Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] [modal v] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm honest I 'll have to admit that the major application of my research will be for commercial drug production . |
| 2 | I had got away by a lucky stroke and there would be no problem getting back into the Grand because one of my pals would be on sentry duty and it would be a case of " pass friend " . |
| 3 | If " foot-based metres " are mentalistically real , the process of their composition may be in some sense teleological . |
| 4 | The results of their work will be of considerable interest , and will permit important comparisons to be made with the late-glacial flora and vegetation of Skye ( Birks , 1973 ; Walker et al. , 1988 ) and Mull ( Lowe and Walker , 1986 ) . |
| 5 | For all of them , therefore , the majority of their work will be of a non-advanced character , a fact of life which is not reflected in their titles . |
| 6 | The Benefit was an unqualified success , which was the main thing , but asking for the support of hundreds of strangers inevitably meant that the focus of their concern would be on John as well as on the terrible thing that was happening to him . |
| 7 | About three quarters of their children will be between 5 and 15 years . |
| 8 | Two thirds of their children will be between 10 and 15 years . |
| 9 | Langbaurgh School has been working on a series of projects relating to India and the fruits of their labours will be on display at the Southlands Centre , Ormesby Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 10 | An arbitrary and unwarranted termination of their engagement would be against the organization 's own interests . |
| 11 | Without them sizable part of its economy would be in danger of collapse . |
| 12 | This means that Citibank can have a very good year even though many of its loans may be in serious trouble . |
| 13 | That one of its sponsors should be in dispute over the very issue ( ie sponsorship ) for which they were brought together is indeed , a major embarrassment for the Association . |
| 14 | My passion is for its numerous Romanesque churches , in most cases humbly proportioned but elevated into unique works of art by the richness of their exquisitely-sculpted decoration ; to go to Poitou/Saintonge and not look at any of its churches would be like going to an African game reserve and ignoring the animals . |
| 15 | The lordship in question is the novelist 's , not only in the usual sense , often forgotten , that every word of the novel is his , but also because the speech of its characters can be like that of the narrator , and indeed like that of the writer of Kingsley Amis 's discursive prose . |
| 16 | For the influence to be effective , however , the frequency of the cell or any of its parts must be in phase or , more correctly , in a state of ‘ coherence ’ with the existing frequency of the virus . |
| 17 | All the marriage rites emphasize that while her fertility is her main asset , she must be faithful to her husband so that the legitimacy of her children should be beyond doubt . |
| 18 | She was — ; not ashamed of him — but outraged that one of her children should be like that . |
| 19 | Perhaps she had had polio so that one of her legs would be in irons . |
| 20 | ‘ Craigbarnet I know is poor and the interest of his friends might be of service , ’ the duke remarked , ‘ but do you know that he was att Sheriff Moor , how would that sound here ? ’ |
| 21 | A nearer estimate of his victims would be between fifteen and twenty . |
| 22 | Whether one is satisfied that Mercier made free with its location so as to avoid having a fussy detail right at the edge of his picture must be for each observer to decide . |
| 23 | Most of your activities will be in here — sewing , reading , watching television and so on — you should not have to strain your eyes |
| 24 | However , unless you are a professional personnel officer , one of the proofs of your success will be in the fact that you do not have to exercise your interviewing skill too often , because you consistently choose the right people for the right jobs and they are therefore happy to stay . |
| 25 | In the event of termination and in the event of the production proceeding to completion and publication , any acknowledgements of your contribution will be by mutual agreement between ourselves . |
| 26 | In the event of termination and in the event of the production proceeding to completion and publication , any acknowledgements of your contribution will be by mutual agreement between ourselves . |
| 27 | In the event of termination and in the event of the production proceeding to completion and publication , any acknowledgements of your contribution will be by mutual agreement between ourselves . |
| 28 | A pleasant period is ahead of you , as opportunities for socialising with others of your kind may be at their peak . |
| 29 | On the street , the roof of your car may be at just the right height for you to rest your elbows as you take the shot , and there are all sorts of other items of street furniture such as lamp-posts which can serve as props . |
| 30 | Most of your weight should be on the back foot . |