Example sentences of "and [pron] [noun sg] be [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was terrified and my fear was born of shadowy terrors yet to come . ] |
| 2 | This is called aa and its surface is composed of jagged , angular fragments resembling clinkers ( Fig. 5.6 ) . |
| 3 | In the District , and in contrast to the national trend , Tutorial Classes virtually doubled between 1925 and 1931 — from thirteen to twenty-five and their membership was composed of about one-third of students from manual occupations . |
| 4 | The modern architect makes sure his church and his school are built of less stern stuff , for the landscape around them is of shifting sand . |
| 5 | In September 1203 the pope was very ill and his life was despaired of . |
| 6 | Mr Jackson , a well established trader , has apparently left without trace and his shop was stripped of its goods . |
| 7 | The investigators are therefore particularly concerned to design controlled trials which help to reveal how agents react to and deal with uncertainty : how they balance and evaluate different probabilities and outcomes ; how expectations and aspiration levels are formed and revised ; what information is sought , and what use is made of it . |