Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The structure of the privatisation is such that institutions are effectively being left with no say in how they spend the funds they are supposed to manage on behalf of their clients . |
| 2 | Organisations that want to keep the law are effectively being invited to watch their competitors steal their trade , which is not on . |
| 3 | These are mostly being written with the aid of Egeria , a graphical user interface editor which cuts what would be a 200,000 line Motif application program down to 10,000 lines . |
| 4 | Ageing municipal domestic waste incinerators are a far greater source of dioxins ( and are slowly being upgraded ) ; domestic fires and unleaded petrol are the next biggest sources . |
| 5 | MIPS ' operations meanwhile , are slowly being dismantled by SGI : US reports suggest that 450 of the 685 jobs at MIPS are to go , although there are plans to redeploy at least 250 of those lost at other SGI sites . |
| 6 | The irony is that this is at a time when such diseases are slowly being reduced in Britain . ’ |
| 7 | However , both are constantly being disturbed by blackbirds . |
| 8 | This promising approach to pest control is in its infancy , but varieties that are less attractive to certain pests are constantly being developed and tested . |
| 9 | It should be noted that these sites are constantly being reviewed , and other sites added . |
| 10 | Although these four authors address themselves to rather different problems , and do not appear to agree on a number of issues , their combined views on the importance of soil erosion are more or less consistent , and quite clear — its importance is exaggerated , agricultural technology initiated by both officials and farmers can respond satisfactorily , and the resources at disposal are massive and are constantly being created by technology itself . |
| 11 | Pending such legislation , improved baby carriers are constantly being produced , and many manufacturers now fit back seat belts into new cars . |
| 12 | New discoveries are constantly being made through a return to original sources . |
| 13 | The network will study how to manage a large collection of computers , which are constantly being switched in and out of the Universe network . |
| 14 | With modern methods of communication throughout the world , our perceptions are constantly being enlarged and our attitudes and values are shifting . |
| 15 | With hindsight , I would recommend only one breeding pair to a tank , or the other fish are constantly being chased away from one nest or another . |
| 16 | Naturally experience enables one to give a reasonable estimate — but we are constantly being taken by surprise , both by those who manage to overcome their problems amazingly quickly and by others who take longer than was initially estimated . |
| 17 | New offences are constantly being created and the police point out that we are also actually reporting more crimes . |
| 18 | For both businesses and individuals with financial interests abroad , particularly where payments are constantly being made or received , a foreign currency account is essential . |
| 19 | In the home and in the workplace , women are constantly being urged these days to be more assertive . |
| 20 | Status signals are constantly being exchanged between us through what we see and hear . |
| 21 | The plates are not permanent : they are constantly being replenished by liquid rock gushing up from the Earth 's mantle ( the subsurface layer ) at the long submarine mountain ranges known as the mid-ocean ridges . |
| 22 | Marxman join the ranks of the likes of Hiphoprisy and Consolidated , bands who are bangingly right-on to the hip-ho beat at a time ( as we are constantly being reminded — YAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN ! ) when to be anything other than either defeatist or mindless is utterly unfashionable . |
| 23 | Unlike pop socio-biology , which appeals to the gene as the ultimate and fundamental causal factor in human evolution and behaviour , innate sociality supposes a predisposition in human beings towards the continual absorption of existing meanings and the creation of new meanings in local universes of thought that are constantly being discovered , destroyed , and negotiated anew in the process of social interaction . |
| 24 | As no previous epidemic exists to give information , estimates of the natural progression of HIV infection to states of illness are constantly being updated . |
| 25 | It would be ridiculous to suggest that black kids who are constantly being geared up by teachers to thrust themselves into sports , do not , at some stage , recognize that there exists a manipulative element : they feel they are regarded as naturally gifted sportsmen ( see Vince Hilaire 's opening quotation ) , but without an abundance of intellectual equipment , who are used for the purposes of bringing prestige to both the individual teacher and the school . |
| 26 | Due to the immense popularity of OXFORD BOOKWORMS , new titles are constantly being added . |
| 27 | Mildew is not so very difficult to stop in the early stages , and there are several fungicides that will give it a severe check — all the chemical manufacturers have their own products and trade names which , like everything else , are constantly being improved and changed — but by far the most important point to bear in mind is that it has to be hit early and repeatedly . |
| 28 | Certain cases dominate the coverage in the national press , and by using these cases it is possible to indicate how the images of sex beast are constantly being preferred to readers . |
| 29 | Their various facets are constantly being adapted in the light of changing circumstances and requirements . |
| 30 | Are they aware that the layouts produced by ZZAP ! are constantly being ripped off and copied by at least 40% of all other mag 's on the shelves ? ! |