Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key element in it is that the process determining the variable about which variables are being formed has to be estimated alongside the rest of the model . |
| 2 | Ian Scott , co-ordinator of its rural adult education project , said that at times the enthusiasm of the groups being taught had to be dampened : ‘ At the opening class of a course being run in Co Durham , the students frightened the tutor by demanding that there should be a march on County Hall . |
| 3 | However , Mr Lewis 's engagingly informal manner , and his statement at dinner that the United States ‘ would always stand on the side of justice and did n't mind admitting mistakes had been made at Versailles ’ seemed to do much to win the confidence of his lordship 's ‘ home team' ; as dinner progressed , the conversation had slowly but surely turned from topics such as the merits of Mr Lewis 's native Pennsylvania back to the conference ahead , and by the time the gentlemen were lighting their cigars , some of the speculations being offered appeared to be as intimate as those exchanged prior to Mr Lewis 's arrival . |
| 4 | The purchaser should consider whether the business being bought needs to be valued for the purpose of CA 1985 , s103 ( exemptions ) . |
| 5 | Much teacher-training material currently being produced tends to be of this kind . |
| 6 | I think it might it might change a bit now it seems to be more American now especially in Australia all the music the current music in Australia that 's being played seems to be coming in from America . |
| 7 | It 's little more than a century ago that women were still being led to market to be sold to the highest bidder — in England . |
| 8 | There are effects of specific context ( for example , the piece of discourse currently being processed has to be fitted into and has its processing guided by the preceding and already-processed discourse ) ; and there are effects of general context ( for example , the listener/reader can draw upon his background knowledge of what the world is like to guide his discourse interpretation ) . |