Example sentences of "of the [noun] [be] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reserve potential of the discovery is being evaluated . |
| 2 | When the history of the church was being researched a footnote in an 18th century volume identified a drawing of some stained-glass panels which had long since fallen into disrepair and had been replaced by plain lights . |
| 3 | ‘ The whole public safety forces of the country are being decimated . |
| 4 | In much Spanish-American fiction , in effect , the élitist , Western medium of the novel is being subverted by popular culture . |
| 5 | In another balcony , opposite where he sat , a grand figure in the golden robes of the Archimage was being conducted to his seat , accompanied by ten faceless men in black cloaks . |
| 6 | One may ask whether the person who takes the Side of the Other is being inconsistent . |
| 7 | Full details of the NVQs are being given in the CIOB 's continuing series of seminars for centres and other interested organisations . |
| 8 | He is suffering from the consequences of this accident and reproaches himself for the distress the family of the child is being put through . |
| 9 | The reply by the minister was a direct echo of Mary Carpenter : ‘ The principle behind this provision in the bill is that parents should be required — if their means so permit — to pay for their child 's board and lodging , so that they are in no way better off as a result of the child 's being in care . ’ |
| 10 | Exeter had been a committed Lancastrian who had suffered forfeiture of his estates to the crown , so that in effect the endowment of the Greys was being made out of the royal lands . |
| 11 | Exeter had been a committed Lancastrian who had suffered forfeiture of his estates to the crown , so that in effect the endowment of the Greys was being made out of the royal lands . |
| 12 | The cost of the compensation was being met out of the money saved by cutting price subsidies . |
| 13 | Some of the ladies were being helped indoors to the restaurant by the waiters . |
| 14 | Thus even if we accept that the duty of directors to act in the best interests of shareholders can be equated with a duty to maximize profits this does not provide us with any real assurance that the wishes of the shareholders are being executed by the directors or that we have a satisfactory way of controlling the discretion accorded to directors in the name of the Rule of Law . |
| 15 | Mr Wilson added : ‘ When many of the developments were being built tenants associations and public representatives pointed out that publicly-owned areas were prone to vandalism but it was never envisaged they would be subject to such official neglect . |
| 16 | The entire body of the larva is being dismembered and reassembled . |
| 17 | To mark the new trend five floors of the Centre are being given over to a series of exhibitions , films , digital images , sound recordings , debates and theatrical events , tracing the history of artistic creativity over the last thirty years . |
| 18 | ‘ Look at the way some of the slums are being cleared and council houses being built in Norris Green and Huyton and other places , ’ he argued . |
| 19 | At all these ports we found a mounting oil-related traffic boom and at several like Dundee , Montrose and Invergordon , parts of the harbours were being extended to accommodate supply vessels and rig construction work . |
| 20 | Currently a study of the workings of the committee is being conducted by the Chief Executive . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Bridbury also suggests , from the admissions to the freedom of the boroughs , that the ranks of the citizens were being widened , and that even at a time when rural conditions provided more incentive for men to remain in the country than at an earlier date the towns were still able to attract them ( 61 , pp.62–4 ( Tables , 65–9 ) ) . |
| 23 | By Thursday the finding of the clothes was being linked with the Scapegoat ritual , giving the story an angle , and on Friday three reporters were working through the town 's pubs , picking up local colour and gossip . |
| 24 | ‘ This is further evidence that the major hospital on one side of the river is being denuded of major medical facilities . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | The last pupils of the day were being let in to view the Bookman . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Much of the work is being carried out at IBM 's UK Labs in Hursley Park , Hampshire . |
| 29 | Most of the work is being done by 40 specialist working groups representing specialty associations and the relevant college or faculty committees . |
| 30 | ‘ However , the fact is that most of the work is being done in-house using existing resources . |