Example sentences of "are be [verb] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The all-male strip troupe are being checked out by the Office of Fair Trading after a rival group complained about unfair practices . |
| 2 | We see an incredible number of young people , and it worries me immensely that these are people at sixteen who 've been chucked out of their homes , and they are being pushed down by bureaucracy , that they are being penalised for leaving home at sixteen when it is not their own fault , it is the fault of well it is the result of family breakdown that they are being pushed out . |
| 3 | THOUSANDS of children are being struck down by a dysentery-type bug sweeping through nursery schools . |
| 4 | Empowerment enthusiasts are being spurred on by stories of remarkable productivity gains . |
| 5 | Frogs in tropical countries are being killed off by pesticides developed in cooler climates . |
| 6 | Initial studies of the performance and prospects of the industrial sectors in which the firms are involved are being followed up by in-depth interviews with managers in about 30 plants . |
| 7 | Other ideas are being followed up by the Supply Chain Management Project which is investigating ideas on promotional planning , information availability and customer service system enhancements . |
| 8 | Although today these vital units of the railway system are being phased out by the modern fully automated control centres , there still remains the lonely , isolated signal box , often miles from anywhere , that on a dark winter 's night can conjure up strange happenings and instil fear even in the heart of the most level-headed signalman . |
| 9 | Discussions are being held up by Germany 's insistance on the involvement of a national body to help decide on any major takeover . |
| 10 | WOMEN in the corporate world are being held back by unsuitable methods of management training , according to research by Lancaster University Management School . |
| 11 | Many women in business are being held back by difficulties encountered during the menopause , and , according to a survey from medical insurance group PPP , over 90% of companies have no formal policy on the subject . |
| 12 | But the testing time has now arrived ; because for the first time posts of leadership in humanities departments are being taken up by a generation of scholars who have been familiar with the computer from their earliest schooldays , scholars who are neither frightened by , nor over-respectful of , the new powers which the computer has brought . |
| 13 | There are signs of cracks in the bonding however as bigger and better shops are being taken over by Pakistani families . |
| 14 | The growth in pre-school services , which in no way matches parental demand , might be seen as clear evidence that some of the family 's functions in child-rearing , even in the earliest years , are being taken over by professionals ( e.g. nursery teachers and nursery nurses ) and other ‘ specialist ’ child carers ( e.g. child minders ) . |
| 15 | Big names from the Asian communities in Britain , America and even the subcontinent are being snapped up by major studios in the film capital . |
| 16 | And they say any spare cars are being snapped up by foreign buyers . |
| 17 | The chips themselves are being worked on by ITT , which has said the problems will be ironed out in the next few weeks . |
| 18 | A number of proposals are being worked on by housing associations , by voluntary housing bodies , by the Royal British Legion and by the Soldiers ' , Sailors ' and Airmen 's Families Association , which are working with the Confederation of British Industry , the Institute of Directors and the Department of Employment on a whole range of opportunities . |
| 19 | Procedures for implementing this recent legislation are being worked out by the U.S. Department of the Interior . |
| 20 | Many of the big European names are being churned out by British design teams who have been trained at the expense of the British taxpayer . |
| 21 | Environmental audits are being carried out by many large companies and some far-sighted smaller ones . |
| 22 | The Daimler-Benz study claims that carbon dioxide levels will actually increase by 10 per cent over the period because control efforts are being cancelled out by increased traffic volumes . |
| 23 | Two more sections of the world-famous Dowty Group are being sold off by their new parent company . |
| 24 | Temporary Christmas card shops in London , Belfast , Cardiff , Bristol , Manchester and Croydon are being set up by 4C , and 82 per cent of the retail price will be given to leading charitable organisations . |
| 25 | As suggested above , this slum area may well be the context in which ‘ fronts ’ are being put up by individuals in the processes of day-today interaction . |
| 26 | The case is one of the first serious unsolved crimes throughout the country to attract the rewards which are being put up by the Community Action Trust , the organisation behind the Crimestoppers scheme . |
| 27 | I mean , I do think we need to er recognise that tremendous efforts are being put in by the individuals employed by the D S Os , but I do think that we need to recognise also , that there is a lot lacking in the , particularly the marketing of the services . |
| 28 | The whole film could , in fact , be seen as the nightmare of a middle-aged divorce whose children are being brought up by another man . |
| 29 | Although we are in a missionary situation very few plans for evangelism and church planting are being drawn up by British denominations . |
| 30 | Guidelines are being drawn up by the IEC . |