Example sentences of "be [being] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I know but er that 's what I mean , we get all the , a lot of them , about four of them topics worth , we 're being given the equivalent of one of the topics you may be do next year you know .
2 But now they 're being given the chance to play and learn like normal children .
3 ‘ What 's happening is that you 're being offered a way out . ’
4 For a limited period they 're being offered an alternative to prosecution … it 's a short , sharp lesson on the dangers of speeding .
5 I 'm being given an epidural .
6 I know when I 'm being called a camel 's rectum . ’
7 I do n't know when I 'm being told the truth and when I 'm not . ’
8 ‘ I 'm being offered a lift back to the farm , that 's all . ’
9 Slowly parts of Funchal are being given a facelift , partly with tourists in mind and partly just because many of the old buildings are in danger of crumbling away .
10 MERSEYSIDERS are being given a chance to see a stunning photographic exhibition .
11 It was an immediate success and already rivals , BBC Radio 3 are being given a run for their money .
12 JUST when they thought the good times were coming to an end , Japanese building firms are being given a batch of orders for huge infrastructure projects .
13 Usually they are a group from an outdoor centre who are being given a taste of what canoeing can offer them and they have yet to appreciate the finer points of our sport or recreation .
14 Thousands of schoolchildren are being given a science lesson by going to the theatre for the day .
15 Anti-drugs projects in the region are being given a cash boost of around sixty-five thousand pounds .
16 The safety of these same trees is being discussed at the Summit , yet those protecting them ( sometimes with their own lives ) , those in the front line against destruction of the rain forest , are being given no support form the host government .
17 ‘ Now once again we are being given the opportunity to demonstrate our professionalism in all its fields , ’ he said .
18 UNEMPLOYED women over 25 and living in Cleveland are being given the opportunity to join a free six-week course on media techniques .
19 TROUT fishermen are being given the slip — the tasty morsels are just too clever for them .
20 Schools are being given the chance to run themselves , and hospitals are being given that chance .
21 Throughout April about 1,000 fleet operators are being given the chance to put Peugeot 's entire diesel car range through its paces at various venues around the country , allowing road and track driving .
22 SMALL companies are being given the chance to share space at an exhibition to sell goods and services .
23 Drivers are being given the chance to find out what it feels like to skid across an icy road into the side of a building — without risk of injury .
24 BUDDING young jazz musicians are being given the chance to shine with the launch this autumn of the Ulster Schools ' Jazz Orchestra .
25 Residents of the Jackson and Dyke House wards are being given the chance to set up a community newspaper .
26 Residents of the Jackson and Dyke House wards are being given the chance to set up a community newspaper .
27 WOULD-BE Barry Normans in Edinburgh are being given the chance to appear on a new movie review TV programme .
28 Instead , argues Cummins , we should ask whether they are being given the confidence and motivation to succeed academically .
29 All employees are being given the training and authority needed to solve problems and achieve results .
30 ‘ Darlington 's unemployed are being fed a starvation diet of dead-end schemes and cuts in training budgets . ’
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