Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [be] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people in Russell 's Water think they know what happened to Jim Eggleton , and think the killer could be being protected locally . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , something seems to be happening ; a new political machine may be being cranked up . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She and the pole must be being drawn towards the sea . |
| 5 | 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 ] . |
| 6 | The icing on the cake would be being able to reunite people with property they 've had stolen . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If objections based on uncertainty have any validity , then that word must be being used in a third sense . |
| 9 | Your objective should be being at least there should n't it ? |
| 10 | ‘ I found very questionable that it was no ( or little ) concern that investors ’ capital might be being eroded' |
| 11 | Any idea what gas might be being produced ? |