Example sentences of "are being [vb pp] and [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Group will work on behalf of service and ex-service personnel whose human rights are being abused and will be involved in the development of human rights awareness in armed services training . |
| 2 | These cost reduction and restructuring actions are being implemented and will provide additional funds for marketing support to build brand strengths whilst improving overall margins . |
| 3 | The limitation is that the people under observation may well feel rather acutely that they are being observed and may react against the observers , act unnaturally and perhaps even lie . |
| 4 | Explanations for sex differences in sickness absence are being analysed and will be reported elsewhere . |
| 5 | The results of the study are being analysed and will assist in the development of our policy for the management and improvement of all Scotland 's trunk road network . |
| 6 | Thank you Chairman erm I do n't I need to say a great deal because the comments that have been made I think are very thoroughly and expertly covered most of the ground in terms of the the issues that are being raised and can I say that although er a number of Chief Officers , a number of departments and I suspect a number of committees will be looking at what has happened and er seeking in both to find out why it has happened and what might be done in the future erm I certainly recognize that it 's er a role responsibility of this committee and of er me and the Planning Department to consider the implications for strategic planning and for the related functions and that erm it wo n't be a , a , a happy task because er purely it 's something that all of us would have hoped had n't happened at all but I will er very er thoroughly er explore the issues and report it back . |
| 7 | Three National Certificate modules in geology are being developed and should be completed by June 1992 . |
| 8 | In literacy , modules are being developed and should be published in April 1992 . |
| 9 | Catchwords are particularly vulnerable when the pages are being trimmed and may have been removed by clumsy cropping . |
| 10 | Whether the end result will lead to better governmental accounting is impossible to say , but it seems clear that major steps are being taken and will continue to be taken at least to understand the commonalities and differences between accounting for businesses and accounting for governmental units . |