Example sentences of "[vb -s] that the [noun] is [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that the fire is being held in by the collapsed roof , they want to let air get to it so it will burn itself out . |
| 2 | The company says that the product is being pitched particularly at the UK top 400 and US Fortune 1,000 companies . |
| 3 | Which means that the computer is being used , as it should be , as a user management tool which can vastly improve personnel management effectiveness . |
| 4 | So a futures price of 1825.0 implies that the index is being traded at 1825.0 and the value of the contract is 45,625 ( i.e. 1825.0 ×25 per index point ) . |
| 5 | Interpreting is limited to the oral skills and implies that the translation is being done by a professional linguist . |
| 6 | The third of the examples above suggests that the poem is being subtle ( whereas in fact it is the author — though again , this is arguably a matter of unknowable intention ) ; use of such personification involves a minor lapse in logic which you should be aware of , even if you decide that the final effect is worth it . |
| 7 | Separately , US PC Week highlights Intel 's unhappiness with the cavalier way in which IBM has been offering to all and sundry the iAPX-86 chip variants it has designed under its second source agreement with IBM , and suggests that the agreement is being renegotiated , and that IBM may get the right to make enhanced versions of the Pentium only if it agrees to strict limits on how many it can make for itself or sale . |
| 8 | Separately , US PC Week highlights Intel 's unhappiness with the cavalier way in which IBM has been offering to all and sundry the iAPX-86 chip variants it has designed under its second source agreement with IBM , and suggests that the agreement is being renegotiated , and that IBM may get the right to make enhanced versions of the Pentium only if it agrees to strict limits on how many it can make for itself or sale . |