Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of her major contributions to WACC has been being involved in the impetus for representation of women in decision-making at all levels and the inclusion of women 's issues as a focus of WACC activity . |
| 2 | That er , er , little action has been taken in the last thirty forty years since this has been being discussed , erm , I think the first international conference erm , produced their own report in nineteen sixty . |
| 3 | For three hundred years , until around 1934 , Faversham was a major centre of gunpowder manufacture , and one of the former factories , Chart Mills , was saved from demolition in recent years by the Faversham Society , when the area in which it stands was being cleared for a new housing estate . |
| 4 | Across the floor from Audi , Ford was making much ado of its standard anti-lock brakes on all cars sold in Switzerland , a policy Ford says is being evaluated for the UK . |
| 5 | Bruce Tigwell says … the skill of it he says is being able to read the ground and go over bumps as quickly as you can … there are more skills in this than any other form of motoring … he says it 's fun motor sport and very friendly but the competition is still high … you can not buy the vehicles off the shelf you have to make them … top speed is 115 miles an hour but they rarely get the chance to go that fast |
| 6 | The tone chosen can indicate whether the tone-unit in which it occurs is being used to present new information or to refer to information which is felt to be already possessed by speaker and hearer . |
| 7 | It authorises the carrying on of the licence-holder 's business temporarily in other premises , whilst the premises to which his licence applies are being reconstructed . |
| 8 | Alternatively , s.22(1) of the Alkali , etc. , Works Act 1906 provides for formal complaint to be made to HM Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate via their inspectors , by any local authority or inhabitant of the district , if a process to which the Act applies is being carried on in contravention of the provisions of the Act and a nuisance has arisen . |
| 9 | For example , suppose a series of map overlays is being used to define suitable locations for a facility . |
| 10 | A dossier of properties available for use as sets is being compiled as an incentive to film-makers to bring their business to Britain . |
| 11 | Intel Corp has found another patent that it thinks is being infringed , and has asked the US International Trade Commission to investigate the import from Taiwan of Twinhead Inc 's Slimnote notebook computers , and put a ban on them . |
| 12 | THE debate on ways in which Merseyside might benefit from up to £1bn in EC grants is being opened up to a wider audience in a novel fashion later this month . |
| 13 | Worse , however , is the fear that what court litigation business remains is being driven South of the Border where courts are believed to move faster . |
| 14 | The news that Don Peters was being replaced had been received with great disappointment and alarm throughout the Midlands by management , unions and employees alike . |
| 15 | He wanted to stamp out the drug running among Albanians , profits from which he claims are being used to buy arms . |
| 16 | The demonstration arranged by the Lesbian and Gay Direct Action Group , OUTRAGE , is to challenge public decency laws which it claims are being misinterpreted to criminalise public shows of affection between gay couples . |
| 17 | A Swindon man is preparing to go to Pakistan to try to find his girlfriend , whom he believes is being kept there against her will . |