Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [be] [adj] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain forms of writing , such as academic articles , extend this even further and writers are required to develop skills in explicitness , and in being aware of hidden assumptions , so that readers who have not directly had the writer 's experience may understand it . |
| 2 | The English curriculum ought to help to overcome such snobbery by encouraging children to discuss their accents and to be proud of regional differences , but the task of overcoming arrogance about accents is formidable . |
| 3 | The ability to use library catalogues , both subject and author , including the important ability to articulate one 's subject interest in specific terms and to be aware of possible synonyms and related subjects . |
| 4 | BGS has to be ready at all times to supply the wants of the market for geoscience and to be aware of potential sources of income , marketing efforts , public relations and promotional activities will be focused more on the commercial sector . |
| 5 | Moreover , it may be occasional injectors , rather than regular injectors , who are the higher-risk group for spreading HIV , since casual injectors may be more inclined to share equipment than regular injectors , who are more likely to have their own ‘ set of works ’ and to be aware of safe cleaning procedures . |
| 6 | I want an inspectorate to have the ability to make comments and criticisms and to be free of direct government interference . |
| 7 | Not only may viruses incorporate themselves into our DNA , but there is now a suggestion that some viruses at least may have arisen from bits of our own DNA which have escaped from our cells and become so modified as to be capable of independent existence . |
| 8 | When the southernmost stars also were divided up , the whole situation became somewhat chaotic ; various astronomers invented their own constellations , some of which were so small and so obscure as to be unworthy of separate identity . |