Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [vb mod] [be] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lines may be curved , zig-zag or straight , for example , and blobs may be of different sizes . |
| 2 | Dramatisations and reconstructions can be of great value in trying to convey to pupils an idea of the past , but they are none the less interpretations . |
| 3 | The nature of the rock , its hardness , its reaction to chemical weathering and the frequency of its faults and joints must be of considerable importance . |
| 4 | An improved understanding of the sources of everyday likes and dislikes would be of lasting theoretical importance in psychology , and might also have practical applications in education , product design and marketing , broadcasting , and leisure industries . |
| 5 | This would be the appropriate point to call in some modern philosophers who have discussed these issues , and an excursus into the work of Edmund Husserl , Max Scheler , Alfred Schutz , Georg Simmel , and others would be of undoubted value . |