Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [adj] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two carriers were cleared of infection , one discharged and six are being treated . |
| 2 | Yes , I , I was born in this house but er I do n't wish people to know er because er this is a funny world , I , I do n't know whether that 's being recorded I expect |
| 3 | I do not know whether that is being emulated elsewhere , so I am asking rather than making a statement . |
| 4 | More can be done and more is being done and we shall encourage the industry to go out and get more business wherever it is ; but it has made a good start . |
| 5 | the long-standing problem with the Mercury cables under the ballast seem to be resolved and it is understood that these are being moved now and the route could be clear within days . |
| 6 | Great chunks of it may require changes in Company policy and I assume that those are being investigated in the same way as we have been asked to comment . |
| 7 | They get typically twice or two and a half times the salaries that our people get and that 's being going on for a very long time . |
| 8 | To ensure that this is being achieved , watch out for two essential ingredients : One is that the combi-steamer produces fresh clean steam from its own generator , and the other is that it has an efficient waste air quenching system . |
| 9 | Five people were arrested and two were being sought after police in Erfurt , capital of east Germany 's Thuringia state , tracked down the works by Lucas Cranach the Elder and associates . |
| 10 | One of the rag and bone men 's wives , Lilly McNamara , had been asked to sing while this was being done . |
| 11 | I would like to present a petition standing my , in my name on the green order paper signed by two hundred and eight si signatures of parents of St Mary 's Fields s school , erm I move that this be be referred to the education committee for consideration . |
| 12 | Moreover , failure to provide adequate services means that less is being achieved for many elderly people than is possible . |
| 13 | And I think that that is is is . |
| 14 | It is sometimes used in erotic love scenes to suggest the subjectively rapid yet objectively languorous passage of time — meanwhile possibly also concealing that less is being shown than seems to meet the eye . |
| 15 | Okay well that 's erm every assignment to you you always have and this is being this had been updated we have n't got the new one yet but you will have what we call a blank . |