Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two sentences are not ‘ equivalents ’ of each other , but they are quoted here to show that , in spite of the fact that the last mention of the particular participant being traced is by pronominal reference in the English version and by a proper noun in the Portuguese version , English still prefers to pick up the reference in the new paragraph by means of a pronoun while Portuguese prefers lexical repetition . |
| 2 | Most of the problem being addressed is in Berkshire , but a large part of the solution is proposed in Buckinghamshire , in my hon. Friend 's constituency . |
| 3 | I 'm never quite sure really to be honest whether these individuals had an interview with Jesus or Jesus had an interview with them , because whether they thought that Jesus or whether they thought they were doing the , the probing and the questioning really it was Jesus who was in charge of the interview , you may of watched er certain chat shows on the , on the television or heard them on the radio and er depending who the person being interviewed is , very often it actually changes , and its the interviewer who really is being put through it , its the , its the person who 's being interviewed is in charge of the situation and that was the case here Jesus . |
| 4 | One possibility being considered is for solar power to be used to pump downstream water back up to the main reservoir , so restoring the head of water needed to generate hydro-electric power . |
| 5 | CPRW has no doubt that in this particular instance a decision to provide planning consent would be quite disastrous , whereas a rejection would strengthen the value of National Park designation at a time when development pressures of the kind being considered are on the increase . |
| 6 | The garments being made are on order from stores such as C&A , Top Shop , and Wallace 's . |
| 7 | The other time I came near to being shot was in May , when nobody should have been firing a rifle . |
| 8 | An unsuccessful search terminates when the end points of the section of the list being searched are in fact next to each other , and neither matches the searched-for item . |
| 9 | Content and Methodology Most of the training currently being offered is at an introductory level . |
| 10 | What they did n't realise was that the places being offered were in the reception class — designed for children of five and over — not a nursery class . |
| 11 | Until development of this system it was difficult to do pattern matching if movements being compared were over varying time periods . |
| 12 | Even if the rights being asserted are in reality a reflection of parental responsibility to ensure that children receive a suitable education ( although there is inevitably dispute between parent and state about the meaning of ‘ suitable ’ in this context ) , such responsibility gives rise to a considerable amount of power and authority . |
| 13 | My earliest memories of being abused are of going into a neighbour 's house when I was five or six and getting money for what he made me do . |
| 14 | ( c ) The sequence of instructions being executed is to be changed , so that the next instruction to be executed is not the one stored immediately after the instruction currently being executed . |
| 15 | THE FIGHT to prevent the rescue helicopters of RAF Leuchars in Fife being grounded is to be stepped up . |
| 16 | As we will see in Chapter 9 , one way in which the organisation of the mental lexicon is being investigated is by studying the kinds of language disorders which adults suffer as a result of certain kinds of brain damage . |
| 17 | The amount being recorded was at the limit of the detector 's sensitivity and the scientists felt that it did n't ( yet ) prove anything one way or the other . |
| 18 | It came to her that being bewitched was like drowning , dark and easy . |
| 19 | For socialists to champion the aspiration when there was no objective possibility of its being realized was to be both reactionary and utopian . |
| 20 | Incidentally the odds on the hunted fox being killed are about evens . |
| 21 | The most obvious example of such foresight being required is in the use and application of the ‘ new technology ’ . |