Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun sg] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's encouraging that work is being made which refuses this ridiculous demand for positive images , which tries to take on multiple aspects of identity . |
| 3 | Hilary also reported that research is being done into the physiological and psychological aspects of breathing work and we will let you know the results that emerge from this study . |
| 4 | Increasingly it was reported that gold was being reconverted into cash , which was then deposited in new saving accounts offering high rates of interest . |
| 5 | Do you know this conversation 's being taped ? |
| 6 | However , as time goes by and the problem of unemployment does not seem to diminish more thought is being given to the specific problems of those applying for work while out of a job . |
| 7 | But Hendry had quickly noticed that security was being beefed up , with police mingling with crowds at the Rothmans Grand Prix in Reading and the UK Championship in Preston after threats to shoot him at the table . |
| 8 | Imagine that gas is being fed onto the outermost orbit in Fig. 5 a . |
| 9 | ‘ If income was rising sharply it would not matter that credit was being paid off but there is every indication that real income is flat , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The inefficient , high-margin , over-employing distributive sector is being forced to mend its ways . |
| 11 | In May 1991 a delegation of members of the European Parliament was refused access to a military prison where the majority of Greece 's 420 conscripts refusing military service were being held . |
| 12 | It currently has a service within the Fire Service wh which costs a certain amount and we ca n't presume and I would , I suspect that Councillor is is actually trying to do is to get in by the back door for cut that we will then be forced to make the March March March Committee well I hope that members of this at this this this Committee would reject that er suggestion as it at the last meeting . |
| 13 | She and Mr Singh had visited the school for a Christmas event and had been pleased to hear that Balbinder was being moved into the second class . |
| 14 | Mr Ponting 's case for sending the documents was that he felt that they showed that Parliament was being misled and misinformed about the Belgrano affair . |
| 15 | ‘ When told that man is being created in his image , he bends knees , turns feet out , and utters a small trisyllabic croak from the bottom of larynx . ’ |
| 16 | In a series of private discussions with congressmen on Capitol Hill , Mr Major was asked only once directly about Ulster and replied that progress was being made in getting people round the table for negotiations . |
| 17 | New mills which will use recycled paper are being built . |
| 18 | Except in the private sector , rented sheltered housing is being developed increasingly for people with special difficulties , such as extreme frailty or dementia : people who really do need a refuge . |
| 19 | Ford said : ‘ We want to cut costs and make sure money is being spent in the best way possible to promote the new range . ’ |
| 20 | The implementation of the information technology strategy must avoid this relationship 's being reversed : the coding scheme must not form the test of clinical systems . |
| 21 | Eagle currently has no finance director , and a person to fill this position is being actively sought . |
| 22 | I hear young Jelka is being sent home tomorrow . |
| 23 | As potential applications for PCR develop more emphasis is being placed upon the practical aspects of the reaction . |
| 24 | Well while we were doing that mummy was being all these clothes ready for her birthday . |
| 25 | If the Commissioner grants assistance , the trade union concerned must be notified that assistance is being provided in relation to legal proceedings which have been or are commenced . |
| 26 | Er , a particular concern at the time of writing the report was the position concerning the long outstanding proposals to develop to redevelop the two sites in Harlow erm to date we have no information from the county , er , there was scheduled to be erm , the meeting due to take place on the twenty second of September but the county er cancelled that meeting so it 's impossible at this stage to give any further comment on that erm although I believe that matter 's being taken up . |
| 27 | In this case , it seems that Creole is being used , perhaps with its " jocular " symbolic value , to comment on the baby and its " cute " activities . |
| 28 | Finally , it seems that attempt are being made in the United Kingdom , Flanders , and the Netherlands to create a more positive image and role for residential care ( see National Institute of Social Work , 1988 ) . |
| 29 | New entrants to the profession and those seeking a new appointment will , though , have to be astute , in the same way that parents exercising parental preference are being encouraged to be . |
| 30 | Bill Koch became acutely embarrassed that money was being donated to this party in his name , yet he had little cash of his own . |