Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a major career step to receive an NEA grant , whereas a state or local award does n't carry as much weight as when comparisons between artists are being made nationally ’ . |
| 2 | A leaflet giving details and criteria for support is being produced which will be available shortly . |
| 3 | The prisoner , who is serving a five year sentence for burglary was being moved from Dartmoor to Bullingdon Prison in Oxfordshire . |
| 4 | the Chi the Chinese empire is , is actually growing but possibly in the sense that within Chinese territory marginal land that has n't previously been used for agriculture is being brought into use . |
| 5 | However the report also stated that the economy was " entering a critical stage in which the pace of the expansion [ had ] begun to slacken " ; both the United Kingdom ( Ireland 's most important trading partner ) and the United States were in recession , and prospects for agriculture were being affected by budgetary constraints within the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 6 | An application for demolition is being considered by the Department of the Environment |
| 7 | Just two years ago , the MP for Henley was being talked of as the next Prime Minister . |
| 8 | In Washington the preliminaries for recognition were being completed . |
| 9 | Although a common form of procedure for research is being recommended here it should not be thought for one moment that a hard and fast programme is being suggested to which every research enquiry should conform . |
| 10 | EVIDENCE of widespread insider dealing ahead of yesterday 's £480million bid for Dixons was being investigated by Stock Exchange officials last night . |
| 11 | Weak demand for windows for homes is being offset elsewhere and the West Midlands property developments and disposals are helping to keep the leap in interest charges within bounds . |
| 12 | Page 30 Anglo sell-off : Eight businesses worth £150m are being sold by Anglo United following its takeover of Coalite . |
| 13 | The knowledge and understanding gained has value in prioritising policies when guidelines for practice are being considered and for the counselling provisions which are now mandatory under The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act which regulates infertility services and comes into effect in July 1991 . |
| 14 | An appeal for funds is being established now so that there will be enough money in the kitty to be able to commence work on the locomotive as soon as it is taken out of service next year . |
| 15 | To mark the occasion a " Swiss Trail " for walkers is being opened in the " Heartland " around the Uri Lake south of Brunnen . |
| 16 | The supreme irony for Hill was being part of the first South West team to win the ADT Divisional Championship two weeks ago . |
| 17 | And Truman felt that his authority as president was being directly challenged and he had no alternative but to sack MacArthur . |
| 18 | can sail into a beautiful old age with enthusiasm for hobbies , taking up new interests of all sorts and I 've taken up skiing after the age of fifty and I 'm , I feel I 'm getting on well with it and this fresh air and and you know , getting out and finding who you really are after , you know , looking after children is is a wonderful thing ! |
| 19 | It was an interesting time to be at the centre , for news was beginning to get through from Burma and plans for reconstruction after liberation were being drawn up . |
| 20 | SUICIDAL children in Ellesmere Port who turn to counsellors for help are being told there is a 50-week waiting list , it was claimed last night . |
| 21 | And that 's a pity , because the technology for recycling is being developed . |
| 22 | After a reasonable period of time ( for example , two years ) there should be a review of the position to determine whether the mobility clause needs to be retained in the contract of employment if it was found that the need for mobility was being met by a sufficiently large group of staff willing to be mobile . |
| 23 | The only thing about work is are you working with oil ? |
| 24 | On the face of it , the shooting looked like another bloody event in Irish history , but perhaps it was its timing — on the same day that the government had sat for the first time — that intrigued him , or perhaps it was Joe 's words : that his father and the men like him had died for Ireland were being betrayed . |
| 25 | It is the need , when an application for asylum is being considered by the special adjudicator , for a second interpreter . |
| 26 | Their applications for asylum are being processed gradually ; most are still awaiting a decision . |
| 27 | Just as the old national differences in styles of play are being gradually erased by the globalisation of football , so the cultures around spectatorship are undergoing a period intensified mixing and matching . |
| 28 | In many cases the resources available to the schools during the period of change are being reduced . |
| 29 | Appropriate measures of change are being specially developed for each element . |
| 30 | The Economy Minister revealed that ‘ further good news ’ was in the pipeline , and hinted that a couple of projects were being negotiated . |