Example sentences of "is [be] [verb] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is being defended is not simply the position of individuals in group A against challenge by outsiders . |
| 2 | In reality , what is being funded is not interactive video but a solution to an urgent educational problem . |
| 3 | He further demonstrates that what is being tested is often the social conventions of a dominant class , rather than universal logic . |
| 4 | It is even more essential , when for some reason the opposite view that is being expressed is not being accepted , to take extreme care to make it known how much you appreciate the views being expressed by the individual . |
| 5 | — Margaret Thatcher ‘ Although it is uncomfortable , the note which is being sounded is not bad ; it is one of being prepared to take occasionally rough and unpopular decisions in the belief that they will work through successfully . ’ |
| 6 | With Rousseau and Robespierre it is clear that what is being offered is not a support for Christian belief , but a rival . |
| 7 | ‘ Care and attention to ensure proper guarding , maintenance of guards and an understanding of machinery which is being used is vitally important . |
| 8 | Pastiche is , like parody , the imitation of a peculiar or unique style , the wearing of a stylistic mask , speech in a dead language : but it is a neutral practice of mimicry , without parody 's ulterior motive , without the satirical impulse , without laughter , without that still latent feeling that there exists something normal compared to which what is being imitated is rather comic . |