Example sentences of "[prep] be of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether they will look after our type of clients in the way they are used to being looked after is of course a different question . |
| 2 | Just er it might of been of course I had plants through there it might have been |
| 3 | About six months ago , our deputy general secretary wrote to Monseigneur , the general secretary of the bishops conference , and er told him that we hoped progress was being made , referred in particular to the degree of consensus that had been a arrived at in the baptism eucharist and ministry document and er also to the difference that had been made by the coming into being of ACTS and its commission on unity faith and order and we had a reply to that er a letter from Monseigneur assuring as that the hierarchy were taking this seriously , that they were discussing it er amongst themselves in Scotland and were also in discussion with Rome on the subject as well . |
| 4 | Normally made of terracotta , to hold the ashes of the deceased , these urns were unusual in being of lead , with lids , and inside having a second container of glass , also lidded , and sealed with stucco . |
| 5 | That at the very least gives me the opportunity er to at very least glance through , I do n't know how long they 're going to be of course , but at very least glance through them to see what I need to see , to see if there 's any which is self-evidently requiring further comment , or further site visit , and er I can then give the Councils a further two weeks in which to respond to that . |
| 6 | Which is what it used to be of course is n't it ? |
| 7 | If these moderators are present ( we discuss what these are in a moment ) then work will be experienced as meaningful if it requires a variety of skills from the worker , if a complete piece of work is done ( task identity ) , and if the worker sees the task to be of significance . |
| 8 | If it were to become an actual consistent condition , the very purpose of life itself ( which is growth towards perfection through the struggle between opposites or growth towards total ‘ order ’ ) would be cancelled out and the evolutionary process would cease to be of significance . |
| 9 | Thus for example it is sometimes held to be of significance that the first appearance of the resurrected Christ is said to have been to a woman . |
| 10 | ( The second vote was to be of significance only if a majority expressed a desire for change in the first . ) |
| 11 | Other factors such as the personal and public importance of the event are equally likely to be of significance and it seems inappropriate to regard such memories as providing evidence for a general enhancement of memory related to increased arousal or emotion . |
| 12 | The ascetic culture of Lérins was to continue to be of significance . |
| 13 | I laughed quickly and said : ‘ I 'm delighted to be of service , madam . ’ |
| 14 | We have a higher mission — to be of service to them wherever they require it . ’ |
| 15 | His compulsion to be of service and to act from his feelings had found its outlet . |
| 16 | ‘ My dear Meg , this lady , ’ Charles Briant said with dignity , ‘ is a boot and shoemaker , she simply wants to be of service to us , to make , like us all , an honest living . ’ |
| 17 | Though these measures are not due to necessity , as the people here are glad to be of service to us and treat us with courtesy in which not a little deference is admixed , for as I say they count many simple things great wonders : my fine paste shoe buckles ( the only part remaining after some native rats that are very large and like to be tame devoured the rest of the appurtenances ) inspired much clicking of teeth and clucking of tongues till I thought I should have to part with them . |
| 18 | It is a pleasure to be of service . ’ |
| 19 | A friend wrote requesting to have his salary allotted to the widow " and that she would get a person to do the business " , but Barratt could see no way for the widow to be of service . |
| 20 | To Daniel it was a battle worth fighting , an opportunity to be of service which he had long desired . |
| 21 | Self-consciously , I shifted the ground to literature , regretting that the emblems of alchemy were now too arcane to be of service to modern writers . |
| 22 | He waited , unwitting , ready to be of service . |
| 23 | But , if you were prepared to be of service to us … ’ |
| 24 | This is a good time to be thinking strategically and finding new ways for our skills to be of service to the public . |
| 25 | And this is where I think you may be able to be of service to me . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I am glad to be of service . ’ |
| 27 | The Unit should be perceived to be of service to professionals in schools . |
| 28 | Glad to be of service . |
| 29 | Dear Lord we , we want to be of use to you , we want to be of service to you , we want to be salt and light in our communities , we want to be your labourers , working together with you . |
| 30 | Following the meeting a US military excavation team carried out its first MIA search in Cambodia ; it announced on March 23 that it had recently unearthed some remains which were believed to be of members of US television crews killed in Cambodia in 1970 . |