Example sentences of "['s] [noun] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a general view — confirmed when Major remarkably rejected claims that Mellor had broken ministerial rules when quite clearly he had — that the PM 's judgement was being clouded by friendship . |
| 2 | London 's case is being ignored by the Government . |
| 3 | In a statement issued on 8 April 1991 , Bob Shaw said there was little confidence that Mrs Kemp 's case was being fairly dealt with . |
| 4 | But , Mr Bristow stresses , ‘ the key on the publisher 's part is being responsible and not overloading the store ’ . |
| 5 | The threat to the plant 's existence is being taken seriously by the unions even though the management denies any intention to close it . |
| 6 | FED-UP churchgoers in a town where a new TV series of Doctor Finlay 's Casebook is being filmed want their vicar sacked . |
| 7 | Now the snipers keep up the pressure while the new Romania 's foundations are being laid . |
| 8 | All 5 Christian traditions will use the new church and the Queen 's presence is being seen as cementing unity after centuries of conflict . |
| 9 | Then on Monday 21st on its front page The Wall Street Journal suggested that the technology torch slipping from IBM 's fingers is being picked up by its own creations : Intel Corp and Microsoft with Pentium and NT . |
| 10 | According to 88open chairman Chuck Corley , Motorola 's man , the consortium 's budget is being ‘ adjusted ’ because the test suites that are its raison d'etre are done and members ' have no requirements for more — despite talk of Unix SVR4 ES/MP . |
| 11 | According to 88open chairman Chuck Corley , Motorola 's man , the consortium 's budget is being ‘ adjusted ’ because the test suites that are its raison d'etre are done and members have no requirements for more — despite talk of Unix System V.4 ES/MP . |
| 12 | Twelve months later , this user 's experience is being repeated all over the country , sometimes intentionally . |
| 13 | They arrived shortly after midnight , unaware that Lila 's bungalow was being watched by two narcotics officers as part of an eight-month-old campaign engineered by Harry J Anslinger , Commissioner of the United States Treasury Bureau of Narcotics . |
| 14 | Last July , after months of furious debate over whether the artist 's wishes were being respected , Picasso 's ‘ Guernica ’ was removed at dawn from the Prado 's annexe , El Cason del Buen Retiro . |
| 15 | That was why the Congress of People 's Deputies was being recommended to give priority to the government 's report on the economy . |
| 16 | Doris 's script was being gimmicked by the typists . |
| 17 | One AE almost immediately handed in a form for a telegraphic transfer and within 15 minutes the client 's funds were being transferred to the company 's bank . |
| 18 | It is therefore not surprising that thousands of children in Cleveland 's schools are being taught in sub-standard conditions — which must have an effect on education standards . |
| 19 | Yes , yes , yes indeed , a child 's mind is is |
| 20 | But this was , as I say , back in the thirties , when as I understand , Mrs Symons 's books were being admired in houses up and down the country . |
| 21 | This was not so , said the Minister : the president 's speeches were being broadcast in instalments , on different days , so that nothing should be lost . |
| 22 | A source at the meeting would not deny that Mr Havel 's candidacy was being actively considered . |
| 23 | For a good reason , but also for a bad one , this latest change in Iran 's persona is being looked at seriously . |
| 24 | Sandys persuaded his father , the Archbishop of York , that Hooker 's scholarship was being wasted as a country parson , and in 1585 he was appointed as Master of the Temple , in London , where it was his duty to minister to the lawyers of the Inns of Court . |
| 25 | Thus once incomes had been pooled and responsibilities for the various household outgoings apportioned , it was clear that some of the carers in Glendinning 's study were being supported by the disabled or elderly person . |
| 26 | Whilst the King 's declarations were being read out in the market place , the reader , a local man , seeing Richard Baxter passing by , stopped and shouted , ‘ There goeth a traitor ’ ! |
| 27 | Britt 's distress is being made worse by a daunting work schedule and the strain was painfully evident as she jetted from Stockholm to Malmo . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It was nevertheless outside parliament and the cabinet room that Spain 's future was being decided . |
| 30 | Duncan 's religiousness is being very heavily emphasized |