Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] are [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Families living on income support are being forced to cut back on food and do without basic items , according to a survey by the Children 's Society . |
| 2 | Local support groups are being set up in different areas in London and they have good leaflets on various HIV related topics for women . |
| 3 | UNIVERSITY lecturers are being told by their union to inform colleagues if they get over-involved with their students . |
| 4 | Top hair stylists are being recruited for the Demon Barber , which is set to open this month , and the recently-opened designer sale shop stocks John Richmond , Val Pirou , Helen Storey and Jean Colonna at a snip of the original designer tag . |
| 5 | Applications for grant aid are being made to various bodies , including The Development Board for Rural Wales . |
| 6 | In addition cars are being converted to run on compressed natural gas ( CNG ) and it is hoped that 200,000 will have been modified by 1990 . |
| 7 | Even kitchen utensils are being sold along with a job lot of washing machines , dryers and ironing machines for £200 . |
| 8 | In addition , other study groups are being set up in three other subject areas , namely agriculture , architecture and teacher training . |
| 9 | At present a number of research projects are being undertaken within the school including the editing of the Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection , a collection of 3,000 texts and tunes of traditional songs from North-East Scotland . |
| 10 | The Welding Regulations 1970 impose a statutory duty on employers and employees that : " safety goggles must as far as is practicable be worn at all times when welding operations are being carried out " . |
| 11 | Entry forms are being sent to publishers this month . |
| 12 | BUDDING young jazz musicians are being given the chance to shine with the launch this autumn of the Ulster Schools ' Jazz Orchestra . |
| 13 | First offerings include Speed Spats and a Speed Slipper , respectively fairings which fit aft of the aircraft 's main- and nose-wheel wells , flap hinge fairings called Speed Splitters are being developed . |
| 14 | Today 's Horse readers are being offered £5 off a set of branding irons , the latest security marking method , from Equibrand . |
| 15 | The air search crews are being helped by fair weather conditions . |
| 16 | Two new pieces of frontier work are being pioneered . |
| 17 | The world speed trials are being staged here at Birkenhead over the next few weeks . |
| 18 | An increasing number of sea lions with gunshot wounds are being washed up on Californian beaches . |
| 19 | Additionally , two regional transect lines are being included : they will traverse the margin in a bid to define the crustal structure better , and to improve our understanding of the tectonic framework . |
| 20 | In fact , London qualified ambulance workers are being offered £12,100 , while to get anywhere near £25,000 a Metropolitan police constable would have to be putting in a huge amount of overtime — the annual pay of a PC with three years ' experience is £12,756 . |
| 21 | The Glenfiddich Awards are being promoted through bookshops this year with an offer to each purchaser of a winning title ( Book News , 23rd April ) of a free bottle of Glenfiddich malt whisky . |
| 22 | ALMOST 11,000 baby car seats are being recalled amid fears lap belt guides could break . |
| 23 | In the meantime , the banks which lent the money to the dealers to enable them to pay the vast prices of the boom period are being very patient in waiting for their money , as it was partly their fault that a bubble economy was created in Japan . |
| 24 | The brittle high-street monoliths are being dismantled and reassembled bit by bit to enable them to become more adept at finding the most efficient way to the punter 's pocket . |
| 25 | Horse owners are being asked to fill in ID forms on their animals . |
| 26 | AIDS patients are being given a new vaccine which could slow down the effects of the disease . |
| 27 | What is certainly important is that we maintain the support of our investors ( who in fact own the company ) and satisfy them that their investment objectives are being , or will be , achieved . |
| 28 | HE institutions and industrial research bodies are being invited to submit proposals for partnerships involving 20 students each in the first year , and the five best schemes will be funded in 1992–93 . |
| 29 | New labour relations are being introduced in industries where they were technologically or politically unthinkable a decade ago . |
| 30 | The beautiful coral reefs are being destroyed by local people selling mementoes to tourists . |