Example sentences of "[am/are] being [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The economic situation in the country is , is , is going down and down and down , and they 're being squeezed by this whole crisis . |
| 2 | We 're being attacked on all sides , quite frankly . |
| 3 | Now you see we 're being modernized in this area , now they 're old steel houses in Allenton , about five hundred of 'em |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm being dragged into this pit , what do you think ? ’ |
| 5 | What opportunities and problems are being surfaced regarding this subject ? |
| 6 | I have not wavered in the slightest degree in my attitude to this war , nor have I changed my mind as to the need of a final and complete settlement , but I want to say that in a war in which losses of such terrible magnitude are being imposed on all the Nations it appears to me not only wise but imperative that every country should use its political weapon to supplement all its military organisation , if by so doing it can defeat the enemy . |
| 7 | This means that the higher rents are being imposed on some of the poorest members of the community , including a high proportion of elderly and unemployed people and a preponderance of semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers . |
| 8 | FOUR British helicopters are being sent to former Yugoslavia as air ambulances , the Ministry of Defence said yesterday . |
| 9 | Chopper squad : Four Royal Navy Sea King helicopters are being sent to former Yugoslavia as air ambulances . |
| 10 | He , too , has sought to publicise and to persuade the public of the need to avoid the activities that are being condemned in this debate . |
| 11 | There is never only a ‘ core meaning ’ of an utterance but rather there are always alternative models ; novel contexts are being re-created with each utterance ; language users are continually establishing and transforming social reality in their communications . |
| 12 | Resource studies Two closely related projects are being undertaken under this heading . |
| 13 | Norman McMordie , Dalgety 's sales manager , said : ‘ Local shows are being attended by many members of the public who do not have an in-depth knowledge of farming . |
| 14 | Measures are being obtained within each organisation of the styles of managerial leadership , the specific behaviours which leaders most frequently use and performance measures for work teams and for the organisation as a whole . |
| 15 | It really worries me that we are being exposed like this . ’ |
| 16 | More patients are being treated in more specialities and with more up-to-date methods than ever before — a reflection of the hard work and high levels of professionalism of the staff who serve the people of Darlington and Teesdale . ’ |
| 17 | More patients are being treated in more specialities and with more up-to-date methods than ever before a reflection of the hard work and high levels of professionalism of the staff who serve the people of Darlington and Teesdale . ’ |
| 18 | County Durham headteacher , Olwyn Gunn , a national executive member of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers , said : ‘ I really do n't know of any school where poverty is so bad that children are being treated like this . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Look , ’ said Edwin Pettigrew to Mark , ‘ our Roman Catholic friends are being whisked through all the formalities , and Mark saw that the priests had been gathered into a little group under the leadership of a jolly-looking , curly-haired Irishman with a strong brogue . |
| 20 | The huge new stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , which is costing $A150 million , is to be known as the Great Southern Stand : the four entrances are being named after former Test captains Sir Donald Bradman and Bill Woodfull. and Australian Rules football legends Dick Reynolds and the Coventry brothers ( Gordon and Syd ) . |
| 21 | Ten practices are being examined in this study , and they collectively involve practices with a variety of software programmes on their computer systems as well as practices still utilising traditional manual procedures of control . |
| 22 | This means that the benefits of computerization are being delayed in many areas , particularly in personnel . |
| 23 | Submissions are being made by some of the Crucible team to continue making the programme using Central 's facilities . |
| 24 | Those processes are being followed in this case . ’ |
| 25 | As well as comparing overall spending , figures are being prepared on both general funds for academic research ( UGC-type finance ) and separately budgeted research ( equivalent to that funded by the Research Councils ) . |
| 26 | I think Berkshire had a very rough ride and others too and they 're saying exactly the sorts of things that are being said in this county and it may be the last strategic plan on the county too , so it 's a very important document . |
| 27 | When the experimenter has confirmed that good signals are being recorded from all the subjects involved he or she will say good night and turn out the lights . |
| 28 | Traditional values are being threatened by this rush to modernise and go ‘ twentieth century ’ as they say today , and if we are not careful we 'll throw out the baby with the bathwater ! |
| 29 | Under the Advanced Courses Development Programme HNC and HND courses are being redesigned in such a way that they will be built up from Higher National Units . |
| 30 | In my opinion the true themes of religion are being lost in all the disputes surrounding it and the fact the religion is a force for the good needs to promoted . |