Example sentences of "it [is] [verb] of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ADRUG widely fed to British pigs , and often found in pork in shops , faces a ban by American health authorities because it is suspected of causing cancer . |
| 2 | North Korea has secretly produced more plutonium ( from which nuclear weapons can be made ) than it has owned up to ; it is suspected of building a bomb , despite its NPT promise not to do so . |
| 3 | Although arguments continue to rage over the effects of nitrogen on health , once digested through food or water it is suspected of having links with blue baby syndrome by reducing the oxygen -carrying capacity of the blood , and cancers of the stomach and oesophagus . |
| 4 | Parish calls it ‘ a love story that just goes through a few crazy things ’ , but he 's under selling it ; Time Warner so liked the film it is thinking of turning it into a TV series with Parrish in the starring role . |
| 5 | Its main ploy for deflecting criticism will be to demonstrate the depth of its respect for the dead man : it is talking of building him a memorial . |
| 6 | Non-violent AA doubtless it is , but it is unafraid of using strong language . |
| 7 | Here Alice Walker finds herself in a typical double bind : the cultural and political conditions of her novel are deracinated ; it becomes immensely popular among white middle-class readers who , unsurprisingly , have read few other black writers ; it is accused of assuaging white guilt , of being charmingly apolitical … |