Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As for Egypt , I do not think that the hon. and learned Gentleman is seriously suggesting that it is about to launch an attack on Israel , or is to be feared in that connection . |
| 32 | They argued against what they termed Hall 's ‘ ideologism ’ , suggesting that it is too elastic , descriptive and lacking in explanatory content . |
| 33 | Deletions and point mutations of this gene were detected in eight unrelated XLA patients , strongly suggesting that it is directly involved in the disease and , therefore , in the process of B-cell development . |
| 34 | Despite this apparent endorsement , SCO wo n't say whether it has even made a decision yet , suggesting that it is still trying to picture a future for OSF/1 , given the lack of industry support for it and the shadows cast by OSF 's re-focusing . |
| 35 | Or schools get very excited by computer-assisted learning , ordering equipment and retraining teachers — only to find that the pupils , so full of enthusiasm three years ago , have totally lost interest , while the ‘ experts ’ are once again suggesting that it was n't such a good idea after all . |
| 36 | The the reconciliations suggesting that it was n't a good stock take . |
| 37 | I also remember that on that occasion some cautious , niggly comments circulated , suggesting that it was somehow out of order to rejoice in this magnificent sound . |
| 38 | I do him the credit of suggesting that it was not of his invention . |
| 39 | Yet the Declaration of Rights made no provision for regular Parliaments ; it merely stated that " Parliaments ought to be held frequently " , and even then it was the last demand made in the document , suggesting that it was not a particularly high priority . |
| 40 | Two weeks ago I wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury suggesting that it was now time for the Church Militant to denounce antibiotics in the same uncompromising terms once used against usury , but I suspect my advice ( admittedly unsolicited ) will go the same way as the seed of Onan . |
| 41 | I think Steve you were you were suggesting that it was only the G three T one . |
| 42 | ‘ It seems feasible therefore that subinfeudated and honorial vills may have differed in village planning policies … suggesting that it was under honorial administration that they [ regular village plans ] were most likely to be established . ’ |
| 43 | Now who will be responsible for seeing that it 's there ? ’ |
| 44 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 45 | That 's with me , seeing that it was so long before it was diagnosed , that 's why my feet and hands are still paralysed . |
| 46 | At the same time I thought how few people , apart from Eliot , could have sat and telephoned from that desk : meanwhile , reflecting that it were more proper to appear to be contemplating the exterior than to be glancing at Eliot 's papers scattered in front of me . |
| 47 | It was a lunchtime event which proved most enjoyable , and people left realising that it 's not only the banks that can do something to cover themselves . |
| 48 | Realising that it is far too late in her life to expect her to do more than make an effort to modify this trait in her character , you should see if you can direct it away from the home . |
| 49 | However , many visitors to the Locks have gone away without realising that it was also the location for one of the more fascinating engineering feats of the canal era , an ‘ Inclined Plane ’ which lifted boats up the steep Foxton escarpment on the Grand Union Canal , enabling them to avoid the climb through the narrow locks , which was both wasteful of water and time-consuming . |
| 50 | But , realising that it was n't very good manners to sit there bemoaning her lot , she made a huge attempt to get over her disappointment , and trotted out lightly , ‘ Oh well , perhaps it 's fortunate that I find Mariánské Láznë quite an enchanting place . ’ |
| 51 | I lay there realising that it was not true , but also realising something else . |
| 52 | THE ROAD was hidden slightly at the bend , behind the overhang of the rowan trees and they came across the barred gate a little too quickly , crossing the bridge before realising that it was now behind . |
| 53 | Either the place was worth searching or it was n't . |
| 54 | Damn him for dissembling ; for pretending to Daniel that he was n't wounded to the core at being passed over , pretending that it was only Anna who was suffering , as if it were she who could not bear the lack of advancement , of increased prosperity . |
| 55 | ‘ In the first place , there is the doctrine , which may now perhaps be regarded as a rule of evidence , that , if a voluntary disposition in favour of the husband is impeached , the burden of establishing that it was not improperly or unfairly procured may be placed upon him by proof of circumstances raising any doubt or suspicion . |
| 56 | So , on the other hand , feminists want another kind of knowledge — based on believing that it is not enough to establish that Angelica Kauffman was productive and well respected in both difficult and popular forms of art . |
| 57 | go into a wedding , you go in believing that it is forever that 's it ! |
| 58 | CPRW does not object to such an approach , believing that it is quite appropriate for planning officers to explore the potential for overall planning gain in specific cases . |
| 59 | Murray Johnstone , on the other hand , has moved away from the up-front commission structure , believing that it is more efficient for advisers to charge fees for their services . |
| 60 | Some highly skilled farmers , particularly in dry areas , prefer disc harrows to the plough , believing that it is never wise to invert the topsoil . |