Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore — except for an occasional mutated child which turns out to be plainly of the wrong metal for its caste — ranks must remain separate . |
| 2 | Certainly not the Ketterings ' ancestors as they appeared to be mostly of sly Italian clerics . |
| 3 | He thrust his face close to hers suddenly and made her jump , pulling her round so that she was close and more aware than she ever wanted to be again of his dominant masculinity . |
| 4 | I would n't want to be either of those women . |
| 5 | We are going to be ahead of any market in Europe . ’ |
| 6 | It was Catherine again and McLeish was mildly irritated by the way she seemed to be ahead of him . |
| 7 | ‘ If you want to be ahead of the market in the most favoured areas , start looking now , ’ says Jenkins . |
| 8 | If anything , Theatre in Education tends to be ahead of drama in education . |
| 9 | However , there are fears that transport congestion , environmental damage and other symptoms of over-development in the south east may prove a positive disincentive to growth once the Tunnel is opened , and that the main beneficiary will be the Nord Pas de Calais region , especially as French companies seem to be ahead of their British counterparts in planning for the future . |
| 10 | This invention turned out to be ahead of its time ; U-shaped grooves remained normal until 1939 , and Packman-type cutters only became universal after the Second World War . |
| 11 | in child language understanding always precedes production and , what is most important , the adult dealing with the child constantly modifies her output to be ahead of the structures which the child is producing ( Wells , 1981 ) . |
| 12 | It claims to be ahead of schedule with NT-on-Alpha , a relatively meaningless phrase since we do n't know what the real schedule is . |
| 13 | And yet it is never very far ahead , indeed sometimes seems not to be ahead of the pursuer at all . |
| 14 | Should one invest more in order to be ahead of competitors ? |
| 15 | ‘ You seem to be ahead of your time , too . ’ |
| 16 | It said that Russian scientists appeared to be ahead of their US counterparts in some technologies , including an orbiting nuclear power system and electric propulsion units for rockets . |
| 17 | These are , of course , the official recognitions of quality — we aim to be ahead of these standards in everything we do . |
| 18 | The time of quality has arrived , and CCG intend to be ahead of the field in our commitment to it . |
| 19 | To be the finest ballet in Germany means to be ahead of such great companies as Stuttgart and Berlin . |
| 20 | Donations of fire-fighting equipment and technical advice began to arrive in late October , but observers commented that these were likely to be largely of symbolic political value only . |
| 21 | The image has to be both of the politician and of the party . |
| 22 | This situation appears to be primarily of theoretical and historical interest , since the newly independent state is now more frequently party to the treaty in question , or , in most recent examples , has declared its statehood through secession from another state . |
| 23 | ‘ We shall tes-ti-i-i-fyy ’ , sang Mrs Quigley , to a tune that seemed to be completely of her own devising , ‘ to-o-o the-e-e Lor-or-ord ! ’ |
| 24 | Indeed , to many thinkers such explanations seem to be obviously of the right kind ( cf. |
| 25 | That is , the reports made by subjects woken from NREM sleep are ambiguous , and open to interpretation as being either " thinking " or " dreaming " , while reports from REM sleep awakenings tend to be indubitably of " dreams " . |
| 26 | These losses are relatively minor compared to Oki 's overall investment , said to be upwards of $25m . |
| 27 | However , the potential reserves offered by these reefs would be minimal because of their relatively small size , and they are likely to be only of limited interest as exploration targets . |
| 28 | Since documents prepared with either indented or hanging paragraphs tend to be consistently of the one style , it is as easy to set up the format before typing as it is to do it afterwards . |
| 29 | It was originally decreed that great economies had to be exercised in the provision of stations , which were to be mainly of wood . |
| 30 | Most people were aware that Gharr was there , but the news seemed to be mainly of interest to human females . |