Example sentences of "[pers pn] be of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Community policies , and expenditures upon them are of course not perfectly substitutable for alternative national policies . |
| 2 | Some of them are of necessity considered briefly — even in shorthand form — and the reader seeking further elucidation is referred to the sources mentioned in the text . |
| 3 | Details of the experiments themselves do not concern us here , but some of the ideas that have emerged from them are of interest because they add further to our understanding of how , looked at from a biological perspective , creativity can be connected to psychosis . |
| 4 | I am of course old enough to remember the first railway made in England , and still more easily the first telegraph wires ; now we see people are not satisfied with these last , but must have telephone wires too . |
| 5 | I am of course not concerned here with the reliability of the figures themselves but with their use , or rather non-use , by Polybius . |
| 6 | I am of course not speaking of those from the interior it is necessary to be more guarded with them particularly those of the Namoi and Juden ( ? ) parts , which I am now about to visit . |
| 7 | ( I am of course ignoring here the question of the neuro-physiological maturation underlying the development of ego-functions at about the age of seven which was discussed above ( see p. 33–4 ) . |
| 8 | This point was expressed by Lord Herschell in Vagliano as follows : I am of course far from asserting that resort may never be had to the previous state of the law for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the provisions of the code . |
| 9 | Having said that , I am of course aware with more humility that ultimately we depend on the professional judgement , so generously given , of Mrs McNaughtan . |
| 10 | Very quietly he said with a pride and authority that seemed to surprise them , ‘ I am of Wrath and have much to learn . |
| 11 | But as to what [ the gentleman ] observes concerning Stephen Duck , I am of Opinion , that it was not his Situation , but the Royal Favour , which gained the Country over to his Side ; and therefore I think it needless to paint the Life of a Person , who depends more upon the Curiosity of the World , than its Good nature |
| 12 | I am of opinion that , if the interests of justice make it necessary or expedient to receive the evidence , we should admit it . |
| 13 | So if the revenue had refused in the exercise of their discretion to make the repayment they did in the present case I am of opinion that in the absence of any other remedy it would have been open to Woolwich to claim repayment in proceedings for judicial review , and there would appear to be no reason why such proceedings would not have been successful . |
| 14 | … But private and particular corporations for charity , founded and endowed by private persons , are subject to the private government of those who erect them ; and therefore if there be no visitor appointed by the founder , I am of opinion that the law doth appoint the founder and his heirs to be visitors . |
| 15 | BYLES J. ( dissenting ) : I am of opinion that the defendant is entitled to the judgment of the court on the demurrer to the second replication to the fourth plea . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ Having regard to the terms of the correspondence , I am of opinion that the letters were intended to set out , and did set out , matters on which the writers had reached agreement . ’ |
| 17 | Some day we will be married ; I am certain of it , but it is a long time to wait till I am of age and we must think of some other way before then . |
| 18 | ‘ Am I to wear this , in pretence , until I am of age ? ’ she asked . |
| 19 | ‘ May I be of assistance ? ’ |
| 20 | How may I be of assistance ? ’ — wo n't let you get away with : ‘ Er , egg and bacon and toast and coffee please , miss . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Can I be of assistance , gentlemen ? ’ |
| 22 | How can I be of assistance ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Monsieur — Madame — May I be of assistance ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ How can I be of assistance ? ’ it said . |
| 25 | Always answer the phone clearly and say who you are — ‘ Jane Murphy , can I help you ’ or ‘ Good morning , Murphy speaking , can I be of assistance . ’ |
| 26 | " So how can I be of assistance to you ? " she asked , fixing a professional smile to her face , the same smile she used when dealing with difficult customers or when fixing the amount to paid out in bribes . |
| 27 | ‘ May I be of assistance ? ’ he ventured . |
| 28 | ‘ Now , how can I be of help to you ? ’ she said , taking her own seat behind the barrier of the desk . |
| 29 | Can I be of help ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Can I be of help ? ’ she asked . |