Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be being " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a worse condition , if a company allowed up to five versions of any drawing to be saved , with drawing blank and logo — as much as 98 per cent of redundant data may be being stored and maintained . |
| 2 | Many people in Russell 's Water think they know what happened to Jim Eggleton , and think the killer could be being protected locally . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , something seems to be happening ; a new political machine may be being cranked up . |
| 4 | Many older patients who probably neither had asthma nor died of asthma may be being entered into the statistics for asthma mortality because of inappropriate use of the word asthma on death certificates , diagnostic transfer , or coding changes . |
| 5 | The most striking finding , however , is that the warming effect caused by greenhouse gases may be being slowed both by the effects of sulphur dioxide pollution , and also by the depletion of the ozone layer . |
| 6 | She and the pole must be being drawn towards the sea . |
| 7 | The offence must be a ‘ serious arrestable ’ one ; the investigation must be being ‘ conducted diligently and expeditiously ’ ; and there must be a need to secure or preserve evidence or ‘ to obtain such evidence by questioning him ’ [ emphasis added ] . |
| 8 | The icing on the cake would be being able to reunite people with property they 've had stolen . |
| 9 | The numbers of baby eels in Scandinavian and European rivers are also declining , and the NRA believe that the depopulation may be being caused by an unknown factor , possibly pollution , in the Atlantic . |
| 10 | If objections based on uncertainty have any validity , then that word must be being used in a third sense . |
| 11 | Your objective should be being at least there should n't it ? |
| 12 | ‘ I found very questionable that it was no ( or little ) concern that investors ’ capital might be being eroded' |
| 13 | Any idea what gas might be being produced ? |
| 14 | This can , in fact , be the most productive teaching time , because the children will be involved in very real problems and their skills will be being rigorously tested . |
| 15 | Where there is concern that students might be being exploited by Compact employers , the Compact Directors should raise the issue immediately with the organisation concerned . |
| 16 | Research has indicated how radioactive contaminants may be being introduced into the human food chain via the migration of wildfowl through the Chernobyl region . |