Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [conj] [pron] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is what they like to do with their few acres and it is of some benefit to us . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) The difficulty arises where there is some evidence but it is of a tenuous character , for example because of inherent weakness or vagueness or because it is inconsistent with other evidence . |
| 3 | There is also some evidence that it is of particular importance when women ( and less frequently men ) are left as the custodial parent after a marriage ends . |
| 4 | sorry mastitis er and it would help if she had another baby and it was of course was actually cancer , it was a disaster . |
| 5 | The sixth High Steward was another Walter and he is of special interest . |
| 6 | But , even though Sir Hugo Mallinger holds parties for his tenants in the gallery he has built above his cloisters , the social dimension that Disraeli liked to imagine is not a conspicuous aspect of such houses as it is of St Genevieve . |
| 7 | This ‘ separation from ’ approach is the root of such destructiveness because it is of the nature of the ‘ outsider ’ not to care . |
| 8 | Now , the final point I want to make in this little section , and I think Liz is going to help me make this point , and that is that one of your problems , which is not a big problem compared with some organizations , is you 've got to take what you 're doing , and repackage it in such way that it is of interest to ordinary people . |
| 9 | Little danger as there was of another martyrdom , there was even less chance of the clergy satisfying their grievances at Edward 's expense : the most significant thing about the legislation of May 1341 is how easily it was repealed five months later . |
| 10 | Most designers have an intuitive but unformalised picture in these terms but it is of great utility to produce these pictures in flow diagram form so that any differences of view are revealed and can be reconciled by discussions during the process of agreeing the diagrams . |
| 11 | The short , nine-day voyage was accompanied by beautiful weather , and brought with it one of Gould 's most elusive and sought-after species of petrel , one that had tantalised him for weeks aboard the Parsee , although the occasion was , as Gould liked to emphasise , as much a result of his own ingenuity as it was of chance or convenience : |
| 12 | Danielle is a very happy and contented baby and I am a very happy and contented full time working mum — and as far as I 'm concerned that 's the best recommendation I can give to those of you who are in the same boat as I was of dreading re-entering the working world ! |
| 13 | ‘ Ordered by mandate of the justices that ‘ Masters of ‘ Le Utter Barre ’ practising or hereafter desiring to practise , shall not plead at any bar before they are of 12 years continuance , without leave of the Master of the Bench , on pain of expulsion . ’ |
| 14 | Cautiously she admitted it but said in the same breath that it was of no consequence because her father had died for political reasons . |
| 15 | As proud of his Keighley ancestry on both sides as he was of his ‘ liberal principles ’ , he claimed that his ancestors had fought at Flodden . |