Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And within recent years , the question of which culture is for whom is being raised in connection with every one of their activities . |
| 2 | Frank Sinatra was told at the weekend that the four pasta sauces named after him are being withdrawn . |
| 3 | Increasing the spring rate of stiffness too much is not a good idea as it transmits forces into the chassis for which is was not designed and the vehicle is also uncomfortable to drive . |
| 4 | It is perhaps for these entirely practical reasons that each approximate size and shape of rug is known by a specific name which usually relates either to its traditional position on the floor or the purpose for which is was made . |
| 5 | After the election for the chief whip , Labour MPs will vote for the restyled Shadow Cabinet , the elections for which are being weighted to ensure a minimum representation of three women . |
| 6 | Written in June 1936 , " Secrets de l'Espagne " , Nizan 's extended analysis of the Spanish situation for La Correspondance internationale , bears witness not only to his perceptiveness ( " There is emerging on the Republican horizon a fascist bid for power the conditions for which are being prepared by the social unrest orchestrated by the right " ) , but also to his enormous talent as a political reporter . |
| 7 | They 're particularly concerned about people over 60 , many of whom are being dismissed as untreatable , even though they 're suffering pain and deformity . |
| 8 | And and what I 've got in front of me , David Lock , what I 've got in front of me is is erm , and I know David 's got it David Allenby 's got it as well , is the er paper from Harrogate 's Economic Development Officer to his Economic Development Sub-Committee , and it 's gone all the way through the process now and through the main council , where he has to answer that very question and I could n't put it better . |
| 9 | Well none of them are are they ? |
| 10 | And some of them are are a bit short . |
| 11 | Well most of them are are n't they ? |
| 12 | Well some of them are are n't they ? |
| 13 | At present there are no more than half-a-dozen British products in the fields covered by Alvey and most of them are being used experimentally . |
| 14 | Barn owls need barns or similar buildings for breeding , and more and more of them are being converted into country houses . |
| 15 | So what 's interesting here is that they seem to be having a conversation about un the university matters , the history department and so on but in fact there 's this kind of subtext going on here in which both of them want to find out about the other person 's children and both of them are being very mysterious and avoiding the question . |
| 16 | Some of them are being taught in dining halls , store rooms and offices . |
| 17 | Many of them are being forced to turn the crop into cattle feed because Britain has more potatos than it needs . |
| 18 | Lot of them are being sacked off the bloody telly in n it ? |
| 19 | I 'm just trying to remember everybody in the same afternoon , to collect them all because of about six of them are being done around here |
| 20 | And I do n't mean I 'm bending them , but there were some , as I 've said many times , a lot of silly people refereeing in speedway , and thank goodness now , ninety nine per cent of them are being sensible and we 're seeing some good refereeing . |
| 21 | Each of them is being pumped into the atmosphere in vast amounts : and the reason they are not found in vast amounts is that they are extremely reactive or soluble in water , and so are quickly converted into some other compound , or washed out by rain . |
| 22 | An exact replica of one of them is being shipped to Armenia , right down to blackboards and chalk , but it 's taken top level agreement between Mr Gorbachev and Mrs Thatcher to make it happen . |
| 23 | I just wondered is any of them were were going to do a better job than |
| 24 | However , the whole lot of them were being manipulated by the men who ran the music business … |
| 25 | Although most of them were being paid so little that employment had become a farce , an irrelevance . |
| 26 | Most of them were being scraped from the ceiling . ’ |
| 27 | In the early sixteenth century the prices of essential goods rose more sharply than those of inessentials , and at the same time wage differentials increased again , so it is likely that by this date population was rising again , and that as real wages declined a higher proportion of them was being spent on essential goods and less on luxuries . |
| 28 | In addition , many of those who have had their homes repossessed are now being chased by building societies and banks for the short-falls arising after the sale of their homes , many of which are being sold for less than the mortgage owing on them . |
| 29 | General Accident are not expecting any additional claims activity as a result of the flooding in the Mid-West , the insurance costs of which are being handled under the US Government 's National Flood Insurance Programme . |
| 30 | Several pictures were taken of the installation , some of which are being used for promotional purposes . |