Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the real point seems to be that the risk of an uninformed auditor 's being misled after a change imposes a greater cost than the benefit ( unquantified and intangible ) that a compulsory change would provide . |
| 2 | Islamic literature is being translated and circulated . |
| 3 | The commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Yugoslavia , Gen Satish Nambiar , also appealed on television to all parties to lay down their weapons , adding that a political settlement was being considered . |
| 4 | Can you really be reneging on that vow , merely because a connected case is being investigated by the Inspector ? ’ |
| 5 | CONSERVATIVES in the European parliament are being blamed for holding up a plan to push through reductions of the lead content in petrol throughout the EEC . |
| 6 | A strong case is being made for expanding the scope of selective harmonisation of essential requirements to ensure that minimum standards apply in these areas . |
| 7 | Political progress was being made in establishing the Federation of South Arabia to give the Arab tribes around Aden enough political cohesion to resist the ambitions of the Imam of the Yemen and his Egyptian backers . |
| 8 | In total , some £290 million of private investment is being spent or is programmed . |
| 9 | The Spanish candidacy is being supported by Turin , one of the six cities in which the six seeds will be based for the first round . |
| 10 | There are now encouraging signs that just such combined action is being taken . |
| 11 | A dropped light is being blamed for a moorland blaze that broke out on the Catterick Training Area , near Richmond , early yesterday . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the sealed-off stretch is being vandalised while it stands idle . |
| 13 | Erm rural industry is being encouraged in that no rural industrial commercial enterprises are being confiscated |
| 14 | Therefore , if a low potency is being used , it may be necessary to administer repeated doses to achieve the same effect as a single dose of a higher potency . |
| 15 | In addition , extensive research is being undertaken to improve existing lines and develop new products . |
| 16 | The top deck is being lowered on to the bottom deck of Standard 152 by this unusual structure outside the Blackpool Works , after the new car 's arrival from Motherwell in 1925 . |
| 17 | Public funding is being withdrawn from research and development which is of direct benefit to growers — like the evaluation of different varieties in the National Fruit Trials at Brogdale — but the Government will still be paying for a substantial amount of horticultural research at a number of centres spread across the country . |
| 18 | Suddenly , the ineffable goodness of the NEA and public funding is being proclaimed by many whose professional lives have been spent very-nicely-thank-you in NEA-free zones in the private sector . |
| 19 | A clear budget was being prepared as required . |
| 20 | It must be a condition of all seamen 's canteen licences that food and non-intoxicating drinks are always available while alcoholic liquor is being sold : subs . |
| 21 | This at a time when British Agriculture is being cut back in margins and output . |
| 22 | But Alacrity 's high-profile visit comes as international response to the Colombian offensive is being criticised inside Colombia . |
| 23 | Up in the gallery a careful watch is being kept on sound levels to ensure the noise from the fan is drowned out by the radiophonic wind effect now carrying through the studio 's talkback system and being picked up by the microphones . |
| 24 | Too often jobs have been available and unfilled whilst social support is being paid to an immobile work force . |
| 25 | The recipe of the old favourite is being changed after 60 years in a bid to lick the recession . |
| 26 | The argument for secrecy has rested on claims that it is unreasonable to reveal landowners ' financial affairs , but such discretion seems unjust when large amounts of public money are being handed out for the benefit of these landowners , and when the financial data central to the justification of schemes need not involve revelation of every last penny of landowners ' private accounts . |
| 27 | Clearly , one feature of accountability is the need to show that public money is being spent in publicly approved ways . |
| 28 | Too much public money is being wasted as lawyers explain to jurors the precise meaning of the term ‘ a share ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I shall write to director general John Birt to suggest he keeps a closer watch on how public money is being spent . ’ |
| 30 | Thus , by overwhelming margins voters , in 1980 , believed that ‘ too little , or about the right amount ’ of public money was being spent on various problems : halting crime ( 94 per cent ) ; drug addiction ( 92 per cent ) ; health ( 92 per cent ) ; education ( 89 per cent ) . |