Example sentences of "be [adj] of [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , the recollection that the Friend had once been guilty of the same fault is a consolation to the Poet , for he now knows how the other must have ‘ bowed ’ under his own , ‘ transgression ’ : They are equal , then — but more , they are united : ‘ Oh , that our night of woe might have remember'd/My deepest sense how hard true sorrow hits . ’ |
| 2 | You accuse these agencies of improper motives — such as using children as bait for donors — when you are guilty of the same shortcoming on your cover . |
| 3 | These are some of the many exchanges we have had this year with lawyers from overseas . |
| 4 | Bears , squirrels and badgers are some of the many animals which overwinter in this way . |
| 5 | More than 30 traction and showmen 's engines , plus road rollers ; historic commercial vehicles ; stationary engines ; fire engines ; vintage cars and motor bikes ; sales and ephemera stands ; old tractors and farm machinery and a real ale beer tent , are some of the many attractions on offer . |
| 6 | PAHs are some of the same group of cancer-causing substances that are found in cigarette smoke , oil and vehicle exhaust fumes . |
| 7 | ‘ All About Eve ’ and ‘ Kennedy ’ , are some of the few examples ) and even after more than 50 lyrical outings , the one-track mind persists . |
| 8 | There has been some of the same controversy over the role of the mental handicap hospitals as over the psychiatric hospitals , but on the whole the issue is clearer : they ought to be replaced by smaller units , ranging from hostels and homes to specialist hospital units able to provide intensive nursing for the severely handicapped minority . |
| 9 | And even if the weather is passable , low level walks will take you to places you 'd perhaps never have tried if you 're one of the many walkers whose sights are normally set pretty firmly on the heights . |
| 10 | Yet they 're one of the few products not advertised on TV , probably because their appearance is far from viewer-friendly . |
| 11 | Apparently we 're one of the few beer hostelries , so to speak , like pubs and clubs and things like that , that make their profit purely |
| 12 | You know very well that we 're two of the same kind , Nenna . |
| 13 | ‘ Strange ’ — Agnes rose from the bed — ‘ we 're both of the same mind . |
| 14 | The statements written by two of the women on the HITECC course cited above are illustrative of the latter claim . |
| 15 | Whether man or beast , we are all of the same essence , we all have a soul . |
| 16 | subordinates in a work group are all of the same quality or type ; and |
| 17 | As they are all of the same family , could I breed from an Oranda and a Blue Carp ? |
| 18 | ‘ Your three specialists are all of the same opinion . ’ |
| 19 | There is a sense — the most important of all — in which Homer and Dante and Milton , Aeschylus and Shakespeare are all of the same age or none . |
| 20 | On the opposite side of the courtyard there are more of the same variety , planted in 1968 . |
| 21 | So , when to her great surprise she is asked to the Spring Ball , by one of the most desirable men in this school , she feels that this is just to be another of the many jokes played on Carrie . |
| 22 | If he decides to ring us we 'll be short of a few answers . ’ |
| 23 | Former Premier LADY THATCHER will never be short of a few bob — she 's worth an estimated £9.5 million . |
| 24 | This was to be one of the many houses used by the Bishops of Rochester and a favourite residence of some during the next three centuries . |
| 25 | He stresses that formal planning can only be one of the many building blocks which determine corporate strategy . |
| 26 | Letting go of our poverty consciousness will be one of the many delights of the New Age , and a crucial aspect of our spiritual growth . |
| 27 | ‘ You must be one of the few friends of Gamal that I do n't know . ’ |
| 28 | These Bible stories must be one of the few sources of information about dreaming made available during the course of our children 's education . |
| 29 | Jack was ready to bet all the crisp honeymoon pound notes he had in his pocket that Charlie would be one of the few quests not wearing a hired morning coat . |
| 30 | For them this meeting may be one of the few contacts they have with the Church . |