Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] [noun] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps are being taken to encourage competitive tendering for military research and development . |
| 2 | The planned defensive systems of King Alfred or of Henry the Fowler were primarily concerned to provide refuges for folk whose land was being pillaged ; they also provided defence in depth , but it was a secondary consideration . |
| 3 | ‘ Of course my son is being called , ’ he murmured . |
| 4 | In this way , suggest Sperber and Wilson , the speaker 's use of repetition may communicate that the speaker is experiencing a torrent of memories which hearers are being trusted to imagine for themselves . |
| 5 | From the second half of the 1960s the CNAA was increasingly involved in the award of degrees for students on courses which it had approved , in a sector of education whose boundaries were being drawn from elsewhere . |
| 6 | The report gives examples of species whose existence is being threatened by structural funds . |
| 7 | This phenomenon naturally occurs in all animals with the exception of man whose head is being constantly thrown back when a movement takes place . |
| 8 | Last week , I tabled a written question about precisely these costs : ’ To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funds are being made available to British Rail for design and other work in connection with planning and preparation of the King 's Cross project . ’ |
| 9 | The pamphlet could be seen as nought but a placebo for people whose intelligence is being seriously under-rated . |
| 10 | In consequence his temple was being abandoned to the ravages of Time , who for thousands of shamefaced years had been reluctant to go near the place . |
| 11 | ‘ We originally agreed to set up a group for mothers whose children were being dealt with in a child protection context , ’ explains the counselling project co-ordinator Hazel Hickson . |
| 12 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made towards permitting nurse prescribing . |
| 13 | But there 's still this stigma because we 're not married and I do n't wha , I do n't really know how to explain it but I feel that at times my daughter is being victimized to a certain degree because we 're not married . |
| 14 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what research is being undertaken into the use of straw as a renewable source of energy . |