to be being – English Grammar Profiler

There is no entry in the English Grammar Profile for the continuous infinitive passive.  Therefore, we say this is a C2 grammar structure.

A search in NOW corpus for:

* to be being *

1 BELIEVED TO BE BEING HELD 18

The following example has past passive + infinitive + continuous passive:

The driver of the lorry was believed to be being held by police.

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2 APPEARS TO BE BEING DRIVEN 14

The trend appears to be being driven primarily by older white women, according to the report.

npr.org

3 APPEARS TO BE BEING PERPETRATED 14 4 APPEARS TO BE BEING MADE 12

5 SEEMS TO BE BEING DONE 12

There is so much great work being done in each community but it seems to be being done in Silos.

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6 SEEMS TO BE BEING USED 12 7 SEEMS TO BE BEING MADE 10 8 APPEARS TO BE BEING DONE 9 9 SAID TO BE BEING HELD 9 10 SEEM TO BE BEING MADE 9 11 SEEMS TO BE BEING TAKEN 9 12 APPEARS TO BE BEING USED 8 13 SAID TO BE BEING CONSIDERED 8 14 WAS TO BE BEING THAT 8 15 APPEARS TO BE BEING HELD 6 16 CAME TO BE BEING . 6 17 SEEM TO BE BEING USED 6 18 APPEAR TO BE BEING USED 5 19 APPEARS TO BE BEING FORGOTTEN 5 20 SEEM TO BE BEING HEARD 5 21 SEEMS TO BE BEING HELD 5 22 SEEN TO BE BEING RESPONSIBLE 5 (adjective) 23 ADMITS TO BE BEING A 4 24 APPEAR TO BE BEING HELD 4 25 APPEAR TO BE BEING REFLECTED 4 26 APPEAR TO BE BEING TAKEN 4 27 APPEARED TO BE BEING MADE 4 28 APPEARED TO BE BEING USED 4 29 APPEARS TO BE BEING IGNORED 4 30 GOING TO BE BEING ABLE 4 31 SAID TO BE BEING ” 4 32 SAID TO BE BEING LINED 4 33 SEEM TO BE BEING TAKEN 4 34 SEEMED TO BE BEING MADE 4 35 SEEMS TO BE BEING A 4 36 SEEMS TO BE BEING IGNORED 4 37 SEEMS TO BE BEING PUNISHED 4 38 SEEMS TO BE BEING SET 4 39 UNDERSTOOD TO BE BEING PREPARED 4 40 UNDERSTOOD TO BE BEING SUPPORTED 4 41 USED TO BE BEING A 4 42 APPEAR TO BE BEING MADE 3 43 APPEAR TO BE BEING HANDED 3 44 APPEAR TO BE BEING DRIVEN 3 45 ADMIT TO BE BEING WRONG 3 46 APPEAR TO BE BEING REWARDED 3 47 APPEARS TO BE BEING CHASED 3 48 APPEARS TO BE BEING CONTROLLED 3 49 APPEARS TO BE BEING GIVEN 3

50 APPEARS TO BE BEING KEPT 3

Listen to this example:

I took the food supply of every single country and I compared it to what was actually likely to be being consumed in each country.