Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [det] of [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the accounts are those of a group , the statement of source and application of funds should reflect the operations of the group . |
| 2 | But most of the strategies are those of the lineage itself . |
| 3 | But the primary values are those of the signifier , and the writerly allows the reader to ‘ function himself , to gain access to the magic of the signifier , to the pleasure of writing ’ ( p. 4 ) . |
| 4 | Spearmen are particularly good in this role since they can bring an extra rank of spears to bear on any foes who charge them and this means that casualties suffered by the front ranks are less of a disaster . |
| 5 | Subjects as diverse as tumour growth , gene structure , adaptive radiation in grasses , cell wall composition and the production of compounds of economic importance by plant tissue cultures are some of the topics of current research . |
| 6 | Their methods are those of the anatomist and the geneticist . |
| 7 | But then we should all know by now that purely cricketing considerations are less of a priority than once they were . |
| 8 | For example , suppose we had two fields ( or character strings ) in the store at addresses 300 and 350 , as shown in Figure 2.20 ( a ) ; the addresses are those of the right.hand characters of the fields , and the characters whose word mark bits are set are indicated by underlining . |
| 9 | Acting as a walking/talking A-Z , directing traffic , dealing with accident victims and domestic disputes are several of the myriad activities that absorb police personnel . |
| 10 | Pictures are some of the appeal 's organisers : . |
| 11 | our fundamental demands are those of the people , that 's to say . |
| 12 | His delusions were those of a messenger boy who assumes that because he takes the Chief Architect 's drawings to the print room , he has played a leading role in the design of the building . |
| 13 | It has come after years of various cobbled-together options , with one of the louder voices being that of a City lobbying group , the City Group for Smaller Companies ( CISCO ) which argued that the proposed closure of the USM before a proper alternative was thought out showed a lack of concern , particularly for the problems faced by companies coming to the market for the first time . |
| 14 | He watched her , tensely ; his eyes were those of a five-year-old . |
| 15 | His eyes were those of a chess-player who has made a good move . |
| 16 | I listened for some sound of other prisoners in the building but although I thought I heard the locking and unlocking of other doors the only voices were those of the guards . |
| 17 | Nor did I know that our intestinal tracts are those of a herbivore , 32 feet long and that if we were meant in enjoy Contre-filet braisé à l'ancienne they would be only a quarter of that length . |
| 18 | When the propagandist is also a pornographer whose motives are those of the marketplace , the law must match subtlety with subtlety . |
| 19 | Labour can succeed because our concerns are those of the majority . |
| 20 | Our Bills are all of a part with those objectives praised by my hon. Friends the Members for Elmet ( Mr. Batiste ) and for Saffron Walden ( Mr. Haselhurst ) — the drive to get better standards back into our education system , to increase yet further the participation of our young people , and to match the quality of education and training provided by our competitors abroad . |
| 21 | We found indications that homophonic phrases were more of a problem than had previously been thought . |
| 22 | The limpid tones were those of a bishop addressing a beggar . |
| 23 | This is not only extremely difficult to do , she says , but unnecessary , as fat which is concentrated around these areas is less of a health risk than fat which tends to concentrate around the middle . |
| 24 | The second factor associated , in particular , with the applications from the former Eastern Bloc countries is that of the EEC 's trade and tariff policies , which make existence on the doorstep of a protectionist bloc increasingly painful . |
| 25 | The most dramatic dependence on imports was that of the United Kingdom , which imported four-fifths of her grain on the eve of the first world war . |
| 26 | Although a ‘ mature ’ lady , I am a supporter of ‘ save the terrace ’ and can not agree that seats are necessary — fans will stand up most of the time anyway , as we did last Sunday , and seats are more of a hazard when leaning over to see what is happening on the pitch . |
| 27 | In the visual system of birds , colours and contrasting outlines are some of the features picked out and responded to strongly . |
| 28 | Many packages boast multicurrency , multilanguage features , but truly comprehensive pan-European packages are more of a rarity . |
| 29 | Fishing ( for lobsters ) in the summer , coastguard duty , drivers , mechanics and power station workers were some of the occupations off the farm . |
| 30 | THE twitchers were all of a twitter . |