Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [conj] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1	I do him the credit of suggesting that it was not of his invention .
2	The burden of proving that it was not reasonably practicable would appear to fall on the defendant .
3	This saddles the defendant with the task of proving that it was not practicable that the procession should have been postponed .
4	On the preliminary issue the judge dismissed the application holding that a local authority could sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation even though no financial loss was pleaded or alleged , that where a local authority instituted proceedings in reliance on section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 it was for the local authority to decide on the expediency of litigating and it was not the court 's function to do so on an application to strike out , and that since the words complained of reflected on the local authority itself in the management and rectitude of its financial affairs , the statement of claim did disclose a cause of action against the defendants .
5	At the end of the road the huge bulk of the church with its soaring walls of smoke-blackened brick looked as much out of keeping as it was out of scale with this small domestic self-sufficiency .
6	‘ 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 .
7	The cost of doing that it was too high for him .
8	The utter confidence of the claim incensed her , but then came the pain of knowing that it was all too true .
9	So perhaps the first thing about that continuum is that none of them are right or wrong we all dis-represent the ways of behaving and it 's very much a personal choice which one will use at one stage .

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