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 | 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 . ) . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Record is also being grown for early lifting in the coastal areas of Cornwall and Wales . |
10 | A new 15 foot tufting machine is also being installed for this purpose , replacing one which originally came from the Glenvale factory in Paisley . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Riding on the back of this successful ‘ First ’ , plans are now being made for further courses in 1992 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Those highly accurate perishable goods — such as salad items — that have always been most commonly wasted are now being targeted for special attention . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | DM reported that , because bulk-loaded film is half the cost of pre-loaded film , it was now being bought for photographic work . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | As usual , letters have replaced digits in this addition sum , with different letters consistently being used for different digits : SUSAN DENHAM – – – – – – |