Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [noun] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only is this ungallant to Susan Hill , with whom La Hodge is being compared and contrasted , it sets a dangerous precedent . |
| 2 | And when I found out my Friday meeting was being moved forward and I would n't be seeing you after all I asked your Miss Philimore to cancel it . |
| 3 | The cooperative 's future plans include fish farming ( for which EEC assistance is being sought ) , a bakery , and possibly a laundry . |
| 4 | Sinn Fein complained that their election workers were being harassed and delayed for up to half an hour at checkpoints . |
| 5 | The project was a complete success in that the Russians never suspected that their Moscow traffic was being read . |
| 6 | The datasets supplied by the Census Offices under the Initiative comprise the following : the Small Area Statistics and Local Base Statistics ( SAS/LBS ) , which are sets of tables covering all aspects of the Census in Great Britain , the Special Migration and Special Workplace Statistics , which are matrices dealing with migration and journey to work , a postcode/Enumeration District ( ED ) directory , and digitised boundary data ( compiled by the EDLINE consortium ) corresponding to various geographical zones for which Census data is being released . |
| 7 | And because they were prepared to go out and speak about their faith people were being converted from Buddhism to Christianity in their thousands . |
| 8 | Erm her blood pressure was being , being depressed er by some other , you know , blood pressure regulator and erm one of the side effects of hormone replacement may be , yeah , that people 's susceptibility to migraine is heightened . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The latest Government proposals will do a lot more than just tinker with the existing liquor licensing laws in England and Wales , although the Scots will be pleased to hear that their licensing system is being used as the model for some of these proposed changes . |
| 11 | The rate at which compensation claims are being lodged against medical practitioners may be escalating faster in the United Kingdom than in North America , and there are fears that if this trend continues unchecked the cost of litigation may ultimately damage the quality of healthcare by eroding already restrained budgets . |
| 12 | The Cessna U206G Stationair floatplane G-SEAI is an interesting addition in an area of aviation activity sorely lacking in these islands , while in the lighter-than-air world amongst thirty-odd balloons we find a couple with apparent local authority connections ; looking at G-BUES , we wonder whether the citizens of Bath are aware of where their community charge is being spent … ! |
| 13 | There were before the election Conservatives who wanted a Tory defeat in the hope of a subsequent reconstruction under a new , more Thatcherite leader — who would restore the purity which Mr Patten was being allowed to destroy . |
| 14 | We did also observe libraries in which quiet reading was demanded and in which leisure reading was being promoted . |
| 15 | Examples which justify my view can be found in the section in which Tom Robinson is being tried , showing racial prejudice , Bob Ewell 's treatment of his children and Mr Radley 's treatment of Boo portraying other instances of man 's inhumanity to man . |
| 16 | Vauxhall announced on May 28 that all 5,128 of its UK Corsas were being recalled because of an electrical fault . |
| 17 | As the universe continued to expand and the temperature to drop , the rate at which electron/antielectron pairs were being produced in collisions would have fallen below the rate at which they were being destroyed by annihilation . |
| 18 | Increasingly , Potton 's customers will sell their homes and rent while their Potton home is being built . |
| 19 | Its validation procedures were being debated — not least among polytechnic directors — in the context of the newly , if not unambiguously , acquired status of some of the more experienced institutions . |
| 20 | Thus even for the privileged few the length of time during which they can enjoy their peak earnings is being restricted . |
| 21 | On Sept. 14 the Bundesbank announced that its discount rate was being cut from 8.75 to 8.25 per cent and the key Lombard rate from 9.75 to 9.5 per cent . |
| 22 | The workshop also stressed that there needs to be an awareness built into the local communities that their health service was being attacked . |
| 23 | For the first time , their health needs were being addressed and , understandably , they wanted the best possible care and treatment for themselves and their communities . |
| 24 | Thus it is sufficient to know the general location of the participants in order to interpret : ( 25 ) This city is really beautiful and to know the set of potential addressees in the situation in order to interpret : ( 26 ) You can all come with me if you like and to know when the interaction is taking place in order to know which calendar year is being referred to in ( 27 ) We ca n't afford a holiday this year We could formulate the distinction thus : gestural usages require a moment by moment physical monitoring of the speech event for their interpretation , while symbolic usages make reference only to contextual coordinates available to participants antecedent to the utterance . |
| 25 | A SCHEME which aims to provide respite for the parents of children who are on their summer holidays is being organised . |
| 26 | However much some people may groan , that is the way in which Bir Zeit was being used , and that is why it was closed . |
| 27 | A TODDLER drowned in the bath while her twin sister was being dried . |
| 28 | Now I think that the whole school meals issue , not just this , but also the way in which cost savings are being achieved at the moment in schools . |
| 29 | It has sixty four pages with one hundred and ninety thousand words They spent two days working around the clock typing it into a computer , now their master disc is being used by a Sunday newspaper to publish the whole thing this weekend . |
| 30 | To those who did agree to sell , but now find their acceptance forms are being returned to them , I can only hope that you are not too disappointed at being involuntarily back on the winning side ! |