Example sentences of "is be [vb pp] [prep] other [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This new tool has spurred many studies of acidification , and is being applied to other issues such as runaway algal growth and climate change .
2 For example , they associate liberal democracy with the core countries , arguing that such a system is only sustainable over substantial periods in countries which are exploiting the entire world-system , and can ‘ buy-off ’ popular demands from their own residents because of the wealth that is being appropriated from other countries .
3 The position on Euro Cities also is that we , and unfortunately are the leading European cities that are involved in promoting good initiatives on the expertise of what exists within , be it economic development , be it equal opportunities policies , we are promoting this city and the benefit of getting those grants and having those foresight of putting officers into Brussels means that is being invited by other cities within Europe and Eastern Europe to develop links based on what our expertise is .
4 But the government believes that , not least in the light of what is being achieved in other countries , the standards now generally attained by our pupils are neither as good as they can be , nor as good as they need to be if young people are to be equipped for the world of the twenty-first century .
5 The work is being extended to other gases and to the composition of waters and their impact on environmental health .
6 Spike , himself , is said to be all X-ed out about the memorabilia that is being sold by other people .
7 I think probably the implications and a lot of people have er picked up on this as the policy has developed , is that er well they 're they 're concerned that the policy is in fact too flexible now because of how it is being interpreted by other people .
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