Example sentences of "in [adj] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The urgent problems of accelerating the construction programmes inherited in 1948 were being tackled , as we have seen , under Verity and Smith ( pp. 23–8 , above ) . |
| 2 | The new beer , popular with the porters of Covent Garden was then known as Entire in that is was served from a single barrel . |
| 3 | Should this scenario happen , crucial to its success would be changing the image of the area , and a key part in this is being played by the city 's successful bid for the World Student Games in 1990 . |
| 4 | The final point I want to make Mr Deputy Speaker which I think is very , very important indeed , bearing in mind that fact that so few people bothered to vote in these is is there any possibility that before these regulations come into effect we can have at the same time , a little pamphlet put out saying exactly what these additional M E Ps and the existing ones actually can do . |
| 5 | A good example of the former occurred during the passage of the British submarine H.50 , which in 1941 was being escorted by the destroyer Worcester off the north Norfolk coast in waters where German E-boats often used to attack . |
| 6 | This is the site of old mill ponds and the northernmost pond in particular is being filled in with builder 's rubble and other material . |
| 7 | There is a strong case for arguing that the dominance of Roman catholic high clergy in the determination of key value ingredients in catholic — nationalist consensus in the South is in a state of change , and that certain aspects in particular are being challenged . |
| 8 | Children in particular are being affected . |
| 9 | During the nineteenth century , the cattle of Friesland in particular were being selected locally for black-and-white pied coats at a time when the cattle of other provinces were of various colours and types . |
| 10 | Which ? editor Sue Leggate said the survey showed beer drinkers in particular were being hit by prices rising faster than inflation . |
| 11 | But four main factors are singled out by Chris Green for the currently greatly improved outlook : the record investment currently being made , at the end of 1989 amounting to an astonishing million pounds a day ; the success of the Networker train whose carriages in 1989 were being delivered at the rate of one a day ; the enormous level of London station development both enhancing the environment ( who at the start of the 1980s would have thought of treating a terminus as a shopping precinct ? ) and producing revenue on the grand scale ; and the steady introduction of Integrated Electronic Control Centres ( discussed in detail in the signalling chapter ) . |
| 12 | Among benzodiazepine misusers 70% ( 23/33 ) in 1988 and 59% ( 23/39 ) in 1990 were being prescribed benzodiazepines before assessment . |