Example sentences of "[be] [be] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the Jaguar and lightning jets , they 're being phased out of the RAF because they 're considered too expensive to service . |
| 2 | Brigadier , life is er hard enough in the Army when you 're being toughened up for the sort of rigours you have to face on the streets of Belfast for example |
| 3 | A ruling yesterday by the Accounting Standards Board means any premium or discount when a company repurchases its own debt must be be written off in the same year it is incurred . |
| 4 | The all-male strip troupe are being checked out by the Office of Fair Trading after a rival group complained about unfair practices . |
| 5 | Britain 's biggest manufacturer of compact discs has denied accusations that music lovers are being ripped off over the cost . |
| 6 | FREE toothbrushes are being given out to the first 400 visitors to an exhibition encouraging people to brush up on dental hygiene . |
| 7 | But with the help of Renfrew High School , 14 crates of books , pens and other equipment , including a computer , are being sent out to the African school . |
| 8 | The young are being drained out of the village . |
| 9 | We are being swept off to the right , towards a giant chunk of basalt in the river , and despite Sam 's frenzied efforts at the oars , we bounce into it . |
| 10 | This changed with the re-emergence of long-term structural unemployment , leading to the de-incorporation of increasing sections of the working class , ‘ who are being defined out of the edifice of citizenship ’ ( Dahrendorf , 1985 , p. 98 ) . |
| 11 | Other ideas are being followed up by the Supply Chain Management Project which is investigating ideas on promotional planning , information availability and customer service system enhancements . |
| 12 | Where possible , the more significant ‘ non-Leicestershire ’ cases are being followed up in the relevant local newspapers , and national events are being followed up in The Times . |
| 13 | Where possible , the more significant ‘ non-Leicestershire ’ cases are being followed up in the relevant local newspapers , and national events are being followed up in The Times . |
| 14 | Teachers , many of whom agree in principle , are worried the changes are being rushed through without the public , particularly employers , being educated about them . |
| 15 | In 1990 it will be extended to cover all SCOTVEC certification with the exception of the old system of HNCs and HNDs which are being phased out over the next few years . |
| 16 | Although today these vital units of the railway system are being phased out by the modern fully automated control centres , there still remains the lonely , isolated signal box , often miles from anywhere , that on a dark winter 's night can conjure up strange happenings and instil fear even in the heart of the most level-headed signalman . |
| 17 | In Eastern Europe , meanwhile , new nation states are being formed out of the debris of the old system and nationalist feeling is exceptionally strong , and it is an open question whether some of these states will in due course be incorporated in an enlarged EC or perhaps in some still wider , but as yet only vaguely conceived , ‘ European homeland ’ ( to use Gorbachev 's expression ) . |
| 18 | All managers are being trained up to the standards of NEBOSH , the national examining body for health and safety in the UK , and by September 300 will have completed the full NEBOSH course . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's asking for trouble when people are being turfed out into the street and have paid to come to a club until 2am . |
| 20 | The Albanians feel the CSCE has been hoodwinked , and believe that guns are being dug in around the city . |
| 21 | The argument for secrecy has rested on claims that it is unreasonable to reveal landowners ' financial affairs , but such discretion seems unjust when large amounts of public money are being handed out for the benefit of these landowners , and when the financial data central to the justification of schemes need not involve revelation of every last penny of landowners ' private accounts . |
| 22 | County Tory leader , Councillor Simon Cussons , says he has had complaints from youngsters who feel they are being hounded out of the pubs . |
| 23 | They 're obviously being continually carried in from the river water but are being taken out of the system somewhere in the marine environment . |
| 24 | Procedures for implementing this recent legislation are being worked out by the U.S. Department of the Interior . |
| 25 | A number of modifications are being carried out to the BBMF 's other Merlin engines to prevent a recurrence of this type of failure . |
| 26 | The repairs are being carried out to the bridge at Knayton and the inside lanes of both carriageways are closed . |
| 27 | The repairs are being carried out to the bridge at Knayton and the inside lanes of both carriageways are closed . |
| 28 | Tests are being carried out for the bacteria that causes legionnaires disease after humidifying equipment failed … |
| 29 | However , if unauthorised activities are being carried out on the site , these would require planning permission and enforcement action could be taken . |
| 30 | Post mortem examinations are being carried out on the two bodies found yesterday at the foot of a mountain ridge on the Isle of Skye . |