Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [adv] [being] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have farms with dioxin-contaminated milk which must be transferred to the west midlands , where it is not being destroyed at the proper temperature , so dioxin is being spread in the west midlands . |
| 2 | Well I get involved in it in so many different ways erm this is a difficult one , but one of the things that happens is that a number of teachers , both from the area and elsewhere , erm do advanced courses at the university and as part of these courses we have a unit on evaluation , and for this they will choose some area of their school work which they and their colleagues — and I emphasise that this is something they do have to involve their colleagues back at school in very much — erm feel it would be useful to look at and then they try and discuss with their colleagues what aspects of it are important and significant and what ought to be seen , and they bring this discussion back and we all discuss together there 'll be different teachers working on different problems the different ways in which they could approach this problem and how they might most usefully be able to do it and at the end of the exercise they will have found out quite a lot about this particular area of teaching and very often we find that the people they 've consulted have themselves got quite interested in it and begun to realize that it 's not being done in a way that 's there to threaten them , they 're not sending a report to the headmaster or the Chief Education Officer or anything like that — it 's for the benefit of the people doing the work themselves . |
| 3 | Depressed moods are the most difficult moods for dieting , and such is the mood-lifting effect of exercise that it is even being used medically as part of the treatment for depression . |
| 4 | ‘ It must also be thoroughly researched locally to ensure that it is not being called after an undesirable part of town . |
| 5 | I can not give a reliable date as to when the Metropolitan police report in the case of the first matters will be available , but I have no reason to suppose that it is not being prosecuted with all celerity by the dedicated team that the Commissioner has made available . |
| 6 | In such traditions , when a session is in progress , one or more of the participants may be designated as ‘ guardians ’ , to protect the room or space that is being used , checking on a mental as well as a physical plane that it is not being intruded upon . |
| 7 | Even so , given all the memory you have lying around in your PC and your printer , it does seem unfair that it is n't being used to its fullest extent . |
| 8 | But environmentalists have pointed out that it is already being used by western companies to dump toxic materials with impunity which they can not dispose of legally in the west . |
| 9 | The rather unusual characteristic of 14 C is that it is continually being formed . |
| 10 | A SCHEME to conserve hundreds of ancient churchyards in villages in the York Diocese has proved so successful that it is now being extended . |
| 11 | If you are already committed to Symphony , the fact that it is still being updated and supported is in itself an important fact . |
| 12 | It is the nature of this process that it is always being overtaken by further changes in medical practice and fashion and public demand . |
| 13 | It was their job to dredge the channel , so it 's not being done any more . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't know , but it 's , I do n't know I , it 's a very difficult sort of situation where you get , there are so many things to look into , and it 's not being done well enough |
| 15 | So that 's where the money 's going , and we 're hoping that we make enough money in sponsorship so that the money we earn , people will know that it 's all going out to help the projects we want to , and it 's not being wasted on administration , especially after there 's been erm a bit of a debark over Sting 's money , where only 5% went to the Indians and also the Rainforest Foundation has since collapsed , so our head-office is going to be absolutely stringent about making sure that the money is spent where we 've asked it to be spent . |
| 16 | He only launched the helikite earlier in the summer , and it 's already being used by more than forty farmers . |
| 17 | Perhaps it 's the kind of example , in the same way that Westminster Council was held up as an example , and it 's now being criticized by the district auditor . |
| 18 | ‘ It is important to report cash to shareholders , and it is increasingly being recognised , through FRS 1 and so on , that the main financial statement should be cash flow . |
| 19 | Increasingly , environmental biotechnology is being heralded as a means of controlling and improving environmental quality and it is also being applied to mineral extraction and resource recycling . |
| 20 | There is a big case of investment being held up in Ahoghill , and it is also being held up in Carrickfergus , and other places , too . |
| 21 | Naipaul 's Caribbean country has been looted and exploited in the past , and it is still being looted and exploited . |
| 22 | The Gestapo took over the Lichtenstein Palace during the war and it is now being refurbished for the federal government . |
| 23 | We are looking at the matter and it is currently being considered by the Department . |
| 24 | In a personal injury action these are limitation , date of issue of writ ( if it is not being served immediately ) and the automatic striking out date ( ASO ) . |
| 25 | A restraint is considered to be available if it is not being used by another child or adult . |
| 26 | Let's come back to our chlorine then and think about well if it 's not being weathered out of the rocks , what 's its ultimate source ? |
| 27 | Therefore it is true to say that , when a person stiffens the neck muscles and pulls back the head , not only is the body 's natural coordination being obstructed but it is also being prevented from returning to its natural state of ease and equilibrium . |
| 28 | On April 3 the UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said with reference to the dispute that " the military option is not being excluded but it is not being planned " . |
| 29 | Historical fantasy has been an underlying theme in fashion for some time , but it is now being interpreted in a fascinating variety of ways from the totally hysterical to the perfectly wearable . |
| 30 | The technology was used to keep basic transport running in Europe during the 1940s , but it is now being redeveloped in distinct ways by the Philippines and Brazil . |