Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] is [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finance for the station is being provided by the new Commercial Bank for Social Development . |
| 2 | Bad news for shareholders is that the dividend for the year is being halved to 5.25p per share . |
| 3 | No one knows how big the contribution was and the price paid for the electricity is being kept secret . |
| 4 | It all starts off on the Friday evening of the Spring Bank Holiday with the President 's dinner , which for the centenary is being held in a marquee to cater for the huge numbers who wish to attend . |
| 5 | This interesting museum is only open from May to September , and an alternative site for the collection is being discussed . |
| 6 | In its weak form , the clausal hypothesis is that some partial and preliminary hypotheses about the meaning of a clause will be developed as information about the clause is being taken in , although the definitive decision about clausal meaning could only be taken once the clause had been fully perceived . |
| 7 | By the time they arrive at Maidstone , there fore , most have settled into the routines imposed by a long sentence of imprisonment and most do at least feel that some progress through the system is being achieved . |
| 8 | Very very very briefly Chairman , erm first of all you can see in paragraph two point three and you see the matter that 's being erm the subject of discussion previously erm there was n't to be an issues report as such , but er Stragg itself the advisory group did feel that it would be useful that er er a leaflet be prepared and distributed erm you I do n't think Chairman would have seen it , but hot off the presses is being erm with us this morning er an an and only delivered this morning are some copies of th the leaflet that we have now erm prepared er you will have seen that in draft form Chairman and members of Strang will have seen that draft form so er both Stragg members and other members of the Committee if they would like to take a copy away with them , that there are a number here , but they will be er given wide distribution later on . |
| 9 | The reserve potential of the discovery is being evaluated . |
| 10 | In much Spanish-American fiction , in effect , the élitist , Western medium of the novel is being subverted by popular culture . |
| 11 | One may ask whether the person who takes the Side of the Other is being inconsistent . |
| 12 | He is suffering from the consequences of this accident and reproaches himself for the distress the family of the child is being put through . |
| 13 | The entire body of the larva is being dismembered and reassembled . |
| 14 | Currently a study of the workings of the committee is being conducted by the Chief Executive . |
| 15 | Yes , c or another sign that they put up by the side of the road is was you passing this spot this time last week did you see anything . |
| 16 | ‘ This is further evidence that the major hospital on one side of the river is being denuded of major medical facilities . |
| 17 | a man who runs a yard where there are no firm rules … no strict training techniques … the only order of the day is be happy … laugh and smile … it 's a wonderful world |
| 18 | The back arc/foreland-basin model developed as a result of the work is being increasingly used to constrain regional geotectonic models of the collisional history of the Iapetus Suture Zone , presently being investigated in collaboration with the Newfoundland Geological Survey . |
| 19 | Much of the work is being carried out at IBM 's UK Labs in Hursley Park , Hampshire . |
| 20 | Most of the work is being done by 40 specialist working groups representing specialty associations and the relevant college or faculty committees . |
| 21 | ‘ However , the fact is that most of the work is being done in-house using existing resources . |
| 22 | Much of the work is being funded by British-backed groups such as International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations Family Planning Association , he alleged . |
| 23 | Successful methods of irrigation have been established , and the yield of the wells is being monitored . |
| 24 | If the show is n't happy and one of the artists is being a pain it spreads , particularly if it 's a principle artist . |
| 25 | Freer use of the telephone is being extended to prisons with a lesser security category ; men in Maidstone can not believe it would jeopardize security there if it were available . |
| 26 | As the passing of the Bill is being given such high priority , will the Leader of the House guarantee that all the evidence will be put before the Committee — that some of it will not be suppressed , as the Secretary of State suppressed evidence put forward by colleges of further education ? |
| 27 | every citizen in whose presence a breach of the peace is being , or reasonably appears to be about to be , committed has the right to take reasonable steps to make the person who is breaking or threatening to break the peace refrain from doing so … |
| 28 | ‘ every citizen in whose presence a breach of the peace is being , or reasonably appears to be about to be , committed has the right to take reasonable steps to make the person who is breaking or threatening the peace refrain from doing so ; and those reasonable steps in appropriate cases will include detaining him against his will . ’ |
| 29 | If there is a restriction on trade , then the autonomy of the division is being interfered with and divisional performance may not be fairly measured . |
| 30 | But that and then the rest of the land is is open countryside E two land . |