Example sentences of "[adj] [Wh det] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was mostly material like this which was being dumped in the mid-Atlantic . |
| 2 | Although totally obsolete in today 's laboratories , a description of this simple device is useful in making clear what is being recorded , and illustrating some of the problems which still confront modern sleep researchers . |
| 3 | The easier these objects can be seen and felt , the easier it is to get the meaning across : ( a ) Names of things like pencils , tables and books may be taught by a pointing naming technique , the success of which depends on making clear what is being pointed out . |
| 4 | His basic proposition was ‘ That which is is , and it is impossible for it not to be . ’ |
| 5 | All the individuals referred to have contributed to the creation of goodness to a degree above that which is being created by millions of people in their ordinary day-to-day dealings . |
| 6 | In most social research the researcher aims to be detached and not to affect or interfere with that which is being studied . |
| 7 | But erm er I I I I really feel very strongly about this that we all know that democracy does n't just consist of electing a a national parliament once in five years , we all know the strength of democracy comprises that where the complex of local institutions of local bodies made up of people serving in different ways , not necessarily elected , that is what comprises democracy and it is that which is being undermined again by this measure in this in this Bill and I do say to Your Lordships that for the reasons given by both my Noble Friends er Lord and by , by the Noble Lord , Lord Lord er that there has been no demand for this |
| 8 | Life expired boiler of No. 5 which is being used for the oil firing tests on the Snowdon Mountain Railway . |
| 9 | I once worked two night shifts in the open on Superman II which was being made at Pinewood Studios . |
| 10 | After all , it is the same good which is being traded on each island . |
| 11 | It 's among the first of about thirty thousand which are being built in Britain . |
| 12 | Software for the Unix System V.4-based machines include network management and a suite of capacity planning software written in-house which is being offered to Unix International as a potential standard component . |
| 13 | Those which are being discarded , usually after 30 years and around 750,000 miles ( 1,200,000 km ) of service , are sold at £8,000 each and go on to another life overseas . |
| 14 | The historic state coach No 351 which was being restored at that time suffered exterior damage in the fire but it is now intended to restore it as a museum piece . |
| 15 | These hatched from twenty three eggs and since this first clutch the female has laid a further fifteen which are being artificially incubated at the moment . |
| 16 | Mr raised the point about erm the environmental appraisal of of development plans , erm as set out in P P G twelve which is is indicative of a a a new er a new framework in which plans should be prepared . |
| 17 | This can be a little confusing , because the same name may be used to describe either , and it is sometimes unclear which is being defined . |
| 18 | is that what is was ? |
| 19 | Charity salves our conscience , allows us to feel that something is being done , that what is being done is sufficient , and that we have played our part in doing it . |
| 20 | If so , there is a validity problem , in that what is being studied is laboratory behaviour rather than natural behaviour . |
| 21 | Finally , the " syntactical " version of the argument involves an attempt to circumvent the need for any direct ontological or epistemological commitment by showing that what is being primarily " talked about " in existential propositions are syntactical properties of certain linguistic expressions . |
| 22 | Thus the statement " The concept lion is not empty " obviously is not likely to convey the desired information unless it is already clear from the context , or is otherwise indicated , that what is being talked about are actual and not merely imagined or fantasized lions . |