Example sentences of "[pron] is of [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Earth is just the right distance from a star , the Sun , which is of just the right kind of size . |
| 2 | The other issue , which is of much greater interest , is the nature of the coverage and will be considered in Chapters 3 and 4 . |
| 3 | Where the property of A is mixed with that of B which is of substantially the same nature and quality and they can not practicably be separated ( grain in a bin , oil in a tank ) the mixture is owned in common in proportion to the quantity contributed by each and the law is the same whether the mixing is wrongful or by consent . |
| 4 | But her evidence by itself is of very little value . |
| 5 | So you 're saying , there 's more chance of getting the blue out of out of the second , than there is of just |
| 6 | It is of very varied quality ; look for paper ruled into divisions of ten , and with every tenth line ruled heavy and every fifth medium . |
| 7 | This is no victory for women , even though it is of very important material benefit to them . |
| 8 | ‘ Believe me , Alice , it is of very little value , ’ Félix interrupted her . |
| 9 | Whilst this may be attractive for the marketing companies it is of very little help to the consumer . |
| 10 | Bulk modulus is not an easy quantity to measure although , for isotropic materials , it is of more fundamental importance than Young 's modulus to the material scientist . |
| 11 | But for much else in polytheism and monotheism it is of more limited value . |
| 12 | In a block of premises each tenant can normally be regarded as consenting to the presence of water on the premises if the supply is of the usual character , but not if it is of quite an unusual kind , or defective or dangerous , unless he actually knows of that . |
| 13 | It is of typically northern design and finish , very much after the manner of buildings in northern England and Scotland . |
| 14 | For example , whilst advertising is very important in reaching out to consumer markets , it is of relatively little significance to industrial markets , where personal selling is the most popular method . |
| 15 | The First Treatise is now less studied than the Second , for it is of less lasting philosophical importance . |
| 16 | While the " U " or " J " shaped relationship of maternal age to child mortality generally prevails , since the survival rate of children up to age five years is determined mostly by the high mortality of infants , it is of less impressive strength in the mortality of children aged 1–4 years than in the incidence of infant deaths . |
| 17 | It is of far greater historical significance that the legends of Kosovo helped to keep alive for centuries the spark of Serbian national consciousness which burst into flame with the Karadjordje revolt of 1804 , and which led ultimately to the founding of an independent Serbian kingdom . |
| 18 | This is as true of nineteenth-century Whitley Bay ( which literally ceased to be farmland ) as it is of almost all of Longbenton , developed as a Newcastle over spill after 1945 . |
| 19 | And plutonium , providing it is of sufficiently high quality , can be used for arms manufacture . |
| 20 | The same implications attach to the playing of games or the membership of clubs and so on , although what is of even more interest are the ‘ unwritten ’ rules which underwrite the more formal , quasi-legal , ones . |
| 21 | What is of far greater importance is that the candidate should come across well on TV news programmes and should constantly be seen in favourable settings making crisp and newsworthy remarks . |
| 22 | What is of more environmental significance , however , is the subdiscipline of biotechnology that is known as genetic engineering . |
| 23 | What is of relatively recent origin , however , is the creation of bureaucracies equipped with legal sanctions to regulate economic life . |