Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [is] be " in BNC.

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1 Ball & Stick is am impressive program and can be recommended to all interested in chemical structures .
2 For example , central government uses budgets rather more indirectly to fix taxes : they form the basic public expenditure requirements , but how taxes are fixed and whether a budget surplus or deficit is being planned are questions beyond the scope of the budgets themselves .
3 Whilst these variations are important I shall focus this discussion mainly upon the more common examples , where support is being given by one person to another .
4 Phone hotel where course is being held , provisionally book accommodation .
5 ‘ This forms the basis of the RUTH programme , where research is being undertaken into surfactants , gel , microbiological methods , combined water/gas injection and foam injection .
6 South of the Border many of us consider the predicament of the Scottish salmon to be an international disgrace ; there is such world-wide concern for Atlantic salmon stocks that drift-netting for them is banned everywhere save off England , Ireland and Greenland , where action is being taken .
7 A law to require any manufacturer selling computers in Germany to take back its equipment for reuse or recycling is being drafted for next year , while governments in Denmark and Sweden are considering legislation this spring for mandating some kind of electronics scrap recycling program .
8 The situation frequently occurs where benefit is being paid under a valid unemployment claim and the claimant is offered short term temporary employment .
9 A course on Herbarium Curation & Management is being considered ; this will include the mounting of Herbarium specimens .
10 The height of the ridge is apparently related to the amount of sediment being moved into the adjacent subduction zone where lithosphere is being subducted at a rate of about 65 mm a- 1 .
11 She 's hoping a pub or hotel where renovation is being carried out will solve the problem at the Arts .
12 There is no requirement in the Act for the police to tell the individual that the procession or assembly is being held in breach of the conditions imposed .
13 Besides planning excavations throughout the nation , then , the Conseil will now conduct any emergency works which arise , such as the preliminary excavations when a rail road or motorway is being built , or in any exceptionally difficult local cases .
14 Where soil is being removed slowly it may be that it has built up in layers and a ‘ case hardening ’ effect is experienced .
15 If the own-brander or importer is being sued , then the 10 years run from when he supplied the product .
16 effectiveness measures : to measure how well a goal or objective is being achieved .
17 Will he ensure specifically that the Home Secretary gives an assurance that no pressure or persuasion is being applied to the Metropolitan police in the case of Mr. Mohinder Paul Singh Bedi of Hayes to halt their inquiries or withdraw requests to investigate the bank accounts of Members of Parliament who have business or other links with Mr. Bedi ?
18 3.11 Any covenant by the Tenant not to do an act or thing shall be deemed to include an obligation [ to use reasonable endeavours ] not to permit or suffer such act or thing to be done by another person [ where the Tenant is aware that such act or thing is being done ]
19 So , one reason why " class " is a " vague " and contested concept is because it is multi-faceted and , as a result , it is not always clear just what possible dimension , attribute or property is being used .
20 This Act lays down the matters to be stated , and reports to be set out , in a prospectus issued when an offer or invitation is being made to the public .
21 The current minimum requirements on disclosure in a prospectus issued when an offer or invitation is being made to the public are contained in Schedule 3 of the Companies Act 1985 .
22 Where land is being retained for particular development in the future — such as the metro system — this can not be regarded as available for grant-aided woodland planting .
23 The Welsh-medium schools provide a first-class education and I am happy to tell my hon. Friend that Welsh is being taught in eight out of 10 primary schools in Wales and in nine out of 10 secondary schools .
24 The Test Manager should regularly check that progress is being made toward resolving the problems that are under his control .
25 Communist regimes , by pointing at high growth rates , could once justify this squeeze on the consumer as an investment for the future , but with low rates of growth it becomes obvious to a work force that gratification is being denied rather than simply deferred .
26 ‘ Mostly , we find that Packman is being bought by larger , more safety-conscious farmers , especially where there is pressure from operators who have been on COSHH and FEPA courses . ’
27 ‘ Now you ca n't say that talent is being suffocated any more .
28 The Problem Administrator ( a member of the Computer Group ) will monitor the progress of each problem to ensure that action is being taken .
29 The Problem Administrator should access all outstanding computer based problem reports regularly , i.e. those reports that have not been closed , to ensure that action is being taken to resolve the problem and to ensure that appropriate notes have been added to the descriptions of the problem reports to reflect the current status of the problem and the action being taken .
30 If ‘ we hear the key turn each in his prison ’ , it may be a satisfaction to find occasionally that entry rather than closure is being sought ; for while he had a great many acquaintances and , as his fame increased , hundreds who wanted to meet him if only in order to say they had done so , he lacked relationships which were simple , straightforward , and stable .
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