Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] [noun] be [be] " in BNC.

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1 Heritage aspects have been carefully considered and attention is being given to preserving the station 's traditional appearance as much as possible .
2 The airlift had now stopped and people were being moved on to Myitkyina , hoping to get a plane there .
3 However , when resources are limited and facilities are being dovetailed into existing built-up areas , it may not be possible to maximise all of these criteria simultaneously and some compromises may have to be accepted .
4 The death of the Empress does not affect my opera in the least , for none of the theatres have been closed and plays are being performed as usual .
5 The wards have now been cleaned and staff are being screened .
6 Bedding and pillows are seized and photographs are being taken of the home . ’
7 A woman was arrested and charges are being considered .
8 The physical process of tendon repair is now well documented and efforts are being made to find drugs which speed up or modify the repair process .
9 As with chimneys , so with synapses ; if they are constructed — or even reconstructed — during learning , one might expect a brief increase in the rate of synthesis of proteins over the time when an animal was being trained and memory was being formed .
10 Not only was the value of education and health to economic growth seriously questioned but fears were being expressed that high public expenditure in these areas was acting rather as an obstacle to economic growth .
11 In the Elizabethan Restaurant the shift has changed and tea is being prepared ; the duty staff will be in for an early meal shortly .
12 By 1862 the population of New South Wales had doubled and gold was being recovered in New Zealand , as well as in Queensland , Victoria and West Australia .
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