Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [subord] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People do n't mind being referred if it 's something that is genuinely but say they phone Leeds and Leeds do n't know and Leeds refer them to a number they think it is and then they refer to a third number then somebody gets . |
| 2 | RIGHT An urban site being excavated before it is destroyed by the very deep foundations of modern buildings . |
| 3 | He says that the council are looking at a number of options , the pool is being considered because it 's very costly to run . |
| 4 | It is as important to clarify the ethical judgments being made as it is to understand the basis for technical decisions . |
| 5 | These people will constitute those who are at greatest risk , in that such people can easily go missing from a large church without being missed until it is too late to recover them . |
| 6 | Russet Burbank is being grown since it is a leading variety for French fry production in North America . |
| 7 | The client may not hear what is being said because it is something hard to accept . |
| 8 | The process is of course , the reverse of the lowering , the ladders being used until it is raised to forty-five degrees , then the ropes take over . |
| 9 | But you stand a better chance of your material being used if it is topical , lively and written in a similar style to that employed by the particular newspaper or radio station . |
| 10 | It is distinguished by its flavour , the cheese being smoked before it is left to mature . |
| 11 | Assigning a null string to stop$ prevents the space for the last entry in the array being recovered when it is emptied . |
| 12 | Zaire is a huge tropical forest , which is virtually untouched , and not being touched because it 's too inaccessible . |
| 13 | If this is done , then the work of individual teachers within the school contributes to the general pattern of pupils ' development , rather than being wasted because it is not adequately prepared for , or followed up by other teachers . |