Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] it [being] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basis of this professional disagreement was I think that Professor B. did not regard artificial ventilation as being a ‘ cruel treatment ’ and took a much more optimistic view than Dr. I. as to the likelihood of it being possible to wean J. from such ventilation if it were ever undertaken . |
| 2 | The traverse of the ridge from end to end is a challenge exclusively for equipped and experienced cragsmen , progress along it being possible only by arduous scrambling and rockclimbing . |
| 3 | In the event of it being correct it should be established whether any undue difficulties were involved that could have led to the fault arising and whether the approach to the task could be improved . |
| 4 | There 's no chance of it being right , any good for B T . |
| 5 | Obviously , when the experimenter opened the box , there was a 50 percent chance of the cat being alive and a 50 percent chance of it being dead . |
| 6 | Many spinners can not deliver a slower ball without it being obvious , yet he can get quality batsmen charging up and down the pitch trying to pick the pace and flight . |
| 7 | I do n't fiddle my results really — usually it 's easier to make up excuses for it being wrong than to go through and work it out to make it come out right . |
| 8 | Nor was it properly explained to the modern British public , any more than it was in 1925 , why the ‘ discipline ’ could not be imposed direct on the economy without it being necessary to cling to another country 's shirt tails to do so . |
| 9 | Indeed , the typical Greek tended to be backward-looking , since the future appeared to him to be the domain of total uncertainty , his only guide to it being delusive expectation . |
| 10 | Tables are available in statistical texts showing the values of t for given probability levels , relating any given error of estimate to the probability of it being present . |
| 11 | Tables are available in statistical texts showing the values of t for given probability levels , relating any given error of estimate to the probability of it being present . |
| 12 | I have to say that this is unlikely under section 5 of the 1981 Act , although there remains the fairly remote possibility of it being available in England ( as in Australia ) at common law . |
| 13 | The possibility of it being accidental does n't even arise , does it ? |
| 14 | It is perhaps remarkable how predictable ( though not exactly inflexible ) the operation of a modern airliner is , even to the extent of it being possible to know within small limits what the pilots will be doing at any particular time . |
| 15 | I 'll take a bet on it being peaceful , however . |