Example sentences of "is of [noun] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 That means five thousand eight hundred and twenty five pounds which one multiplies by four , giving a total under that schedule of twenty three thousand , three hundred pounds , I regret to say that it is of course inherent in the judgment that I have to deliver that there is a good deal of what
2 The extraordinary growth of this administrative and bureaucratic element in all societies , including advanced capitalist ones , is of course one of the most obvious features of contemporary life ; and the relation of its leading members to the government and to society is also crucial to the determination of the role of the state .
3 The introduction of governments that tax goods and incomes in various ways is of course one of the major ‘ imperfections ’ , and economic theory is concerned to show what kinds of tax would interfere least with allocations that would arise in a free market .
4 Comments : ‘ CPRW is of course one of the main consultees and will receive early notification of the publication of the consultation draft . ’
5 … now with the GCSE things are very much more flexible , and the one thing we can get rid of immediately is the written paper , which is of course one of the bits of objective assessment in the examination , and which an awful lot of teachers clung onto .
6 Well could I I mean this is of course one of the criticisms that one had to bear about Mrs. Thatcher about erm they say he 's not his own man , that to me indicates that he may be taking advice .
7 The study of ( ht ) in Havelok is of course relevant to the date at which the velar fricative [ x ] before [ t ] ( in right , might , etc. ) was lost in English .
8 Religious education in schools is of course compulsory in the United Kingdom .
9 It is of course possible for the unpaid seller to re-sell the goods in circumstances where he has no right to do so .
10 The work on fields is of course key in the context of the issue of structure vs. agency because the fields are Bourdieu 's structures .
11 This argument is of course open to the same criticisms as were levelled against the distinction originally drawn between ‘ literate ’ and ‘ non-literate ’ societies .
12 It is of course open to the Government and Parliament of New Zealand at any time to abolish or restrict the classification of decisions which are appealable as of right .
13 It is of course open to the applicant to make such representations as he thinks fit in this regard to the Secretary of State .
14 It is of course important for the acquirer to find out before the final tender date the way in which the tender will actually be handled , which may not be the same way as the tender documents had optimistically indicated .
15 The success of the system is of course dependent on the commitment of the advice workers and clients .
16 The need for day hospital services in these towns is of course dependent upon the presence of other community resources , and before planning a new resource one must first decide upon the target client group and then attempt to accurately identify numbers in the community .
17 The company is of course concerned with the operating system environment but realizes the real place to be right now is at the communications end .
18 At the present stage of development of US television , on the other hand , the schedules of the majority viewing channels ( and this is of course complicated by the much wider dissemination of cable ) are stripped in a way which concentrates particular genres and subgenres within the same time-slot : the competition is directed quite blatantly at the same demographic group or taste constituency , and , characteristically , for the network viewer , the choice is within genres and subgenres rather between them .
19 The nominal subject of such quarrels is of course secondary to the couple 's need to hurt each other , but in this case it appeared to centre on the Parsons ' childlessness .
20 The mathematical solution is given below in spherical coordinates , r , 0 ( the solution is of course independent of the azimuth angle
21 Natural selection is of traits favourable to the survival , not of individuals , but of successive generations .
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