Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [that] it [be] " 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 | 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 … |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | The cost of doing that it was too high for him . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | The utter confidence of the claim incensed her , but then came the pain of knowing that it was all too true . |
| 13 | For in the future , under different conditions , there is always the possibility of showing that it 's wrong . |
| 14 | Instead of thinking that it is natural for a moving object to carry on in a straight line at a steady speed , and then worrying about how the force of gravity manages to pull all objects — heavy ones and light ones — round in the same orbit , what we ought to be doing is thinking of the path they all follow as being the natural path . |
| 15 | This is regarded by the present government , along with its proposals for a national curriculum , as a means of enhancing the quality of education , and making schools more accountable to parents in a system of schooling that it is intended will be more consumer oriented . |
| 16 | We are in danger of forgetting that it is God we are talking about : the God who created us , the God who sustains us and has sovereign rights over us . |
| 17 | The risk is minimal , but such is the attraction of this form of carving that it is easy to get carried away , and its effectiveness does make eye and respiratory protection essential . |