Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] [verb] [be] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again I accept the constant parental care has been of the highest calibre and I remind myself of the many tributes to the quality of that care in the evidence before me . |
| 2 | By the late 1920s cattle stealing was of little concern to the authorities , but it underwent a revival with the onset of the depression , and received further impetus in 1936 when various regulations designed to control the movement and sale of cattle were lifted . |
| 3 | It can not be doubted that the post-war black migrations have been of considerable economic benefit to Britain , just as the migrations from North Africa , Turkey , Greece and Italy have boosted the economies of Western Europe . |
| 4 | The battles and skirmishes of middle-class rural boundary disputing are of interest only to their panting protagonists . |
| 5 | That 's a point I was going to make , but as far as I can tell in en masse , the main , the main nominated bodies have been of political parties . |
| 6 | Certainly the solutions to the ‘ black problem ’ of the past 200 years have been of limited vision — hostile , intolerant and frequently brutal . |