Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The material being drilled is effectively broken up by the drill bit , and the rotary action of the drill bit is primarily to remove debris from the hole . |
| 2 | Laing is convinced that businesses which are run by people who have little understanding of the products being made are ultimately doomed to failure . |
| 3 | In the first place , the pension being offered was roughly halved in value . |
| 4 | As a general rule the liabilities associated with persons employed in a business being sold are normally governed by the Transfer of Undertakings ( Protection of Employment ) Regulations 1981 ( SI 1981/1794 — the Transfer Regulations ) . |
| 5 | Representation is called into question : the fictional status of the text being produced is repeatedly acknowledged . |
| 6 | People being assessed are also offered an advocacy service in case they feel that they would benefit from additional support . |
| 7 | A MAN who refused to speak for several days after being arrested was yesterday given a 12-month conditional discharge . |
| 8 | Nationalism , yes , but not narrow : what Burke meant by ‘ the little platoon ’ , and a modern writer in small being beautiful , for the greater the overall unit ( and the Common Market was then looming ) , the greater the necessity for autonomy within that unit , if those being governed were still to feel in touch with those governing . |
| 9 | Now we are of course talking principally on this sixty hectare allocation for the district outside the Greater York area because I think it is well understood this enquiry can have comparatively little impact on how much development takes place within the surroundings of Greater York , because I understand the site that 's being discussed is already committed and it is in any case part of the York pool rather than the Harrogate pool . |
| 10 | Many of the jobs now being lost are indeed lost forever . |
| 11 | The sound of a shotgun being fired was then heard . |
| 12 | But even though what was being contemplated was regionally restricted , it nevertheless went far beyond what these states , following the British line , had been willing to accept at the European level . |
| 13 | ‘ That some women enjoy fantasies of being raped is well authenticated , and they may , to some extent , welcome a masterful advance while putting up a token resistance . |
| 14 | Accounts of some 70 of the refugees being murdered near the shore by an armed gang and of women being raped were later found to be inaccurate . |