Example sentences of "[be] being [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Into Romania as well you 're being double blowed |
| 2 | One respondent in this school of thought commented on the strength of the bond between even inadequate parents and children , saying : ‘ The astounding thing , in my experience as a social worker , is that for the most part kids are crazy about their parents , even when they 're being badly treated . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You were well paid then and I would remind you that you 're being well paid this time . ’ |
| 4 | Though if you 're being easily led try hard , or following trends for the sake of it . |
| 5 | You 've got two things to sign Julia cos we 're being ethnographically studied . |
| 6 | We could explain to viewers that cars are now built by robots , and use computer graphics so that people will understand how they 're being totally dehumanised … ’ |
| 7 | You 're being totally stripped of all your honour your credibility can you see that contrast that Mark is introducing us to . |
| 8 | erm until some of the people who are putting a lot of pressures on schools to do different things are prepared to resolve some of these contradictions , I think the teachers feel that they 're being continually criticised by different groups for not doing different things , many of which are mutually contradictory , erm and not surprisingly they feel a little defensive in this situation . |
| 9 | I 'm being internally transferred . |
| 10 | I 'm being so spoilt . ’ |
| 11 | This can , in fact , be the most productive teaching time , because the children will be involved in very real problems and their skills will be being rigorously tested . |
| 12 | Now clearly there are , you know , methodological issues here , who replied on the questionnaire and so on , but there are clearly a very large number of replies , a very large number of students up in the , you know , several hundreds , who perceive themselves to be being sexually harassed . |
| 13 | If the bulk of the community are being criminally victimized in ways they do not understand or realize , surely that too is sufficient reason for prioritizing the study of corporate crime . |
| 14 | The ministers involved recognize that MPs are being well briefed and though they will not necessarily concede directly they encounter a good case , they will usually move the amendment themselves at a later stage . |
| 15 | The molecular properties of prostate cancer are being intensively investigated . |
| 16 | In Brazil the forests are being indiscriminately destroyed and many indigenous peoples , like the Yanomami Indians , are being slowly wiped out as gold prospectors and others invade their lands , poison their rivers , and bring disease and death in their wake . |
| 17 | Rarer species of snowdrops are being indiscriminately harvested along with the more common ones . |
| 18 | But the initiative was rejected by the countries where tropical forests are being indiscriminately felled for quick cash profits . |
| 19 | The ‘ danger ’ is that natural processes are being fundamentally altered by human activities and , once begun , these changes can not be switched off . |
| 20 | But even in such cases , there are those who argue that it is the interests of the global capitalist system that are being primarily served , even if some of these interests happen to be those of the transnational capitalist class within a Third World country , and benefits eventually filter down . |
| 21 | To restore the walls to their former glory they are being completely stripped and cleaned , with the plasterwork and paintings being reapplied , now using only material that will breathe . |
| 22 | Donor countries must be convinced that the tribal people are being adequately catered for . |
| 23 | I want them to leave here , knowing that this prison is well run and that its inmates are being adequately dealt with . |
| 24 | Today the cottages are being largely restored to what purports to be their former glory , occupied by middle-class commuters with the standard family ) size of 4. 4 people . |
| 25 | Check beforehand if you intend to wear a badge because , if the rules are being strictly interpreted , only a single national or association badge will be permitted . |
| 26 | The Environmental Protection Agency of the Chinese government has set up an inspection team which will tour the country over a three-year period to ensure that environmental laws are being properly enforced , and to heighten awareness of environmental issues . |
| 27 | European Community laws on the environment are being widely ignored throughout the 12 member states , a House of Lords committee reported yesterday . |
| 28 | Smaller scale combined heat and power ( CHP ) projects , are being widely considered , but in many cases are in abeyance because of the lower electricity prices in the medium demand bracket . |
| 29 | New nutritional guidelines are being widely promoted . |
| 30 | The first is that since the person against whom the powers are being improperly exercised is entitled to resist such use , he is in principle entitled to know sufficient to enable him to make a judgment about whether it would be right to do so . |