Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] it being [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Pannick , for the Secretary of State , did not object to it being raised here ; but he observed that we have no evidence from the department on the topic . |
| 2 | It 's in response to Mr Allenby 's question we seem to be patiently waiting for I think he posed it some time ago about the county council 's view on whether in the absence of a strategic exceptions policy or whatever you call it , a major exceptions policy in the structure plan , whether the county council would object to it being pursued in the in the local plan . |
| 3 | And as they were fretting about it being nicked , it turned up in their own backyard . |
| 4 | And some people say that 's the best thing that happened to it being voted that cos it meant people had done things about it and sorted it out but you think it 's still dull as |
| 5 | Probably such a combined order was only appropriate where all the parties agreed to it being made and to the conditions . |
| 6 | This is because protein and fat act as a chemical block to alcohol , leading to it being absorbed from the stomach into the bloodstream more slowly . |
| 7 | Many of the 35 replies gave details of the circumstances leading to it being written , their experiences and hopes . |
| 8 | We next hear of it being bought in 1865 by Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy who resold it to a Paris jeweller . |
| 9 | Erm and I think Margaret had quite a lot to do with it being located at as well . |
| 10 | A sacrifice of analytical rigour may not be that important if the concept which has been thereby given life is never used , and it is clear from Lord Greene M.R 's judgment in the Wednesbury case that he conceived of it being utilised only in the extreme ( and hypothetical ) instance of ‘ dismissal for red hair type of case . ’ |
| 11 | Although this led to it being called ‘ the year of confusion ’ , his object was to put an end to confusion . |
| 12 | The ban on the export of wool , which was so extensively produced in Lincolnshire , led to it being smuggled out of the country . |
| 13 | The former Knowsley Sports Council was started in 1975 , but funding problems coupled with a dying interest in it , led to it being wound up . |
| 14 | But the ANC insist on it being put into action . |
| 15 | A horse that is empathic with another knows how the other feels without it being told through the usual senses of sight , hearing , touch , and smell . |
| 16 | But falling pupil numbers at Soudley Primary School could lead to it being shut down within the next few years . |
| 17 | At the government 's request , a report was being prepared by the International Trade Commission which , had the bill been passed , may have led to it being declared illegal for blocking international trade under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| 18 | you know keeping two of them fixed and the other two If you think about it being stretched you get a rectangle do n't you ? |
| 19 | Think of it being said by a policeman who adds , ‘ We think you may be able to help us in our enquiries . ’ |
| 20 | Whatever else , McIllvanney ran a good boatyard and hated to think of it being vandalised . |
| 21 | Well , in that case I think it 's fine as long as it 's our equipment , but I think the problems always arise from it being lent out , and that 's where I you know , I do n't think we should have to sort out other people 's problems . |
| 22 | Italy 's failure to implement EC directives have resulted in it being taken to the European Court of Justice more times than any other country in 1989 . |
| 23 | agree to it being handed in the next day as opposed to the next lesson ? |