Example sentences of "[been] [conj] [be] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also seems clear that the trend will soon emerge elsewhere , for as Vining and Pallone ( 1982 ) in their study of 22 countries have argued , the phenomenon is due to the fact that the scale economies of the core regions of any country either have been or are being reduced , as the peripheral areas manage to offer sites that are as competitive as those of the core regions . |
| 2 | ( ) If it appears to the Secretary of State — ( a ) that the financial affairs of any institution within the higher education sector have been or are being mismanaged ; or ( b ) that , in consequence of matters outwith the control of such an institution , it is likely that the financial position of the institution will be significantly adversely affected , he may , after consulting the Council and the institution , give such directions to the Council about the provision of financial support in respect of the activities carried on by the institution as he considers are necessary or expedient by reason of the mismanagement or , as the case may be , adverse effect on the institution 's financial position . ' . |
| 3 | The Kurds have been and are being massacred , and are dying of neglect — our neglect — by the tens of thousands because they tried to escape that massacre , which we did nothing to prevent . |
| 4 | Naturally , each of the cases referred to in the report by Sir Thomas Hetherington and Mr. Chalmers has been and is being investigated . |
| 5 | The damage has been and is being made good . |
| 6 | Although , having once decided under section 40(1) that an award was warranted , I would be required by section 41(1) to take account of any benefit the employer ‘ might reasonably be expected to derive ’ , section 40(1) requires me to decide whether the patent is of outstanding benefit , and I conclude that this entails my satisfying myself that such benefit has already been and is being achieved . |
| 7 | Electronically created data has been and is being produced in a number of different organizational and technological environments . |
| 8 | In 1991 Wessex entertained the suspicion that they had been and were being swindled by Abbey and in particular by Mr. Tully and certain employees of Wessex and Abbey and others . |