Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Damems a building to the profile of the original station is being erected thus replacing the previous ‘ hutmonts ’ from Manchester Central — I hope the splendid Leeds ‘ Niagara ’ Water Closet from the former buildings will be reinstated here ! |
| 2 | Whereas at first she had welcomed the assessment she later came to the view that she was being given no say in the objectives of the assessment . |
| 3 | It was not Srikkanth 's day : he recovered to open the Indian reply , but was unhappy at being given out caught behind off McDermott ( Healy 's 100th Test catch ) , indicating that the ball hit his forearm . |
| 4 | Election ‘ 92 : NHS is being broken apart says Kinnock |
| 5 | Election ‘ 92 : NHS is being broken apart says Kinnock |
| 6 | Objective Teams or Solo flyers will endeavour to cause other Rokkaku kites being flown simultaneously to make contact with the ground . |
| 7 | People who think they 're being persecuted always think people are paying them a great deal of attention so they come to believe that they must in a sense be very important people , ’ he said . |
| 8 | ‘ What this says to me is that the middle and upper classes are being taught how to control the machine , and the lower class is being controlled by it , ’ he said . |
| 9 | As we approached , a party of surly children were being taught how to traverse this wire contraption by an Outward Bound teacher from the Midlands . |
| 10 | The other two groups acted as controls , one receiving no training at all , the other being taught how to sort pictures into conceptual categories ( animals , for example ) . |
| 11 | No-one was being taught how to think … |
| 12 | At the same time , through a process of collective discussion and education , peasant communities are being taught how to prevent the worst effects of pesticide on themselves and their families , and to identify and immediately treat the symptoms of poisoning . |
| 13 | In some areas , new work is being developed specifically aimed at helping families and children cope with the impact of HIV on their lives . |
| 14 | But , assuming we do incorporate such considerations , the tendency is to interpret such mobility as again largely the result of capital 's needs , with workers being uprooted simply to increase their monetary rewards , and capital benefiting as a result . |
| 15 | These series are being grouped together to provide a set of price indices for agricultural , industrial and consumer prices . |
| 16 | MALE students at Durham University say they are sexually harassed , suffering everything from being eyed up to rape . |
| 17 | He 's being picked up to go to St. Joseph 's , I bet . |
| 18 | Although it is easy to observe what is going on in practice , constructing an explicit statement of what the system is that is being considered inevitably gives rise to problems of interpretation and semantics . |
| 19 | Steps are being considered worldwide to curb CO 2 and CFC emissions , but the hope of reducing the greenhouse effect seems fairly forlorn . |
| 20 | Exactly what activity was being carried on remains uncertain , but it seems to have had commercial implications . |
| 21 | To be really competitive coal must be near its market and where the distances are thousands of miles — far enough to use up most of the coal being carried just to keep the coal train going — gas pipelines make more sense , especially when there is also a significant export market at the end of the line . |
| 22 | Flooding Instructions , by Lothian Roadcare , have been issued to repairs being carried out to eliminate flooding at the Candy Box and to clean out drainage blocks in Baberton Avenue . |
| 23 | Flooding Instructions , by Lothian Roadcare , have been issued to repairs being carried out to eliminate flooding at the Candy Box and to clean out drainage blocks in Baberton Avenue . |
| 24 | The majority of the clear-felling and cable logging is being carried out to feed the woodchip industry , under the auspices of the North Broken Hill Company . |
| 25 | However , extensive and carefully coordinated experiments are being carried out to assess the suitability of more than a dozen beef breeds , including in particular the Hereford and Aberdeen Angus from Britain , the Charolais and Limousin from France and the rare Danish Blue-and-White . |
| 26 | At Sellafield and Dounreay , drilling is being carried out to assess the suitability of the geological strata of the areas . |
| 27 | A field investigation is being carried out to assess to what extent trace components can be relied upon to identify the source of landfill gas . |
| 28 | Tests are being carried out to assess the commercial value of the engineered strain . |
| 29 | At present , much research is being carried out to improve the efficiency of photocells . |
| 30 | Four projects are currently being carried out using the survey |