Example sentences of "[be] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However — bowing to public demand — we hope to host another dance in October/November so you 're being given ample warning . |
| 2 | No what amazes me Mr Chairman is that here we are , we 're being cost conscious on every ground and we 're saying we 're making a statement that we enter into an exercise that we have no idea , we 're not asking for the actual cost , we are asking , we are asking you must of had an idea what it would cost or I feel Mr Chairman that that , can I put it mildly , lack of planning and certainly financial planning possibly |
| 3 | And sadly , very sadly I think we 're being proved right . |
| 4 | Would be be cooked alive ? |
| 5 | It is reported that they are being given Namibian identity cards to enable them to vote for pro-South African parties in the elections . |
| 6 | Staff in local authority children 's homes are being given new powers to restrain young people in their care physically , and in some cases to lock them up overnight . |
| 7 | What is new is that lay people are being given ministerial training . |
| 8 | In fact the extant Acts of the Martyrs ( where based on contemporary records and not legends ) do not portray the martyrs as human heroes , but as very frail mortals who are being given supernatural strength . |
| 9 | It is easy but improper to assert , when no other convenient explanation presents itself , that the intentions of the testator are being given full rein . |
| 10 | Investigations into the extent of the problem raised by differences in national laws are being undertaken prior to the Governing Council deciding whether the project should proceed . |
| 11 | But if politicians also believe that they are being fed distorted and incorrect information by budget-maximizing bureaucrats and that the resources they vote to the administration will be used inefficiently , they will reduce their allocations . |
| 12 | ‘ I think it is incredible that with the supposed new spirit of co-operation , a major tourist country like France should have this quite ridiculous position where people wanting to pay for goods and services are being charged exorbitant fees , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Increasingly these fluoride-releasing materials are being renamed glass-polyalkenoate cement . |
| 14 | At wool blending , two new breakers are being fitted prior to the installation of an entirely new automatic blending system . |
| 15 | More accurate figures are being made available with improved central bank supervision of external money markets . |
| 16 | Increasingly , links between different network services are being made available by the service providers . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , the policies are in place and resources are being made available . |
| 18 | I point out to the hon. Gentleman that the 1981 Act is now steadily being made more effective , that more resources are being made available every year and that parents are becoming more and more aware of their rights under that Act . |
| 19 | In the finances that are being made available , is there anything to continue the concessionary fuel arrangements ? |
| 20 | More places are being made available all the time : last night , a 25-bed hostel was opened in the constituency of the hon. Member for Tooting , to be run by the English Churches Housing Group . |
| 21 | Last week , I tabled a written question about precisely these costs : ’ To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funds are being made available to British Rail for design and other work in connection with planning and preparation of the King 's Cross project . ’ |
| 22 | Additional supplies of the guide are being made available from local area offices . |
| 23 | Many of the techniques developed by ICI to clean up its own processes have commercial value and are being made available to other companies . |
| 24 | Animal species are being made extinct worldwide : pandas in China , whales in the Pacific ; elephants in Africa . |
| 25 | Will he consider urgently the possibility of the married quarters at the bases being made available to Army personnel who are being made redundant ? |
| 26 | A flying role for the Royal Auxiliary Air Force would be exceedingly cost effective , particularly as air crews are being made redundant under ’ Options for Change ’ . |
| 27 | It simply recognizes the importance of retaining the experience of G M B activists in a situation like now where thousands upon thousands are being made redundant and in many cases victimized for trade union activity . |
| 28 | Forty people are being made redundant at a Birds Eye Walls ice cream factory . |
| 29 | This may sound alarmist to some people , especially those in the chemical industry who have a large financial stake in the continuing use of their products , but there is worrying evidence that we are being made ill by the chemicals around us . |
| 30 | People are being made aware of their culture by artists like Public Enemy . |