Example sentences of "be being [vb pp] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's our job , so you have to appreciate that that 's the job of a journalist , to enquire what is the , the worst and the best aspects of any , of any job , of any , of any interview , and so you really have to do it , and in the sense that you have to if you , you probably have to go back to square one and do maximum research on what you 're being asked about , so , therefore you have more confidence in precising down what your answer is . |
| 2 | And I 'm sending all this lot off that did n't get sent off , and contacting I 'm being contacted about the place . |
| 3 | They are being questioned about recent bomb attacks in mainland Britain . |
| 4 | It is believed they are being questioned about the Baltic Exchange bomb , the explosion the same day at the Staples Corner motorway junction in North London and other offences . |
| 5 | Mr and Mrs Hopkinson are appealling against deregistration at a health tribunal in Hereford , where former staff members are being questioned about conditions at Hill House . |
| 6 | Three businessmen are being questioned about alleged financial irregularities at the now-defunct Gloucester and Severnside Co-Operative Society . |
| 7 | 4 of those being held at Milton Keynes police station are being questioned about armed robberies . |
| 8 | Unrealistic assumptions are being made about the extent to which — and the speed with which — the need for hospitals can be reduced by technological advance and improvements in primary care . |
| 9 | Doubts are being expressed about whether its successor , the Universities Funding Council , will do this . |
| 10 | However , with changing attitudes in society , questions are being raised about the morality of denying girls the opportunity to sing in a cathedral choir . |
| 11 | The manager , whatever style of approach is adopted by outsiders who seek a collegial response , does not have an immediacy of contact with colleagues at the first , important stage when , after the preliminary reading of basic documents , thoughts are being formed about interpretation and response . |
| 12 | Pet owners are being warned about lethal snares deliberately set to trap cats . |
| 13 | Now eight or nine-year-olds are being taught about periods in schools . |
| 14 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
| 15 | But now questions are being asked about the conditions in which the girls have been obliged to live to produce such results . |
| 16 | And although London 's Docklands has seen major development , questions are being asked about its nature . |
| 17 | Increasingly in the late 1980s search consultants who present themselves to clients are being asked about their background , their particular specialisation and what they have to contribute . |
| 18 | Members of Parliament are being asked about such matters as their degree of satisfaction with the quantity and quality of financial information available to them and the extent to which they feel that MPs can and should be closely involved in scrutinising the management of government , together with their ‘ unstructured ’ personal response to the problem of the control of the public administration by the House of Commons . |
| 19 | The research comes at a time when serious questions are being asked about the use of advertising and public relations by the government , and when the media , too , are the subject of considerable scrutiny . |
| 20 | Those living near the common have say the festival was like an invasion , but questions are being asked about the way the festival was policed . |
| 21 | HUNDREDS of Darlington Council employees are being briefed about how they can give the best service to customers and chargepayers . |
| 22 | Aggression , sleeping rough , unstable sexual relationships , heavy drinking , fighting , loud and lewd behaviour , the actions that you see men performing every day on our city streets , can all go against women when decisions are being taken about where they should be sent . |
| 23 | Before starting comrades I think it 's time that we nailed a couple of lies that are being put about , about this union and other trade unions . |
| 24 | Such revulsion seems to be spiced with fear when old women , rather than men , are being talked about . |
| 25 | ‘ Their … concerns are being talked about . |
| 26 | ‘ For the first time , in Objective 1 areas , measures are being talked about in relation to health and education , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ For the first time , Objective 1 measures are being talked about in relation to health and education , ’ Claridge said . |
| 28 | On one occasion the group were being asked about their thoughts on the question of how pupils who disrupt lessons by walking out should be disciplined . |
| 29 | As 18 bewildered , yet relieved Bosnian refugees made the best of their new physical conditions in Kettring , questions were being asked about their mental well-being . |
| 30 | It is only a few years ago that we were being warned about the arrival of another ice age , for heavens ' sake ! |