Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They occur more commonly , and surgery is more frequently practised upon them ; but what I say is of equal relevance to female-to-male transsexuals . |
| 2 | Most of the photographs I receive are of unsaleable objects , with a smattering from the lunatic fringe such as the lady from Virginia who wanted to sell the handcuffs used to detain Charles Manson when he was first arrested . |
| 3 | I now wish to consider something that I believe is of acute importance to every Member of the House and to millions of people beyond it — the negotiations in which we are currently engaged on the intergovernmental conferences . |
| 4 | It is his recognition that projected activities draw upon a distinctly different kind of energy ( and I include emotional response ) from non-projected activity that I think is of fundamental importance . |
| 5 | We apply such a combination here to an issue which has been of central interest to urban sociology : the state , its concentration of power , and its relation to people 's daily lives . |
| 6 | Inevitably , priorities also shifted as a result of civil strife , which has been of fundamental importance to at least twelve of sub-Saharan Africa 's forty-one countries . |
| 7 | The council convener , Robert Gough , who presented a plaque to the crew , said it was with regret that they said goodbye to the squadron , which had been of great comfort to people in difficulty on land and sea . |
| 8 | The Liberal governments of 1906–14 introduced new principles of social policy which have been of lasting importance , but in accordance with no conscious grand design directed at Cabinet level . |
| 9 | Very rightly , Mr. Beloff has presented arguments to the court , which have been of considerable assistance , and which were in favour of the plaintiffs and not of the Bank of England on the main issue of principle . |
| 10 | You may be asked for a replacement photograph if the one you supply is of poor quality . |
| 11 | I am also grateful for the continuing support of the other Board members , particularly Michael Lunn who has been of great assistance to me in his capacity of Deputy Chairman . |
| 12 | So what she wears is of considerable importance , and you will need to describe her clothes in fair detail , though with as much economy in the writing as you can manage . |
| 13 | The Victorian historian Macaulay may well have been right when he stated that the Cornish , ‘ … a fierce , bold and athletic race , among whom there was a stronger provincial feeling than in any other part of the realm ’ , were not so much concerned with the matter of religious principle on which Bishop Trelawney had made his stand ; Trelawney was ‘ … reverenced less as a ruler of the Church than as the head of an honourable house and the heir , through twenty descents , of ancestors who had been of great note before the Normans had set foot on English ground ’ . |
| 14 | Three years of horrifying anarchy and nine governments destroyed what there had been of Ukrainian nationalism . |
| 15 | Indeed , the way in which they interact is of crucial importance . |
| 16 | They do not need to go erm and th th they they have their own positions and I think a lot of what they speak is of genuine concern . |
| 17 | Although the history of Scotmid is very much of local interest , the carriages they collected are of national importance . |
| 18 | They have been extremely efficient and effective in carrying out their onerous tasks , and they 've been of enormous assistance in ensuring the smooth running of this enquiry , and indeed it has run smoothly . |
| 19 | These two treatises gave classic expression to the opposing arguments about the eucharist , and they have been of great interest to theologians ever since . |
| 20 | However , they have been of considerable value in that they have challenged the assumptions of many gerontologists and policy makers and forced a closer examination of our knowledge about health and ageing in later life . |
| 21 | ‘ He has been of great service to the Reich , ’ Himmler said . |
| 22 | The government-run NORP is still in operation today , however the observation that this programme is not mentioned in much of the post-1985 literature on oral rehydration therapy in Bangladesh , suggests that it has been of limited value to the people of Bangladesh . |
| 23 | Sir , — It has been of great interest for me to read of small company audits in recent issues , and especially the approaches of other members . |
| 24 | At present any member of the public can consult it all day long , all year round , and there is no doubt that it has been of invaluable help not only to scholars but also to the art trade . |
| 25 | Whereas libertarian historians have devoted relatively little attention to this question , for the traditional liberal and Soviet schools it has been of vital importance . |
| 26 | It welcomes my right hon. Friend the Chancellor 's brilliant Budget for its changes in the uniform business rate , which it says are of enormous help to business , a great deal of assistance to growing firms and just what businesses have requested . |
| 27 | No doubt his electoral leadership was of value ; but can it have been of decisive importance ? |
| 28 | It is an example of his assiduous , hard-working and caring role as a constituency Member that he has raised this matter which he feels is of great importance to his constituents . |
| 29 | The main impression he gives is of entrepreneurial acumen and ability to adapt to the culture of whichever time zone he flies into . |
| 30 | He tells stories such as how his grandfather shot at a flock of wild geese from the back of his pony , which took fright , threw him and he broke an arm which had to be amputated , and as a boy the tumulus where the arm was buried was pointed out to him , The list of the founders of Port Ellen in 1821 and their occupations and place of residence which he gives is of great interest . |