Example sentences of "[pron] [is] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , we 'll pick up and return your car , or even lend you another Peugeot whilst yours is being serviced . |
| 2 | ‘ Well I agree that someone 's being misled , ’ Gina retorted impatiently . |
| 3 | A fourth example of a causal belief has to do with someone 's being taught to drive by a prudential instructor , whose car has two brake pedals , each moving the same single connecting rod . |
| 4 | It means that someone is being kept out of the know , and it 's often been me in the past , and it 's me now . |
| 5 | ‘ We are obviously not there when someone is being tortured or killed . |
| 6 | The Government has stuffed the authority so full of cash -it is being privatised with £242m of cash in its balance sheet ( equivalent to more than £140 for every person in the region ) — that it does not need any medium-term credit facilities . |
| 7 | er at the moment I was n't wanting to s s change any anything that , which is been happening up till now , I mean if people do want to come in here at weekends or late I do n't see any reason |
| 8 | ‘ Well it 's a it 's a it 's a place and it 's a g-girl and a boy … and the-they 've got obviously something which is is made some made made made well it 's just beginning to go and be rather unpleasant ( ha ! ha ! ) um and this is in the this is the the woman and she 's put putting some stuff and the it 's it 's that 's being really too big t-to do and nobody seems to have got anything there at all at all and er it 's … |
| 9 | Erm I 'd like to refer to my page three or er section four in my conclusions because I think if I if I heard Professor Lock correctly I think he and I are at one in in a suggestion which is is put to you in in if you like without prejudice to the generality of what I have been saying in support of the council 's policy . |
| 10 | Because the six month period that you get which is is reflected is coming th through now , |
| 11 | One of the nails in the coffin of social justice in Britain is the Education Reform Bill which is being imposed against the majority of education experts consulted . |
| 12 | Many are questioning the threat of a £400 fine , which is being imposed for failure to complete the 1991 census . |
| 13 | According to this reading , the repetition of episodes and the lack of a linear structure can be regarded as being in keeping with the formal realism of a narrative which is being conducted by someone whose overwrought state of mind colours his perception of the world around him , and who is no longer able to distinguish between imagination and reality . |
| 14 | But a tantalising fragment of a thirteenth Ransome novel envisages the three Death and Glory boys stowing away in a cruiser which is being sent by road to the Lake in the North . |
| 15 | The 10,000km journey , which is being supported by Virgin and the Japanese pharmaceuticals firm , Otsuka , will begin in south Japan and should end just off the Californian coast , or in open countryside near Los Angeles . |
| 16 | It 's all systems go for the Northern Woodworking and DIY Exhibition which is being supported by Traditional Woodworking magazine . |
| 17 | Similarly , if parents are able to have their views upheld ( as might occur on an appeal against a decision not to reinstate a permanently excluded pupil ) , ‘ it may not be clear whether it is primarily the child 's right or the parents ' rights over upbringing which is being upheld ’ . |
| 18 | They are often used to outline a bass part which is being played in its entirety by the more agile bass instruments , e.g. : |
| 19 | Now buoyant Pontblyddyn will face the winners of the other quarter-final between Brymbo and Mold which is being played this Sunday . |
| 20 | Another recent innovation is that of biotechnology , which involves the use of organisms ( especially bacteria ) in industrial and technological processes and which is being applied to a variety of environmental management problems such as waste treatment . |
| 21 | There is a prophecy of Isaiah which is being fulfilled for them : ‘ You may hear and hear , but you will never understand ; you may look and look , but you will never see . |
| 22 | In most social research the researcher aims to be detached and not to affect or interfere with that which is being studied . |
| 23 | But Wasa Kamel , the coordinator of the project , which is being masterminded by the UN 's Industrial Development Organisation ( UNIDO ) in Vienna , says he aims at helping the developing countries by finding new products fitting their needs . |
| 24 | Other guidebook news includes the next Tremadog guide which is being masterminded by Leigh McGinley , who has a proven pedigree at the game , having written the guide before last ( 1983 ) . |
| 25 | The addition of Uphall will greatly enhance our capabilities in this area of business , the development of which is being masterminded by Peter Witherington . |
| 26 | Much of the work which is being undertaken is dependent on government funding and , of necessity , is required to provide material which fits current political philosophy . |
| 27 | This programme , which is being undertaken in conjunction with the Ecuadorean National Park Service established in 1968 , has successfully eradicated goats and a number of other introduced species on many of the islands . |
| 28 | The aim of the survey , which is being undertaken by Paul Marginson , Paul Edwards , and Keith Sisson ( Industrial Relations Research Unit , University of Warwick ) together with John Purcell ( Templeton College , Oxford ) is to add a further dimension to the series of Workplace Industrial Relations Surveys . |
| 29 | The minister 's visit marked the start of an £8.4 million redevelopment scheme which is being undertaken by Wimpey Construction UK Liverpool at St Andrews Gardens . |
| 30 | Over 1,000 second-hand slates worth £1 each have been taken from Mia Hall , Dyserth , which is being renovated . |