Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] be of " in BNC.

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1 Our trips and good times programmes are of course entirely optional .
2 However , one can see that the relative emphasis on these four factors may vary ( and sometimes conflict ) not only from job to job ( in some cases expertise is of the essence , in others the degree content is virtually irrelevant , and ability and ‘ personality ’ are the key things ) but from one employer and even personnel manager to another .
3 And Claire got involved in the action as national coach Matt Doyle was of the opinion that she was entitled to match play .
4 Does the Leader of the House acknowledge that the discussions in which Ministers are involved in the European Commission regarding the MacSharry proposals are of fundamental importance to the future of British agriculture ?
5 If validation is the establishment that course proposals are of acceptable quality , monitoring , review and evaluation are the processes which attempt to maintain and enhance the quality of courses once they are running .
6 Movements of base level are of the utmost importance in understanding landforms in most parts of the world , for the earth 's surface is in an unstable period of its history .
7 The relation between this point and high tide level is of considerable importance in the interpretation of raised beaches and old high level marine-cut terraces .
8 Our findings suggest that bismuth citrate complexed with carbomer 934P is of therapeutic benefit in left sided ulcerative colitis with results that do not differ significantly from those obtained from 5-ASA enemas .
9 The Ghost rackets are of 100% graphite construction and retail for £199.99 .
10 This , on reflection , is interesting : it reveals quite sharply what might have been apparent earlier — that this particular decision rule is of a rather simpler structure than the optimal output rule .
11 Fundamentally , liking the ‘ new ’ Wedding Present was of a question of taste .
12 Today , the specialist pop and rock rags no longer have the subject to themselves and only the most conservative publications on the news-stands fail to acknowledge that some subsection of the now sprawling rock field is of interest to their readers .
13 The new clergy houses were of a quite different , selfless and holy Gothic architecture .
14 Not all the information present within dictionary definitions is of use for handwriting recognition .
15 Leaving aside the ( many important and detailed ) criticisms which people have made of these procedures , it is clear that , in principle , developing a basis for appraising investment projects is of considerable importance .
16 Search times are of O ( log2 n ) on average , and will be the worst case for all unsuccessful searches ( Knuth , 1973 ) .
17 The Legal Aid Board is of the view that the disadvantages of such a scheme , that is the restriction on the applicants ' choice of solicitor to have the main conduct of the case and a weakening of the direct link between the legally aided plaintiff and the solicitor , are far outweighed by the advantages .
18 The Waitrose champagne is of the ‘ 83 vintage ; it has a glorious style of its own , light yet biscuity , classy with the muted perfume of hollyhocks and it makes a superb apertif .
19 Unfortunately , the patient 's history and presentation , usually of clinical jaundice , pruritus , vague abdominal pain , anorexia , and weight loss are of limited value in determining the underlying aetiology .
20 This research programme is of fundamental importance for higher education .
21 Equity entry is of crucial concern to the large numbers of trained and talented drama school finalists seeking to enter the business every year .
22 Well er funnily enough , revenue considerations are of , er certainly not anywhere near the top of the list as far as that 's concerned .
23 Revenue patronage was of course normally restricted to those Scottish politicians friendly to the current administration , but even here there was something in private hands , although its importance was of diminishing value as the country became more prosperous .
24 Reports from south-west England are of good winter wheat growth , now showing an increase in disease levels .
25 Though not so far observed , this version of the Ikeda instability is of interest because it can be derived by mean field methods , which otherwise preclude chaos .
26 Before the days of intensive quarrying , natural rock outcrops were of great significance .
27 This review should be undertaken by the relevant managers — the steps necessary to ensure employee safety being of crucial importance .
28 A useful image of cell diversification is of an undulating landscape in which a ball rolls down pathways that branch , an image that the British embryologist Conrad Waddington , writing in 1940 , called the epigenetic landscape .
29 As the burial mound was of the period known as the Bronze Age , the horn and the mound could belong to the same period .
30 Toward the end of the war , many artillery pieces were of such a size and weight that they could only be moved around on specially strengthened railway freight wagons .
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