Example sentences of "and the [noun] [be] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The refectory had almost emptied , the snack counter had closed , and the tables were being wiped down . |
| 2 | All other doctrines are very secondary to that , and the question is are we to express that reality or must we continue to obscure it . |
| 3 | Th th the point that erm we were then discussing was that in practice of course males may , m ma may contribute a lot more an and , and the question was is this er something to do with the adaptions of our species or is it just the this was the question you , you asked me was n't it ? |
| 4 | The total cost of the project is £4 million , to which the City Council and the European Regional Development Fund contributed £1.5 million each and the rest is being raised by the museum . |
| 5 | Chainreaction ( as the Herald reported last week ) would be moving into the newly built extension , the cottage was being completely renovated and the centre was being used to nearly 90 percent of capacity . |
| 6 | The thrills and the excitement are being taken away , leaving only the bus shelter , the football match , the window and the mugger . |
| 7 | It is running late ; it is overcrowded ( with expert consultants ) ; and the public is being given no information about its route . |
| 8 | The industry is facing its toughest Christmas for a decade and the public is being exploited . ’ |
| 9 | ITN is carrying Iraqi propaganda and the public is being deceived . |
| 10 | But he is still on the loose and the public are being warned to take care |
| 11 | House-to-house inquiries have begun near where the fake bombs were found and the devices are being examined for clues . |
| 12 | Two central problems were highlighted : the difficulty of achieving any kind of change when so many groups had power of veto over decision-making , and the lack of direction and leadership from the centre : " units and the authorities are being swamped with directives without being given direction " ( p. 12 ) . |
| 13 | In the chief centres of Europe in the Middle Ages the cities , the universities and the monasteries were being established . |
| 14 | The joy was great , both upon the occasion of the day , and the work 's being completed , which is really a wonderful undertaking . |
| 15 | They 're called anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibodies and the work is being continued at Stanford University in California . |
| 16 | Seizures of skins and animals once openly traded are becoming more frequent , and the government is being advised by the US Fish and Wildlife Service on improving its controls . |
| 17 | It is designed as a case study of what can be achieved on almost any upland farm in Britain , and the changes are being scientifically monitored so the results can be shared with other conservation agencies . |
| 18 | A very early type of chainsaw was being used , and the slaves were being cruelly treated . |
| 19 | The price of coal and kerosene is rising rapidly , and the forests are being denuded . |
| 20 | In mid-1981 Virgin was doing badly ; the company had made redundancies and the roster was being cut back . |
| 21 | In fact the victims were mainly the families of senior military officers and the Ba'ath party officials , and the walkie-talkies were being used by the drivers who took them to the shelter . |
| 22 | And the Park was being beautifully maintained ; the trees were not being needlessly felled ; the formal garden that girdled the house retained all its statuary . … |
| 23 | Erm looking up er the er line or that is looking from the bridge erm that 's going down towards er th the just it it it er cur curved round to meet the er the line er an and the s and the station was was here . |
| 24 | The mortuary van had moved closer to the rim of the hollow and the stretcher was being manoeuvred into place . |
| 25 | Neither of them appeared to represent any particular party , and the election was being fought entirely on personalities . |
| 26 | I did n't want this to be an easy tournament and the benefits are being shown by the invaluable experience players are picking up . ’ |
| 27 | For example the owner of a motor vehicle can be said to use it where he sits at the side of the driver , who is not his employee and the vehicle is being used for his purpose ( Cobb v Williams [ 1973 ] RTR 1 13 ) . |
| 28 | Only now the coherence and the poetry were being deluged by the reality , or hope , of psychedelic drugs . |
| 29 | Taking over as skipper from the Army 's Lt Col Frank Esson is the yacht 's navigator , the Navy 's Lt Commander , soon to be Commander , Colin Watkins , and the crew is being increased in size from 15 to 16 . |
| 30 | I once saw a pike , a big one at that , attack the vane of a drifter on a fast retrieve after the bait had been lost and the tackle was being retrieved at speed to recast . |