Example sentences of "be of [adj] [noun] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His own pleasure had been of shorter duration for he was very well aware that he ought somehow to have protected this trusting girl from himself . |
| 2 | This book is useful but could have been of more value if it had been more clearly grounded in practice . |
| 3 | ‘ All the coaches in the world would n't have been of any use if you had n't had courage . |
| 4 | I hope that this has been of some help if you were not too sure of which rib to use on what occasion . |
| 5 | Organic vegetables are of little use if their leaves are yellowing , their vitamins and minerals long departed . |
| 6 | The reverse , thinking you are of normal weight when you are overweight , is , if anything , a rarity . |
| 7 | There are other methods of storing food such as preserving , drying , or bottling , but these are of limited value if you live on your own , since , even if you entertain a lot , you would probably waste a lot of preserves or bottled food , as their condition quickly deteriorates once the jar or bottle is opened . |
| 8 | Several biochemical studies of xenobiotic metabolising enzymes in colon have made comparisons between samples of normal and tumour tissue , but are of limited value as they take no account of the varying proportions of different types of enzyme expressing and non-expressing cells in the samples . |
| 9 | But the Comptroller and Auditor General Sir John Bourn also pointed out that current simulators for the Tornado GR1 the main low-flying aircraft are of limited value because they have no visual display . |
| 10 | In this respect , the ancient farming systems of some areas of China are of especial interest as they have a high degree of self-sustainability and yet are able to support high densities of human population . |
| 11 | The limitations of QACs are of less significance when they are compounded with other products with which they can exert a synergistic effect . |
| 12 | Despite the frenetic battle with deadlines , individual events are of less import than one would imagine . |
| 13 | The Consumer Guarantees Bill 1990 , would have included in the present s14(2) of SGA 1979 and its equivalent provisions under SOGIT 1973 ( as substituted by Sched 4 to CCA 1974 ) and the SGSA 1982 , the following provision which is worth setting out in full since it received Government approval and is likely to be re-introduced in the near future : ( 2A ) For the purposes of this Act , goods are of satisfactory quality if they meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as satisfactory , taking account of any description of the goods , the price ( if relevant ) and all the other relevant circumstances . |
| 14 | Thus it is still the case that goods are of merchantable quality if they are suitable ( without substantial abatement of the price ) for one or more of the purposes for which goods of that description are normally bought . |
| 15 | At present , goods are of merchantable quality if they are reasonably fit for some ( or even only one ) of the purposes for which such goods are commonly bought ( see paragraph 7–18 above ) . |
| 16 | These areas are of vital importance as it is through them that the majority of people experience ‘ the countryside ’ at first hand , whether for formal or informal recreation . |
| 17 | We shall also look at the Cinderellas of settlement studies — hamlets and farmsteads , which have received little attention but are of immense importance because they are widespread and because they are clearly related to both the origins and the decline of villages . |
| 18 | These changes are of considerable interest because they represented a major step towards the deregulation of the UK financial system — a process which is still continuing . |
| 19 | Legal rules are not the whole of the instructions — departmental policy guidelines , for example , play a large part — but legal rules are of considerable importance because they are binding and authoritative . |
| 20 | It is particularly noticeable in his discussion of what he regards as ‘ irrational ’ protest movements , such as those associated with witchcraft and satanism , and for our purposes these are of special interest since they highlight the strategy used by the members of the Annales school to explain individual beliefs and actions . |
| 21 | With the court finely balanced between liberals and conservatives ( the latter possessing a slight but unreliable majority ) the appointment was considered to be of crucial importance as it offered an opportunity to shift the balance decisively to the right . |
| 22 | Elizabeth 's reign is now seen to be of crucial importance because it saw the completion of the Protestantization of the English people and witnessed the creation of a uniquely English style of Protestant church which was later to be labelled Anglicanism . |
| 23 | The world was never told by God that it could overcome the evil inherent in it , but Christ tells his disciples to be of good cheer because he has overcome the world . |
| 24 | They could never be of lower caste than herself and the principle of lineage exogamy applied . |
| 25 | Launching a business with redundancy pay carried considerable financial risks , while training would only be of lasting value if there was a real job at the end of it . |
| 26 | Faced with the challenge of being original in this way , some student writers believe that they should copy or adapt other people 's work because it is bound to be of better quality than their own . |
| 27 | A useful way of developing creative thinking and one which can be of great benefit when you are studying and looking for inspiration is the technique of key words or key terms . |
| 28 | Perhaps more importantly , the total number of crimes committed would be of little interest because there is great variation in the meaning and significance of individual criminal acts . |
| 29 | Mass education will be of little value if it simply increases the number of people who are pursuing their own selfish ends . |
| 30 | The obvious solution , one might think , would be to increase the number of 100-word samples taken , to six or perhaps nine , but this too would be of little value if there were great variability within the book . |