Example sentences of "is [adv] being [vb pp] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The margin of the overriding plate is constantly being modified by the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath it ; volcanic material is added , sediments accumulate and the margin may be broken by strike-slip faults . |
| 2 | The nutter , in contrast , is constantly being caught by the police because part of being ‘ nutty ’ is absence of any real form of self-preservation . |
| 3 | From this steady stream of data , the number of television and radio broadcasts of every registered song , tune , or any other piece of music , is constantly being counted by the PRS . |
| 4 | According to this scenario , the maintenance of oppositional structures is constantly being protected by the masculine aspect , while its feminine counterpart strives to undermine them , and even to undermine this constitutive definition itself by the use of reversible structures echoed in the novel 's metaphoric construction . |
| 5 | The doctor , who worked in general practice in Bolton from August 1991 to February 1992 , is not being named by the authority , and officials are refusing to confirm reports that he was a trainee GP in the West Haughton area of the town . |
| 6 | Will the hon. Gentleman explain why the question is not being answered by the Home Secretary ? |
| 7 | The fate of those who are still living and of the hostages who are now being held by the regime in Iraq is not being decided by a beneficent Government . |
| 8 | Any hopes that women will eventually feel safe wherever they go is not being helped by the publicity given to such cases . |
| 9 | Similarly in the Western Ghats , much of the region is deforested and overgrazed and rates of soil erosion have increased , a situation which is not being improved by the replacement of buffalo and cattle by goats . |
| 10 | October is already being earmarked by the political parties as the likely month . |
| 11 | A lot of work is already being done by the village care group and good neighbours , but Mr. Noyce feels the need to emphasise this work with the help of committed Christians . |
| 12 | Although the White House had convinced itself that a Labour victory would be perfectly tolerable , the President is undoubtedly pleased that Britain is still being run by a man and a party he knows he can rely on . |
| 13 | Jarvis managed to bowl only at half pace in the match against Hampshire at Basingstoke which petered out into a draw yesterday and he is still being troubled by a sore hamstring . |
| 14 | He could provide no further details , however , because the deal is still being contested by a competitor , which , according to Jenkins , has better political connections than ICL . |
| 15 | The shooting incident happened on Sunday evening , but the cat , Inkie , is still being treated by a local vet after losing an eye when the pellet lodged in his head . |
| 16 | The main fact which emerges is that the Temple is still being subsidized by the king of the land , as it was under Persian rule , according to a decree of Darius of 515 B.C. ( Ezra 6.9 ) . |
| 17 | The struggle for control over the Baltic republics is rapidly being overtaken by a bigger struggle for power in the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | The all-metal geared chuck is quickly being superseded by the keyless chuck . |
| 19 | The didactic approach of preaching to ‘ learners ’ ( rather than ‘ students ’ ) and of spoonfeeding them with preset values and objectives is gradually being replaced by a much more human approach where students are enabled to question and study , and to add to knowledge themselves as they extract the best from individual learning experiences . |
| 20 | Even the popular belief that the unions exercise too much power over Labour policies is gradually being accepted by a number of union leaders . |
| 21 | I was interested in his reiteration of the value of regional policies , because the criteria on which such a policy would be administered is of interest to one who comes from a county which is probably being hit by a more rapidly rising rate of unemployment than almost anywhere else . |
| 22 | The case for the common investment funds is also being made by the Official Custodian as she puts the divestment machinery in place . |
| 23 | ‘ The mutual return of art treasures is also being hampered by the different conditions prevalent in Germany and Russia . |
| 24 | The nature of employment is also being affected by the increase in the dependency ratio . |
| 25 | But he is also being squeezed by the United States : the American Congress has suspended payment of $11m in military aid until the officers named in the report , including the defence minister , are sacked . |
| 26 | A special interest group for ENPs is also being established by the A&E Nurses ' Association . |
| 27 | All this is now being challenged by the more aggregative metaphors associated with modular courses , student choice , accessibility and flexibility , credit transfer and part-time study ( Squires 1979 ) . |
| 28 | The Harpers commissioned an indpendent pathologist 's report , which is now being studied by the Crown Prosecution Service . |
| 29 | The boreholes were drilled into windows of Mesozoic rock and provide evidence of the sub-Tertiary geology of the North Rockall Trough which is now being explored by a number of oil companies . |
| 30 | Such factors often helped to cement the relationship between a farmer and his workers , but this continuity is now being ruptured by the increasing disinclination of farm workers ' sons and other young rural workers to consider a job on the land . |