Example sentences of "[adv] being [vb pp] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the day after Central broadcast a documentary on the Marsh Arabs in Southern Iraq … revealing how communities are being destroyed … the Prince condemned Saddam Hussein for claiming the marshes are only being drained for agricultural purposes . |
| 2 | The Borrowdale mines in the lane District , discovered in 1564 , yielded such fine graphite that it was jealously guarded , extractions only being sold for six weeks of the year . |
| 3 | But Khomeini again insisted that it was all being done for foreign enemies of the Jews , America and Israel , we must be nailed and killed ; we must be sacrificed to the evil intentions of foreigners " |
| 4 | Sprinkler bans are already being planned for many areas but not for Surrey . |
| 5 | Britain and Hong Kong claim they are eager for international agencies to monitor the resettlement of the illegal migrants , just as is already being done for those boat people who have returned voluntarily . |
| 6 | However , since drivers ' wages are already being paid for full shifts , Dobbs ( 1979 ) argues that the extra costs of providing more off-peak buses on low demand routes is not very great . |
| 7 | If all the syndicates were to be fully reserved on a basis on which Names could be confident of not being called for further sums , Chatset estimates that reserves of £1.5bn would have to be increased to £3.5bn . |
| 8 | They are boycotting new assessment procedures , claiming social welfare officers were not being recognised for increased workloads . |
| 9 | ‘ He can sit in a dug out watching our A team as comfortably as he can sit in London , not being involved for five days . ’ |
| 10 | So why are men over 55 not being screened for prostatic cancer now if a reliable screening method is available ? |
| 11 | In 1986 the Norwegian government had demanded the return of the water because it suspected that , contrary to the original agreement , it was not being used for peaceful purposes but for the manufacture of plutonium for nuclear weapons [ see p. 36942 ] . |
| 12 | Small generators might put in 0.2 amp/hour ( 2.4W ) and are easy to use as they can be left charging indefinitely , even when the yacht is not being used for long periods , without damaging the battery . |
| 13 | When it is not being used for these purposes it is available for use by other organisations . |
| 14 | However , although early Greek literacy must therefore also be labelled ‘ restricted ’ , the foundation was nevertheless being laid for future developments of the ‘ full ’ potential of literacy : ‘ It was only by the time of Plato that the language had changed sufficiently to express new ideas ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 15 | Some 60 per cent of education journeys and 43 per cent of shopping and personal business trips are made on foot , with one fifth and one third of all walk Journeys respectively being made for these purposes . |
| 16 | He would very likely end up being confined for psychological tests , and Roirbak doubted whether , in Tammuz' present teetering condition , he 'd be strong enough to face them and emerge intact . |
| 17 | Record is also being grown for early lifting in the coastal areas of Cornwall and Wales . |
| 18 | A new 15 foot tufting machine is also being installed for this purpose , replacing one which originally came from the Glenvale factory in Paisley . |
| 19 | If set at 3° , they assisted in providing a long cruising range for reconnaissance duties , an F.24 camera often being fitted for such operations . |
| 20 | Riding on the back of this successful ‘ First ’ , plans are now being made for further courses in 1992 . |
| 21 | Metrocast already needs frequency-agile paging to cope with the fragmented US market , and this is now being extended for British businessmen who travel to the States . |
| 22 | The recovery action now being recommended for any stall is to move forwards on the stick to unstall the wings by reducing the angle of attack . |
| 23 | In the future , computerised spatial mapping of the distribution of frequencies in the manner now being used for electroencephalographic mapping of epileptic foci may provide a non-invasive alternative to multiple implanted electrodes to help distinguish between the above explanations . |
| 24 | IVF , at first touted as a ’ last resort ’ measure for women with blocked tubes , is now being promoted for another group of women , those who can become pregnant but who are ’ carriers ’ of inheritable conditions such as haemophilia , and who may give birth to a child with the condition . |
| 25 | Those highly accurate perishable goods — such as salad items — that have always been most commonly wasted are now being targeted for special attention . |
| 26 | The best known of these is the Special Needs Action Programme ( SNAP ) originally developed for Coventry primary schools ( Muncey and Ainscow , 1982 ) but now being adapted for secondary schools . |
| 27 | DM reported that , because bulk-loaded film is half the cost of pre-loaded film , it was now being bought for photographic work . |
| 28 | It seems likely that permits are increasingly being given for non-manual occupations , which has tended to favour the white inhabitants of developed countries such as the USA and South Africa . |
| 29 | The London Board , which inherited a particularly efficient contracting subsidiary from a company undertaking , expanded it further ( even being allowed for special contracts to compete in the area of other Boards ) and it became the most profitable part of their operation . |
| 30 | As usual , letters have replaced digits in this addition sum , with different letters consistently being used for different digits : SUSAN DENHAM – – – – – – |