Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , extensive research is being undertaken to improve existing lines and develop new products . |
| 2 | We welcome the fact that a study is being undertaken to assess potential resources in the Bristol Channel and trust this will help to identify important physical relationships that must not be prejudiced through excessive dredging . |
| 3 | We welcome the fact that a study is being undertaken to assess potential resources in the Bristol Channel and trust this will help to identify important physical relationships that must not be prejudiced through excessive dredging . |
| 4 | There has been very wide extension in the sense that a large number of new course options are being taught involving new specialisms . |
| 5 | And the special properties of sodium silicate — liquid , settable , and non-toxic at any temperature — are being developed to create fire-resistant paints , adhesives , binders and building materials . |
| 6 | Even here , however , moves are being made with expert systems being developed to assist untrained operators and active compression being used to reduce the storage burden . |
| 7 | Somatic hybridisation , which involves the same or different species to produce a new cell with two sets of chromosomes , is also being developed to produce new crop plants . |
| 8 | Anhydrous caustic soda , hydrogen gas and phosgene , all well established product areas , are being developed to produce maximum returns . |
| 9 | New awards in engineering practice are being developed to provide clear progression routes from the relevant national awards in engineering practice . |
| 10 | New lamps with additional phosphors are , in fact , being developed to meet these needs . |
| 11 | A pilot scheme is being developed to blend low-nitrate water from the Greensand with high-nitrate water from the Chalk . |
| 12 | Discrimination against employing people started with those in their 40s , while over-50s were being pressed to take early retirement regardless of their individual ability or health , said the report , by Eurolink Age . |
| 13 | Apart from the current pressures from Central Government not to build or replace residential homes but to rely more heavily on the private and voluntary sector and housing associations , they are also being pressed to see Residential Care as a positive choice ( Wagner Report 1987 ) , to see the residential home as a community resource by providing more flexible patterns , respite , short-term and long term care and extended day care . |
| 14 | In many of the Sussex levels pumped drainage schemes are being installed to give greater control over the water levels so that the water table can be gradually lowered , permitting the permanent pasture to be improved by ploughing and re-seeding and allowing a longer grazing season ; some will no doubt be converted to arable . |
| 15 | The head is still the leader and acts as chief executive from the viewpoint of governors — partly being told what to do , partly being expected to put forward alternatives of policy and plans for action , partly being used as their principal adviser and partly as the intermediary and negotiator with the other parties . |
| 16 | For example , both student teachers and student nurses are being expected to spend more time in the professional setting , and are being encouraged to appraise their own actions and to be explicit and articulate about what they are doing and why . |
| 17 | The complete archive is being reorganised to allow improved access to the data held and a quicker response time to enquiries . |
| 18 | At this point , it became apparent that the systems being considered had lower priorities than other current developments , and as a result , the proposed pilot studies for DIP systems were discontinued , and the analysts concentrated on the development of the index system only . |
| 19 | A 3D seismic programme over blocks 36/4 and 35/6 is now being considered to begin next Spring . |
| 20 | The principle behind such performance is that of energy being harnessed to realise dynamic propulsion . |
| 21 | One of the earliest was the study by Gagné and Baker ( 1950 ) with which I began this chapter ( fig. 5.1 ) , this study being designed to show that training in applying a different verbal label to each of the various stimulus lights would produce differentiation among them that would transfer to a subsequent motor task . |
| 22 | There 's a big price to pay for being caught stealing rare creatures , with fines of up to £2,000 for each animal . |
| 23 | Homesplan : Permission is being sought to build two houses at the former St Stephen 's vicarage in Reservoir Road , Prenton . |
| 24 | They reflect added commercialism in the game , and the fact that in Wales various means are being sought to re-kindle public support lost in recent years . |
| 25 | Active partnership with the private sector is being sought to redress this imbalance . |
| 26 | Let us begin to look at what is being done to remedy these problems . |
| 27 | If the dodging is being done to ignore expressed emotion , then keep expressing it : ‘ Can I say again how anxious I feel about this ? ’ |
| 28 | It contains practical hints on walking the route , a list of key addresses for information points and explains the work being done to restore eroded stretches along the trail . |
| 29 | However , if it 's being done to honour British art rather than to satisfy the mundane demands of space packaging , that could be quite interesting . |
| 30 | A Paramount spokesman said : ‘ Everything is being done to get these guys out . |