Example sentences of "[pron] be of " in BNC.
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| 61 | Almost as frightened as I am of this gang . ’ |
| 62 | What what we must n't do with Honey and Munnford is just take things at face value because what Honey and Munnford did is they actually carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they decided that I mean they carried out interviews with er lots of people thousand and they had a general study where they carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they said was that in particular with the reflector a l some , some scores are naturally higher than others and that what we ca n't do is just sort of look at these and say well this is the highest score , therefore I 'm much more of a , of a reflector than I have of , I am of the other three , all we actually need to do is compare our scores against the general norms . |
| 63 | This point was expressed by Lord Herschell in Vagliano as follows : I am of course far from asserting that resort may never be had to the previous state of the law for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the provisions of the code . |
| 64 | Having considered the terms of condition 8.1 , I am of the opinion that it can not be construed merely as a clause of retention of title but that it is truly an attempt to create a security without possession in which the machinery of a trust under Scots law is sought to be employed . |
| 65 | I am of the opinion that it will not … |
| 66 | He said : ‘ Having regard to the terms of the correspondence , I am of opinion that the letters were intended to set out , and did set out , matters on which the writers had reached agreement . ’ |
| 67 | Having said that , I am of course aware with more humility that ultimately we depend on the professional judgement , so generously given , of Mrs McNaughtan . |
| 68 | ‘ May I be of assistance ? ’ |
| 69 | How may I be of assistance ? ’ — wo n't let you get away with : ‘ Er , egg and bacon and toast and coffee please , miss . ’ |
| 70 | ‘ Can I be of assistance , gentlemen ? ’ |
| 71 | ‘ Now , how can I be of help to you ? ’ she said , taking her own seat behind the barrier of the desk . |
| 72 | How can I be of assistance ? ’ |
| 73 | ‘ Monsieur — Madame — May I be of assistance ? ’ |
| 74 | ‘ How can I be of assistance ? ’ it said . |
| 75 | Yes , Mrs Jones , we have a room booked for you on the thirtieth of July — can I be of any assistance to you ? |
| 76 | Always answer the phone clearly and say who you are — ‘ Jane Murphy , can I help you ’ or ‘ Good morning , Murphy speaking , can I be of assistance . ’ |
| 77 | " So how can I be of assistance to you ? " she asked , fixing a professional smile to her face , the same smile she used when dealing with difficult customers or when fixing the amount to paid out in bribes . |
| 78 | ‘ May I be of assistance ? ’ he ventured . |
| 79 | Could I be of some assistance ? |
| 80 | Can I be of help ? ’ |
| 81 | ‘ Can I be of help ? ’ she asked . |
| 82 | ‘ In what particular can I be of comfort to Prince Llewelyn ? ’ |
| 83 | As Mr Pettersson left Kronoberg remand centre with a police escort and his lawyer , Arne Liljeros , he declared : ‘ I 'm of course happy . |
| 84 | I 'm of medium height , fairly well-built except that my breasts are rather small . |
| 85 | All this mental harassment has affected me so much that my doctor has warned me that I 'm of the edge of a nervous breakdown . |
| 86 | Hulme explained , ‘ I 'm of the species that has lots of testosterone pumping around its body . |
| 87 | Remember , I 'm of Scots descent , and I prefer our own artists like Willie Flint with his pretty titty girls or William McTaggart . |
| 88 | I 'm of tech stock . ’ |
| 89 | I 'm of age , after all , and it would give him a terrible fright . |
| 90 | I 'm of the opinion that this is not necessary to the extent suggested . |