Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the needle steady , the heading now being flown is that which will take the aircraft direct to the station . |
| 2 | For this exercise , the procedure being examined is that carried out within a section , and the procedure owner is taken to be the person who could authorise changes at this level ( eg by the introduction of pro-formats for day-to-day recording of mileage etc ) , in this case the head of each section . |
| 3 | Specific topics being addressed are those which have been suggested as a possible legacy of the dispute , such as irreconcilable bitterness between former working and former striking miners and their families in a ‘ split ’ community ; permanent disaffection from the police and from the institutions of legal and political authority as a whole as a result of experiences within striking communities ; and changing family relationships as a result of the mobilization of women during the dispute . |
| 4 | In this particular case , the assumption being made is that only animals that are preyed upon need camouflage . |
| 5 | Lawyers are already claiming there is no real precedent , because the Japanese being compensated are those who personally experienced internment , whereas no US black can claim direct and personal damage by ‘ the peculiar institution ’ . |
| 6 | For the nation , what is being said is that unprecedented revival is coming and exceeding any ever seen before . |
| 7 | For a closer analysis shows that what is really being talked about in such propositions is not men or dragons , but the concept man and the concept dragon , and what is being said is that certain things fall under the former concept , whereas the latter concept is empty . |
| 8 | The principal methodologies being used are those of structured and unstructured interview with individuals and groups , and intended to carry out a questionnaire survey in each of our three communities . |
| 9 | Laterality effects in normals are notoriously sensitive to experimental manipulations that ought not to be influential if what is being measured is some fixed attribute of cerebral organisation . |
| 10 | All of a sudden this erm worry about this budget heading , is being swept under the carpets and everybody being told is all in been er cleared up . |
| 11 | Whatever uses it may serve within descriptive linguistics , and there is clearly some advantage in dividing up and abstracting fields of study for specific purposes , it is quite a different matter to then take such abstract categories as ‘ language-systems ’ rather than language uses as the basis for cross-cultural comparison , particularly when what is being compared is such a socially charged concept as ‘ objectivity ’ . |
| 12 | The changes that are being introduced are all designed to enable those who work in the NHS to give you even better care . |
| 13 | The survey tells us that the chances of being burgled are less than the risk of domestic fire and that the chances of robbery are smaller than those of being admitted to a psychiatric hospital — not that such statistics will be a lot of consolation to those who are burgled or robbed . |
| 14 | It is tempting to think that what is being attempted is some sort of solar containment , trapping the power of the sun and storing for energy . |
| 15 | What is being asked is this . |
| 16 | Merely the experience of being governed was enough to provide a political education . |
| 17 | One prospect being touted is that institutional investors , who at the end of 1990 held 73% of ICI 's shares , will insist on splitting the job of the group 's chairman and chief executive in two . |
| 18 | A good example of the approach now being taken is that of the proposed Machines Directive , which would cover over half of the total production of the European mechanical engineering industry . |
| 19 | Since polite elements represented a small segment of the population , the group of poets here being identified is those whose lives most represent the experiences of the great majority of people in eighteenth century England . |
| 20 | The small percentage of jobs he speaks of being created are all highly skilled , whereas the majority of the unemployed are untrained , unskilled and have not the qualifications for further training . |
| 21 | The small percentage of jobs he speaks of being created are all highly skilled , whereas the majority of the unemployed are untrained , unskilled , and have not the qualifications for further training . |
| 22 | The crossing of borders artistic , national , and generational is one of the founders ' main intentions , and the projects currently being planned are all multi-media . |
| 23 | There will be no sections for the different media : the crossing of borders artistic , national , and generational is one of the founders ' main intentions , and the projects currently being planned are all multi-media . |
| 24 | A description of what it was like being a female secretary in a male-dominated office received much attention , and much fury and hilarity when it was realized that the office being described was that of the New Left Review . |
| 25 | Also being released are former England off-spinner Eddie Hemmings and Kevin Cooper . |