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The phrase "are being helpful" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an ongoing action where someone is currently providing assistance or support.
Example: "The volunteers are being helpful by organizing the supplies for the event."
Alternatives: "are proving helpful" or "are assisting effectively".
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"People are being helpful.
The initiators of a "here's what I want you to give me" list may believe that they are being helpful, but what they are really doing is participating in a system that rewards laziness and punishes thoughtfulness.
And it's jobs, and that's where we are being helpful.
(Although they probably think they are being helpful, my personal take is that this behavior is essentially a power game).
The Irish are being helpful in conducting an experiment with the relationship of their state finances and the economy as a whole.
"We've only just had the first visit from a loss adjustor and it left a big question mark for two months and created a lot of stress, but they are being helpful now in fairness".
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"Knowing who those 15 companies are is helpful.
We want to help them build value, so we stay as long as we're being helpful to the CEO.
"He is being helpful".
A priest was being helpful.
"Poor Grandma thought she was being helpful," I said.
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