Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [noun] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The premium on organic food really is quite steep , and in a recession people are being much more careful . |
| 2 | Further , during these years the possibilities of the wireless as a teaching medium was being explored through the BBC 's ‘ Listening-in ’ groups . |
| 3 | A field investigation is being carried out to assess to what extent trace components can be relied upon to identify the source of landfill gas . |
| 4 | This was an inefficient system , since there would often be other processing that the computer could be doing while a transput operation was being completed . |
| 5 | A spokesman said a substantial amount of Derv was spilled while a rail tanker was being filled at the North Tees road and rail terminal . |
| 6 | His worst fears were realized when the next day word came from Georgiades that a monster procession was being formed which would march from the gates of el Azhar through the Old City to converge on the Mar Girgis , where a demonstration was planned . |
| 7 | In March an indoor games evening has been arranged at Mitchell 's Social Club and a quiz night is being planned for April at the same venue . |
| 8 | Given the density of heroin-using networks , word spread quickly that a research programme was being undertaken and later informants frequently mentioned that the fieldworker had previously interviewed someone known to them . |
| 9 | One by one , Israel 's reasons for declining to go to a peace conference are being whittled away . |
| 10 | This extends to such matters as the avoidance of abusive correspondence or personal behaviour and the desirability of warning that a telephone conversation is being recorded . |
| 11 | A Discovery Guide is being developed for YBG , which will be produced ready for the 1992 visitor season . |
| 12 | As a result of the demonstration the Estonian Supreme Soviet announced on May 16 that a Home Guard was being set up to defend government buildings , and the Tallinn city council placed a temporary ban on the organization responsible for calling the demonstration , the United Council of Work Collectives . |
| 13 | A BUTTERFLY gala is being held in Rivacre Valley Country Park this weekend . |
| 14 | On November 17 , the TUC is organising a regional day of action and on November 25 a torchlight procession is being held through Bootle to the expanding coal terminal at Gladstone Dock . |
| 15 | This season a benefit dinner is being arranged for the inspirational no.8 and certainly no player deserves it more . |
| 16 | A crisis meeting was being held today at the National Trust 's Victorian Crown Bar opposite the Europa . |
| 17 | There 's no budget provision , and as a consequence approval is being sought for that some to come from the contingency . |
| 18 | When a manager walks in with none of these things a record company is being asked to use a lot of imagination . |
| 19 | A security video is being used in the hunt for a man who raped a sixty seven year-old woman on Christmas Day . |
| 20 | At the moment , one of the most fascinating sections of the museum is the hanger , where a Wellington bomber is being restored , and it you think rebuilding an old car can be difficult , you ai n't seen nothin' yet ! |
| 21 | A water company is being ordered to spend more than thirty million pounds on improving one of its sewage works after dead salmon and other fish were discovered in a nearby river . |
| 22 | This could be useful where a video programme was being shown continuously , as part of a display for instance . |
| 23 | For lack of sufficient central funds the rudimentary basis of a welfare state was being set up through contributions from the workers ' own meagre wages . |
| 24 | Last night a post-mortem examination was being carried out to discover how the man died but police said they were treating the death as highly suspicious . |
| 25 | The headteacher has the right to attend relevant meetings whenever a deputy headteacher is being appointed . |
| 26 | Already at this time Ragusa 's influence as a trading centre was being felt throughout the Mediterranean . |
| 27 | However , if a cost-leadership policy is being planned , it is useful to have some projections based on assumptions about learning rates . |
| 28 | A hypothetical product for which a cost-leadership strategy is being employed was assumed . |
| 29 | A replacement bottle was being flown in. — Reuter |
| 30 | A traffic survey is being carried out at Sappers Corner , an accident blackspot on the outskirts of Hartlepool , and it has raised hopes that improvement works may be carried out by Cleveland County Council . |