Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] be [adv] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this issue of the way the definition of abuse is operationalized for research is not simply of significance for debates about incidence and prevalence , it also crucially impinges on the characteristics and factors associated with abuse . |
| 2 | Girls ' underachievement relates to specific areas of mathematics , especially those involving measurements and the concepts which underlie them ; this kind of underachievement is almost certainly of long standing . |
| 3 | But it is a sign of the times that in many universities around the world this kind of approach is actually ahead of the British system , largely because language awareness can be built into reading courses as part of the overall language-learning curriculum . |
| 4 | Absence of amenity is no longer of real significance in housing in North Shields but the ageing stock may have considerable problems regarding structural repair . |
| 5 | ‘ The joys of reunion are no longer of consequence — is that your meaning , my lord ? ’ |
| 6 | This kind of puzzle is not merely of interest to intellectuals who study what is called game theory , an area of mathematics advanced by John von Neumann , who also happens to be the father of the stored program computer . |
| 7 | However , these kinds of events are not only of importance in depression ; they are implicated in a variety of illnesses . |
| 8 | This is because their world knowledge tells them that the banks found near rivers are not usually of the financial type ( although it must be stressed that this interpretation is not wrong , it is just less likely ) . |
| 9 | When they had first come to live at Thorsbury , she had felt a little piqued by Stephen 's neglect of her , while realising that his obsession with work was not really of his own choosing . |
| 10 | What is happening in Russia is not simply of political importance , a question of democracy versus a return to an old-guard Communist Government . |
| 11 | His reports from Bradford were no longer of the sporting kind . |
| 12 | Its political influence notwithstanding , the agricultural sector in Japan is no longer of substantial economic importance . |
| 13 | The men who come to the colonies from France are not always of the best quality . |
| 14 | Wordsworth 's views on education were remarkably ahead of his time . |
| 15 | Software houses have been slow to response but the square footage sold to date is reportedly ahead of schedule . |