Example sentences of "it being [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is natural that the surrealist should deal in super-abundance , quite apart from it being a reflection of his youth . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't notice it being a case of your putting up with anything ! |
| 3 | From my point of view , if someone was totally pissed and just got off with you and really embarrassed about it and thought , you know , oh my God how could I go for her I think that 's , do you think that 's worse than them saying , than it being a bit of a joke ? |
| 4 | Therefore as well as it being a problem of development within the flood plain it is also a problem of development beyond the flood plain and as well as development and I er think this in no way intending to spread the blame , but is a , is a er an observation which er I think is quite clear and that is that farming practices erm can have both beneficial and adverse effects on water regimes |
| 5 | All of a sudden it seemed to be the wrong time and the wrong way to go about it , what with it being the day of the old man 's funeral and everything … |
| 6 | England 's double Grand Slam rugby team brilliantly repelled any thoughts of it being the year of the underdog , a thought that found encouragement only in the opening half of their first match against Scotland . |
| 7 | A newly-invented spring has been adopted , one peculiarity attached to it being the insertion of a thin hoop of steel within a leathern belt , which has the effect of increasing the power of tension in a very remarkable degree , and rendering the motion of the carriage perfectly easy . |
| 8 | Since the travel facilities were provided on a more beneficial basis to male employees , this constituted a breach of Article 119 , it being the duty of the English courts to apply Article 119 , which overrode the English law . |
| 9 | The defence to the action was that there was no consideration for the promise of payment , it being the duty of the county council to supply police protection ; there was also a counterclaim for £1,330 4s. , the cost of feeding and housing the police supplied . |
| 10 | They all used to hang out there and quite a scene had developed Some of it had to do with it being the antithesis of the whole trash/sleaze thing that was going down at the start of the seventies . |
| 11 | She ought to have hated the child she was carrying , it being the cause of her return to squalor after the effort she had made to rise above it , but since she 'd felt it move she could n't reject it . |
| 12 | From the time you fall in love with a property to the time you move in , you can count on it being an average of three to four months . |
| 13 | However , this one makes it by virtue of it being an array of versions of General Levy 's fine ‘ Heat ’ rhythm . |