Example sentences of "being [adv] [vb pp] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the initiative was rejected by the countries where tropical forests are being indiscriminately felled for quick cash profits . |
| 2 | Those without a technical or scientific background were less enthusiastic , being more destined for lower status posts like teaching . |
| 3 | Since 1946 the Arts Council had been a buffer between politicians and artists , protecting artists from interference , and politicians from being directly blamed for scandalous art . |
| 4 | They are both being further monitored for 4 weeks when the experimental line returns to normal . |
| 5 | Appropriate measures of change are being specially developed for each element . |
| 6 | This was distinguished from a card which merely had written or printed material on it , intended to convey information to the human eye or mind , and not meant to be ancillary to some machine by being specially shaped for that purpose . |
| 7 | These troops of the Japanese 38 Division , being specially trained for amphibious assault , were not to waste their talents in chasing guerrilla bands , and their sudden departure surprised — not to say , relieved — the Australians , who considered these were the best troops they had fought . |
| 8 | Although this may sometimes be appropriate , the lack of a tissue diagnosis undoubtedly results in some patients being inappropriately treated for malignant disease when a benign stricture is present and vice versa . |
| 9 | Composers , performers and other productive agents are not either wholly ‘ manipulated ’ or wholly ‘ critical ’ and ‘ free ’ ; their subjectivity — or the positions being continually constructed for that subjectivity — is traversed by a multitude of different , often conflicting lines of social influence , bringing them into multiple , often overlapping identities and collectivities . |