Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] [being] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , things that we were told 20 years ago that were perfectly safe , it 's now being proved that they 're not safe . |
| 2 | ON A daily basis it 's now being suggested that the Duchess of York is in danger of losing custody of her two daughters . |
| 3 | It is not being fitted because of the cost : but in the meantime talks about the £25 smoke mask are proceeding . |
| 4 | First of all , it is notable that the land under trust has also passed to the bonorum emptor , so in this respect it is not being treated as subject to any special privilege . |
| 5 | It is sensible to keep the camcorder well protected in its carrying case when it is not being used and keep it there when conditions are hostile . |
| 6 | It is repeatedly being copied and recopied as the generations go by , like the Hebrew scriptures which were ritually copied by scribes every 80 years to forestall their wearing-out . |
| 7 | Hardly a colour combination to enhance or blend with the pinks and reds of roses by underplanting ( see question number 15 on page 160 ) , but a nearby border or patch of it is widely being reported as being responsible for clearing out all the greenfly ! |
| 8 | It is increasingly being asked whether the solution to the problem of truancy beyond the age of 13 lies in changes at school to alleviate the boredom , and increase the motivation to participate , of less academic pupils . |
| 9 | Reporter Davies , 40 , said : ‘ The press is currently taking a lot of criticism but these awards show it is also being recognised that a difficult job is being done . ’ |
| 10 | It is also being recognised that immigration may become a hot political problem on the international scene . |
| 11 | It is already being said that if Wales keep them below 30 points it will be a moral victory . |
| 12 | Even in the pristine atmosphere , unpolluted by humans , this layer appears highly unstable since it is constantly being formed and broken down , mainly by the action of ultraviolet radiation . |
| 13 | Naipaul 's Caribbean country has been looted and exploited in the past , and it is still being looted and exploited . |
| 14 | If you are already committed to Symphony , the fact that it is still being updated and supported is in itself an important fact . |
| 15 | It is now being recognised that it can be appropriate to use musical settings of the ‘ traditional ’ words in the ‘ new ’ services . |
| 16 | It is now being rebuilt and houses a small community of artists and craftsmen . |
| 17 | It is now being claimed that the ERP allows the objective monitoring of well specified mental activities . |
| 18 | By this time , too , it was also being alleged that some of the original apostles had travelled to Britain . |
| 19 | The Feminine Mystique , which dared to put the silent question , did not see the light of day until 1963 , when it sold three million copies , but it was already being written and its audience was waiting . |
| 20 | Now it was again being ruled that the Yugoslavs should be handed over , so long as it was not necessary to use force — but to this a subsequent note now added a very important qualification . |
| 21 | reported that it was currently being published and printed . |
| 22 | In place of an unbridled power struggle in which almost anything was permissible and extreme instability in relations between states was the norm , it was now being asserted that the task of diplomacy was not to deceive or even perhaps to defeat an opponent , but rather to reconcile conflicting ambitions and help different states to coexist , at least for considerable periods , in a reasonable degree of amity . |