Example sentences of "[v-ing] [is] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This bridge we 're guarding is of great strategic importance . |
| 2 | The subject of feeding is of considerable importance and needs to be considered from two angles , the quantity fed and the feeding regime ; and the quality of the food . |
| 3 | For the adult , feeding is of secondary importance . |
| 4 | And they do for 5–10 minutes , then he speaks out of the silence , ‘ and I know what he is saying is of the Holy Spirit — it resonates so clearly in me and rings true ’ . |
| 5 | It is all very well , in these changing times , to adapt one 's work to take in duties not traditionally within one 's realm ; but bantering is of another dimension altogether . |
| 6 | " Fingering is of the essence , of course , " Irena smiled , " when you study the violin . |
| 7 | Yet reading is of vital importance in language learning : it is through reading that children can acquire not only new vocabulary and structures , but a real ‘ feel ’ for the language . |
| 8 | The other discovery we are making is of that world cut off from us for fifty years by the Iron Curtain ; Simon Jervis 's otherwise excellent Penguin Dictionary of Design and Designers published in 1984 does not include a single one of the leading names in Czech Cubist design : Josef Gocar , Pavel Janak , Vlastislav Hofman , Josef Chochol and Otakar Novotny . |
| 9 | The picture that is emerging is of dynamic organisations existing within changing environments with the need to balance competing tendencies to survive . |
| 10 | This means that the thankless task of nagging is of an elevated importance in the unknown band 's armoury of skills : the less notice they take , the more you need to pester them . |
| 11 | Where leaching is of only moderate intensity , cations released during weathering can build up in the solutions moving through the weathering mantle and the formation of cation-bearing clays such as illite and smectite is favoured . |
| 12 | Back to that poky little shop , livin' off the takin 's of penny bags of bullseyes and a few pence worth of paraffin oil ! ’ |