Example sentences of "[det] is of the " in BNC.

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1 Their only movement is that of growth , though this is of the most intricate detail and form , a reflection of each individual species ' subtle pattern matrix .
2 Alternatively a pair can be maintained and bred in an 18″ or 24″ tank of their own , or make excellent additions to a Discus aquarium as long as this is of the planted rather than the bare type .
3 It will be aware of its master , in that it hears and smells him , and of its own exertions , in that it is awake , but it will not be aware that it recognises him , for this is of the order of tomorrow 's delayed return — a linguistic belief of which dumb brutes are incapable .
4 This is of the same order of magnitude as Connell 's ( 1961 ) observation that N. lapillus could manage I.l 5. balanoides a day in summer , whilst consuming fewer at other times ( Table 4 ) .
5 The second wave occurs at puberty when the young person looks for a sexual partner , and if there has been minimum conflict during the phallic phase this is of the opposite sex .
6 This is of the form A-BC ( which would be meaningless at levels of more general affinity , and is excluded by the homogeneity of style at the unitary level ) , where some of the mosaicists responsible for mosaic A worked on B , and some of the mosaicists responsible for B worked on 6 , but where few mosaicists worked on both A and C. At each step in such a " distributed relationship " some craftsmen are " lost " .
7 I do not think , Sir Leonard , that you will need to distribute your I B M questionnaires to calculate the satisfaction level of this session this morning , I think the c rapt attention , the erm , interest and the cl clarity with which you have answered our questions , the ideas I think , which we shall take from your address , some , I might say , to ad to try out on other companies , perhaps , whose record is not as good , I think all of this is of the most enormous value , and as I said at the beginning , I feel very pleased myself , that I live in in a part of the country where we have an I B M presence , and and er , we we value that relationship .
8 Count the number of empty " slot " in your address book and see what proportion this is of the total available .
9 ‘ Whatever you see never exists simply and solely by itself , as an isolated sign or symbol , but by playing its part within a context in which relatedness as such is of the first importance ’ .
10 There is still good accommodation to be found in most college towns and cities and not all is of the type found in the following advertisement , which recently appeared in a London evening newspaper :
11 One extraordinary Sellafield story among many is of the dredging of the harbour at Maryport , twenty miles north of the plant , in order to build a marina .
12 Education and employment need to be seen as but facets of the life process — that is of the learning process .
13 This is essentially a social concept since it represents the social development of a person , that is of the concept of self in the eyes of others .
14 In what was ultimately to become Venezuela the revolutionary implications of the movement were decisive ; a Junta in Caracas swept aside the existing administration and , in the name of preserving America for Ferdinand VII , disowned the authority of the Cadiz Regency , that is of the legal government of Spain .
15 Nowhere else is an ‘ us-them ’ mentality so clearly expressed ; but their technical proficiency and factual command of state business must have enabled such men to acquire great and even lasting power — again , at the Assembly 's expense , despite their need to pose as agents of the popular , that is of the Assembly 's , will .
16 The specific property of poetry consists in the organization of the public , objective meanings of words , that is of the concepts and associations which a culture as a whole , rather than an individual , attaches to them .
17 These skills include advanced listening and speaking , analytical reading and writing , and a thorough awareness of ‘ register ’ — that is of the different types or styles of French appropriate for different situations .
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