Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun prp] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | while Swindon folk were enjoying their ice hockey … the sporting fans of Bletchley were being entertained with something a little more graceful … |
| 2 | Meanwhile the birds of Felling are being featured in a new wildlife book , sponsored by Coatings and produced by the local council . |
| 3 | As early as 430 — the time of Saint Patrick — a book explaining the teachings of Nestorius was being circulated in the West . |
| 4 | There is abundant evidence to show that in almost every corner of Europe the area under the plough was expanding : villages were growing ; new lands were being colonized ; marshes were being reclaimed , forests felled ; in the eleventh and twelfth centuries the frontiers of Europe were being pressed outwards , and on Germany 's eastern frontier , and to a lesser extent elsewhere , new land was being settled by peasants as well as by lords . |
| 5 | The lessons of UDCs are being learned by local authorities and political parties . |
| 6 | By Friday 8 July residents of Camelford were being supplied with water at up to 500 times the Maximum Admissible Concentration under the EC Drinking Water Directive of 200 ug/litre ( 0.2 mg/litre ) . |
| 7 | Erm I think the proposal for rewording this policy to within eight miles of York is being unnecessarily restrictive . |
| 8 | Forest damage similar to that observed in parts of Europe is being observed in North American areas subject to acid rain such as on mountain tops in the southern Appalachians , the Adirondacks , Vermont and New Hampshire where dieback of red spruce is evident ( Einbender et al. , 1982 ; Johnson and Siccama , 1983 ; UN ECE , 1985 ) . |
| 9 | Slowly parts of Funchal are being given a facelift , partly with tourists in mind and partly just because many of the old buildings are in danger of crumbling away . |