Example sentences of "[adv] [being] [vb pp] to be " in BNC.

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1 I think a lot of the current concern about schools being accountable is partly because things that in fact are being done are not being seen to be done , and I think if many of the things that we already done were more obviously being seen to be done , and perhaps also thought through rather more carefully as to how they were being done , the public would feel generally erm happier about what was going on in their schools than perhaps they are at the moment .
2 After lunch I went for a walk in the little market town , now being hardened to being a subject of great curiosity , with people gaping at the sides of the road , and children following us up and down the street .
3 In contrast to the private sector , the very small number of new public sector dwellings now being allowed to be built consists mainly of flats , under one fifth being three or more bedroom houses ( Housing and Construction Statistics 1916–1986 , 1987 ) , even though there are larger numbers of four or more child families living in local authority accommodation than the owner-occupier sector .
4 I think that the changes in the health service are increasingly being understood to be welcome and to be providing a better health service for the future .
5 Very shortly after the declaration of war with Spain on 25 April 1898 the Quartermaster approved two new jackets for optional undress and field use by officers , both presumably being felt to be more practical than the smart but confining stand-collar coat of 1895 .
6 Er and Pat 's actually being listened to 's too weak , I think parish councils should be part of the structure .
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