Example sentences of "[conj] it is being use " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whannel believes that the main reason why this terminology has taken such an enduring grip is that it is being used to serve the commercial interests of Football League and club officials as part of a hidden agenda to attract a new type of football audience ( the ‘ family audience ’ ) and thereby solve the game 's economic crisis . |
| 2 | But it is being used I believe as a scapegoat to get the government off the hook for financial reasons . |
| 3 | In University libraries this is well understood , and there are often systems that allow the librarian to know when a book is not on its shelf because it is being used in the library . |
| 4 | At the moment the equipment used here is borrowed from abroad because it is being used for experiment . |
| 5 | any motor vehicle whilst it is being used in connection with |
| 6 | the Government 's seeming indifference to the effect of the dispute on police public relations , [ should entitle the police ] to wonder whether it is being used to preserve law and order or to implement government policy . |
| 7 | The way we cope depends on many factors , such as whether the particular answer really matters or whether it is being used as a vehicle to introduce , or work on , ‘ specialising ’ . |
| 8 | An employer uses the vehicle even when he is not present in it , when it is being used on his business , with his permission . |
| 9 | any motor vehicle when it is being used for fire brigade , ambulance or police purposes or for defence purposes ( including civil defence purposes ) if compliance with this Regulation would hinder or be likely to hinder the use of the vehicle for the purpose for which it is being used on that occasion |
| 10 | Store unused gas cartridges or fuel bottles well away from the stove when it is being used . |
| 11 | It is quite reasonable to make this identification : in practice , a process which can either behave correctly or diverge will probably do the former while it is being tested , but will do the latter when it is being used in earnest . |
| 12 | This word is sometimes used with the sense of forming a conclusion or deduction , e.g. ‘ she left at 8 o'clock , so she must have arrived by now ’ ; when ‘ must ’ is used in this way , it is rather less likely to occur in its weak form than when it is being used in its more familiar sense of ‘ obligation ’ . |
| 13 | The case of the Granada is different as it is being used in the business exclusively and giving the business some benefit . |