Example sentences of "[det] [prep] the [noun] [be] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look at the way some of the slums are being cleared and council houses being built in Norris Green and Huyton and other places , ’ he argued . |
| 2 | Instead of all the new controls being policed by the National Rivers Authority some of the responsibility was being handed over to Her Majesty 's Inpsector of Pollution , with decisions being taken by the Department of Environment . |
| 3 | But no I mean as I say some of the content was was was very interesting and er the concept is er well it 's something that excites me . |
| 4 | Some of the ladies were being helped indoors to the restaurant by the waiters . |
| 5 | Anna Capaldi , who headed the Touche Ross study , acknowledged yesterday that some of the figures were being revised but she understood that these would still fall within the ‘ sensitivity testing ’ ranges given in the report . |
| 6 | Some of the modules are being specially designed to take an activity approach . |
| 7 | Much of the work is being carried out at IBM 's UK Labs in Hursley Park , Hampshire . |
| 8 | Much of the work is being funded by British-backed groups such as International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations Family Planning Association , he alleged . |
| 9 | The emphasis was now on the proliferation of high-capacity small-scale computers capable of greater versatility than the older machines , lending themselves to the formation of networks , and many of them deliberately designed for easy access , so that much of the mystique was being dispelled . |
| 10 | Mr Wilson added : ‘ When many of the developments were being built tenants associations and public representatives pointed out that publicly-owned areas were prone to vandalism but it was never envisaged they would be subject to such official neglect . |
| 11 | Many of the pubs were being auctioned because their previous owners had run into financial difficulties . |
| 12 | At present , too many of the sacrifices are being borne by those who , for the sake of posterity , should least be called upon to make them . |
| 13 | Incinerators all across the country are being kept busy burning BSE infected cattle as the disease has now reached it 's peak , with 500 cattle a week being slaughtered . |
| 14 | By this time most of the contracts were being negotiated by William James ( later Viscount ) Pirrie [ q.v. ] , who had become a partner in 1874 . |
| 15 | Most of the work is being done by 40 specialist working groups representing specialty associations and the relevant college or faculty committees . |
| 16 | ‘ However , the fact is that most of the work is being done in-house using existing resources . |
| 17 | When one goes for a major adventure like tornado you hope that most of the difficulties are are ironed out , clearly they 're not , another set of difficulties emerges . |
| 18 | At Lough Carra , most of the fish are being taken on the dap , but wetfly was also producing some sport for Jim Stafford , who landed a nice brace at 4lb 8ozs . |