Example sentences of "of [pron] [conj] it is [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The McGuires had another son and daughter , Hugh and Jacobina , but little is known of them and it is presumed that they both died young .
2 Simple things like the rain on the window pane , the cat mewing to come in or the noise of a bus which could be on top of you before it is seen .
3 Scepticism is the familiar name given to the appropriateness of doubting the reliability of something until it is proved beyond shadow of doubt .
4 IBM Corp reckons that it is so vital to its future to gain possession of it that it is betting the company on making a success of OS/2 2.0 .
5 Admittedly , one has to stoop down to smell a low shrub , but that is not such a problem for most of us as it is to struggle through to the middle of a bed .
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