Example sentences of "it is [adv] [being] " in BNC.

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1 That it is simply being this is why we feel that the role of the structure policies is to provide that er into local plan policies .
2 The Ego imagines that it is somehow being empathic to increase the suffering in the world by adding our own .
3 It is repeatedly being copied and recopied as the generations go by , like the Hebrew scriptures which were ritually copied by scribes every 80 years to forestall their wearing-out .
4 Advantage of powering the receiver all the time the vehicle is moving is that , even though the driver is not listening to the receiver , it is continuously being updated by RDS data , in the same way as if the driver were listening to the CD player .
5 Depressed moods are the most difficult moods for dieting , and such is the mood-lifting effect of exercise that it is even being used medically as part of the treatment for depression .
6 Hardly a colour combination to enhance or blend with the pinks and reds of roses by underplanting ( see question number 15 on page 160 ) , but a nearby border or patch of it is widely being reported as being responsible for clearing out all the greenfly !
7 Although this is just one case , it is probably being repeated hundreds of times every week .
8 It is increasingly being asked whether the solution to the problem of truancy beyond the age of 13 lies in changes at school to alleviate the boredom , and increase the motivation to participate , of less academic pupils .
9 ‘ It is important to report cash to shareholders , and it is increasingly being recognised , through FRS 1 and so on , that the main financial statement should be cash flow .
10 It is clearly being used as an instrument to achieve a military purpose .
11 Even as otherness is being affirmed it is also being foreclosed ( ‘ The Commitment to Theory ’ , 16 ) .
12 It is also being ushered in by an unusual duo : contracting credit and falling interest rates .
13 Increasingly , environmental biotechnology is being heralded as a means of controlling and improving environmental quality and it is also being applied to mineral extraction and resource recycling .
14 Therefore it is true to say that , when a person stiffens the neck muscles and pulls back the head , not only is the body 's natural coordination being obstructed but it is also being prevented from returning to its natural state of ease and equilibrium .
15 Reporter Davies , 40 , said : ‘ The press is currently taking a lot of criticism but these awards show it is also being recognised that a difficult job is being done . ’
16 It is also being heavily promoted as a replacement for the keyboard in many areas of use although there is currently little software available to use with it .
17 In addition , while it is now offered as an entry program , it is also being used to promote its stable-mate , Corporate Voice .
18 There is a big case of investment being held up in Ahoghill , and it is also being held up in Carrickfergus , and other places , too .
19 It is also being recognised that immigration may become a hot political problem on the international scene .
20 And the novel which got written breathes life into this sentence 's very unpromising warrant for the ‘ truth ’ of what is being told , namely that there are hard facts or perhaps it is just being made up .
21 It is already being said that if Wales keep them below 30 points it will be a moral victory .
22 But environmentalists have pointed out that it is already being used by western companies to dump toxic materials with impunity which they can not dispose of legally in the west .
23 The rather unusual characteristic of 14 C is that it is continually being formed .
24 Even in the pristine atmosphere , unpolluted by humans , this layer appears highly unstable since it is constantly being formed and broken down , mainly by the action of ultraviolet radiation .
25 It is constantly being pulled downwards by gravity , but its wings are performing active work — obeying laws of physics within its muscles — to keep it aloft in spite of the force of gravity .
26 It is gradually being introduced into every sector of business .
27 It is currently being tested for use in an aerosolised form which delivers a lower total dose of the drug directly to the lungs , in order to reduce the risk of side effects .
28 Even more amazingly , it is currently being specified by IBM as part of a large US Air Force contract based around enhanced 3270 PCs .
29 We are looking at the matter and it is currently being considered by the Department .
30 It is currently being investigated in detail as part of an overall transport strategy which might include infrastructure provision and traffic management .
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