Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [pers pn] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , the art of good listening is perceptive , involving a degree of interpretation of what is being said , the reasons it is being said , and how what is being said relates to the realities of the situation . |
| 2 | Although I rate El Tel very highly I think one of the reasons he is being picked is that no money will have to change hands . |
| 3 | Soon after making The Public Enemy Cagney was to publicize his battle with Warner Bros over the roles he was being made to play and it became very evident that he was a shrewd and realistic businessman who perfectly understood his commercial and artistic value to the studios . |
| 4 | The things they are being tested for are all those we 've been training for up until this time . |
| 5 | Edward , who was depressed already , homesick for the bodies he was being forced to leave , agreed without agreeing and shook hands listlessly . |
| 6 | But the interests they are being called upon to safeguard are not even those of Bentham 's questionable Utilitarian objective : it is not to champion the interests of the majority — the greatest happiness of the greatest number — that this new technology is being summoned . |
| 7 | I wonder if there will be any end to the sacrifices I am being asked to make . |
| 8 | A minute later , as they left Mariánské Láznë behind , Fabia suddenly started to wonder why the blazes she was being so assertive . |
| 9 | They had no independent advice and , although some explanation was given to the mother , no one explained to the father the onerous effect of the documents they were being asked to sign . |
| 10 | We can accordingly make a general summary of the tasks you are being invited to perform in response to essay questions . |
| 11 | tragically yes , or all boys ' schools you know here are young men who have had thousands of pounds spent on their education , and when they arrive in an environment like Oxford they somehow seem to be less capable than other young men of behaving with decency towards the students they are being educated with . |
| 12 | Yeah I 'm not I 'm not disputing that , all I 'm saying is the question is , whether we 're using the monies we 're being given to fund it in the right way . |