Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excitement had been steadily rising in the crowded chamber during the closing stages of the debate on a new clause to be added to the Criminal Justice Bill , but jubilation found vent in a roar of cheering when it was evident how the vote had gone … |
| 2 | I do him the credit of suggesting that it was not of his invention . |
| 3 | The burden of proving that it was not reasonably practicable would appear to fall on the defendant . |
| 4 | This saddles the defendant with the task of proving that it was not practicable that the procession should have been postponed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The whole question of the burden of proof was nicely summed up in the Esso case by Lord Hodson where he said : It has been authoritatively said that the onus of establishing that an agreement is reasonable as between the parties is upon the person who puts forward the agreement , while the onus of establishing that it is contrary to the public interest , being reasonable between the parties , is on the person so alleging … |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | However exciting his paper , his thesis seemed in danger of crumbling if it were reworked into a conventional historical discourse . |
| 10 | Roger Thetford says it 's an extension of orinteering and it 's a real challenge |
| 11 | Evaluation of the editorial " Bradshaw shift " is not simply a matter of deciding whether it is right or wrong . |
| 12 | Perhaps the sentence ‘ Is it raining ? ’ expresses the state of wondering whether it is raining , and the sentence ‘ Shut the window , please ’ expresses the state of wishing the hearer to shut the window . |
| 13 | Small points again , like accuracy of feeding when it is needed , become natural to them because they are constantly working at it . |
| 14 | Needed a bit of personalizing but it was it was old-fashioned furniture but it was polished . |
| 15 | The other key aspects of teaching that it is useful to record are the level of demand that is placed on the pupil(s) at each stage and the amount of guidance that the teacher provides . |
| 16 | There are such obvious advantages in having access through video to examples of teaching that it is easy to forget that there can also be problems . |
| 17 | A common theme in the reaction against it has been a demand for the ‘ return to justice ’ : retributive justice is seen as having the virtue of acknowledging that it is punishing ‘ responsible ’ people , which in turn requires the safeguards of individual rights and public accountability of the ‘ due process of law ’ , and the limitations on intervention in people 's lives provided by the principle of retributive proportionality . |
| 18 | The law used to look with disfavor on the statute of limitations , but I have been in the habit of saying that it is one of the most sacred and indubitable principles that we have … |
| 19 | This house , two children , a failed marriage , and a job which I 'm frightened of losing because it 's the only thing I 've made a success of . " |
| 20 | The cost of doing that it was too high for him . |
| 21 | Chucking other people 's money about in courageous fashion is just what architects are always being accused of doing and it is the average member who bears the brunt of such criticism . |
| 22 | my holiday was later as usual and longer so , you know and there was a couple of other things not related to this which I 'd thought of doing and it 's sort of they evaporated , but erm , we did spend time talking to Ingy earlier in the year , you know , about publicity and I gave her lists of well such as things obvious things like Playback and Newsbeat |
| 23 | ‘ I am in favour of televising because it is going down well with my constituents … the world is paying attention ’ , said Mr David Nicholson , MP for Taunton . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , at the moment there are no known examples of the latter being achieved , and there is no way of knowing whether it is achievable . |
| 25 | There was no way of knowing whether it was better to go south or north ; they went south because for a little the going seemed easier . |
| 26 | Similarly , there is no way of knowing whether it was Cumbernauld 's highly segregated traffic arrangements that led to casualty rates some 30 per cent below the national average for built-up areas . |
| 27 | For the next couple of weeks while I get to know how the station works I shall be like your shadow , Fran , but you 'll have the comfort of knowing that it 's all in the line of business . ’ |
| 28 | The utter confidence of the claim incensed her , but then came the pain of knowing that it was all too true . |
| 29 | And I 've no way of knowing if it 's normal to worry this much about food and weigh yourself this many times a day . |
| 30 | For in the future , under different conditions , there is always the possibility of showing that it 's wrong . |