continue to be sent vs continue to send

Both phrases are grammatically correct, but 'Continue to be sent' implies that something is being continuously sent by someone or something else, while 'continue to send' implies that someone is continuously sending something. The choice between the two depends on whether the focus is on the action of sending or on the passive reception of the sent items.

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continue to be sent

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to something that is continuously being sent by someone or something else.

Examples:

The reports will continue to be sent to the manager every week.
The invitations will continue to be sent out until everyone receives one.

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Many films have been submitted to us and continue to be sent to us from around the world showing the results of using these weapons.
whereas Vietnamese Montagnard refugees continue to be routinely sent back to Vietnam, facing ill-treatment and unfair trials,
whereas Vietnamese Montagnard refugees continue to be routinely sent back to Vietnam, facing illtreatment and unfair trials,
(2) Some of the information to be sent by the Member States should be sent electronically in digital form to enable the Commission to use it directly for accounts management. However, forwarding by other means must continue to be possible in justified cases.
We continue to appeal for a European Parliament delegation to be sent and for all the necessary steps to be taken in order to achieve this aim.
For this reason, we need to establish whether or not this terrible logic of a fair return, which was instituted by Mrs Thatcher several years ago and clearly continues to be favoured by some, must finally be sent back to the drawing board.
Once the limit is reached, another notification should be sent, indicating the procedure to follow if the customer wishes to continue data roaming.
Once the limit is reached, another notification should be sent, indicating the procedure to be followed if the customer wishes to continue data roaming.
If the alarm continues for more than 3 minutes, a signal will automatically be sent, and the cops will be dispatched to the scene immediately.
Surely a very clear message has to be sent to President Putin that of course we want to continue these negotiations, but we cannot do so until the cyber-attacks cease.
I sent the document forward to Sandefur. I was told that we would continue to work on a substitute.
Although the Commission has sent a warning letter to the Bulgarian Government, development projects continue to be authorised around the Kaliakra headland, in many cases without adequate environmental assessment.
Search and rescue workers continue to arrive at the site of this morning's catastrophic Beaumont Bridge collapse that sent dozens of vehicles and their occupants plunging some 80 feet into the freezing waters of the platte river.
It is also being said that Turkish settlers continue to appropriate the provisions sent to the enclaved people by the government of the Republic of Cyprus via the United Nations.
My father sent me here to tell you this - continue to fall behind with your rents, for whatever reason, and the Company may have to find new ways of making its land return a profit.
Others could only accept that, after practising for five years in a European Union country, a lawyer who wished to continue to practise under his home-country professional title would be abruptly sent home.
The Irish have sent a clear signal that they want to continue to be at the heart of a united continent.
The immense majority of sovereign States have thus sent a clear message to the US, demanding that it put an end to the embargo which President Obama continues to maintain against the island.
The situation of the Gourock-Dunoon route must be distinguished since this route was excluded from the 2007 contract and the conditions of the public service obligations continue to be specified in annual letters sent to CalMac by the Scottish authorities.
Portugal has sent a report to the Commission on the execution of those measures in 2007 which shows that PWN has not spread beyond the demarcated areas, but continues to be present in those areas.

Alternatives:

keep being sent
remain sent
be continuously sent
be sent continuously
be sent repeatedly

continue to send

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to someone who is continuously sending something.