 to the museum which is being used to refurbish the Campbell Shed ) , and the Duesenberg which belongs to Denis Jenkinson ( ‘ Jenks ’ of Motor Sport fame ) . |
| 6 | Many Congressmen , appalled at the prospect of US overt and covert aid being used to help the Khmers Rouges regain power in Cambodia , called for major policy changes to be quickly implemented . |
| 7 | A former glass works in Neptune Street , close to Four Bridges in Birkenhead , is being redeveloped to create the Neptune Enterprise Centre . |
| 8 | The Principal and other staff of the College and then the Polytechnic were playing a part in committees of the CNAA : in 1971 , for example , the Academic Board congratulated one of its members on being invited to chair the CNAA Physics Board . |
| 9 | Graff suggests that students should be familiarized with the conflict by being asked to compare The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women with a traditional anthology and come to their own conclusions . |
| 10 | The numbers being allowed to leave the USSR have fallen drastically . |
| 11 | When the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal was being constructed to link the River Trent with the Grand Junction Canal at Northampton , and thus with London , work came to a halt at Gumley due to disputes about the proposed route and the high cost of constructing a tunnel through the hillside between Gumley and Foxton . |
| 12 | A sixth train is currently being constructed to produce the LNG required for a contract signed in October 1990 for the sale of 2,020 trillion BTUs over a 20 year period commencing in 1994 . |
| 13 | Kasmin remembers the whole staff being sent to see the Elizabeth Taylor film Butterfield 8 , because it demonstrated the operation of a filing system so well . |
| 14 | Darlington primary schools are also being urged to enter the Wrigleys Softball competition for teams of eight , for which the finals are held at Edgbaston . |