Example sentences of "[det] [am/are] of the " in BNC.

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1 The pressurized water reactor ( PWR ) predominates in most national nuclear power industries with some notable exceptions , including the UK ( some advanced gas-cooled reactors or AGRs but mostly gas-cooled reactors or GCRs ) , Canada ( the Candu type of reactor which uses heavy water as the coolant ) , and the USSR ( half are of the light-water graphite reactor or LWGR type ) .
2 Her portraits are largely of summer visitors , but some are of the seafarers who live all year round at Sheringham and have done so for generations .
3 The majority of these are of the so-called ‘ Veneto Ware ’ type , derived from Byzantine prototypes , including a fine , large pot ( albarello ) which suggests the influence of Lombard work , and an outstanding series of dishes and jugs decorated with geometric , floral and figurative designs , glazed in shades of green , brown and black .
4 If two Discus lash their back quarters against each other , then you can assume these are of the same sex .
5 Not all are of the finest quality , but most have been reinstated by the conductor Mark Elder , alongside some of the composer 's 1883 revisions .
6 All are of the greatest interest , and any plated animal from the Cambrian is likely to be an important specimen .
7 But , however many skills we possess , not all are of the same value to us .
8 Our Association is in the business of urging people to WANT a better rail service : too many are of the opinion that a rail network is superfluous to the needs of the people of rural Wales .
9 The ranking produced by the NPV 30 per cent and the yield tables are the same since the rates found in the latter are of the order of the 30 per cent applied in the former .
10 The ranking produced by the NPV 30 per cent and the yield tables are the same since the rates found in the latter are of the order of the 30 per cent applied in the former .
11 Most are of the primrose type , the old double polyanthus are still difficult to find .
12 At the same time , the sentiments of pity which he who suffers punishment evokes in us can no longer be so easily nor so completely extinguished by the sentiments he has offended and which react against him ; for both are of the same nature ’ ( Durkheim , 1973 : 303 ) .
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