Example sentences of "were being [vb pp] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These moves were condemned on the grounds that backward conditions in hospital were being exchanged for backward conditions in the community . |
| 2 | Will the Minister assure us that information on someone 's behaviour as a prostitute would be accessed only if they were being charged for similar offences ? |
| 3 | He and his friends had collaborated with the Japs , but had quickly seen that the independence granted to Burma was fictitious and that the Burmese people were being exploited for Japanese imperialism . |
| 4 | By early February there were reports of large numbers of dead shellfish on beaches , an increasing number of seals were being treated for internal problems caused by oil poisoning , and a quarter of the economically important salmon-farming industry appeared to be affected by the spill . |
| 5 | Nearly half those who killed themselves were suffering from mental illness , most of those were being treated for those problems when they died . |
| 6 | They were being overcharged for third-rate beer , much of it brewed from cheap and inferior ingredients . |
| 7 | The fire claimed hundreds of parachutes which were being prepared for military exercises . |
| 8 | Computed tomography of the gall bladder was initially done on all patients but latterly , only patients who were being considered for extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy ( patients with one to three gall stones which were less than 3 cm in diameter ) were scanned to determine stone density ( calcification ) . |
| 9 | Bosses at Woburn said they had no idea the monkeys were being used for medical research . |
| 10 | But Linfield had no idea that Dinamo were being investigated for suspected bribery . |
| 11 | But Linfield had no idea that Dinamo were being investigated for suspected bribery . |
| 12 | The remainder were asymptomatic and were being investigated for abnormal liver function tests . |