Example sentences of "[subord] he is of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's not taking any more notice of her than he is of me . |
| 2 | Have n't you noticed yet that Thorfinn is prouder of being Earl of Orkney than he is of ruling Scotia ? |
| 3 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where … there is reasonable cause to suspect that the person had died a sudden death of which the cause is unknown , the coroner may , if he is of opinion that a post-mortem examination may prove an inquest to be unnecessary — ( a ) direct any legally qualified medical practitioner … to make a post mortem examination of the body and to report the result of the examination to the coroner in writing . |
| 4 | Section 34(2) provides for the application to be made by the authority or the child and the question has been raised whether the child , in that context , means the child himself if he is of sufficient age and understanding to make the application . |
| 5 | If he is of a poetic turn of mind , will he even see a kind of justice in the eventual return to silicon-based life , with DNA no more than an interlude , albeit one that lasted longer than three aeons ? |
| 6 | In this case the solicitor and the child , if he is of sufficient understanding , must have an opportunity to make representations . |
| 7 | They should also notify the child , if he is of sufficient understanding , and anyone else whose wishes and feelings they consider to be relevant . |
| 8 | Within seven days of the agreement to vary , written notification must be given to the child if he is of sufficient understanding , his parents and anyone entitled to contact under s34(1) . |
| 9 | Because he is of the establishment — yet , like Greene , he operates on the margins ; because he is outwardly well presented and benign yet at the same time frequently boiling with rage ; because he writes a crystalline yet subtly dandified prose which does n't give up secrets easily . |
| 10 | But , while he is of Le Patron Mange Ici school ( which always used to be the sign of a good restaurant ) , I ca n't see that it would have been particularly good for business here . |
| 11 | Entre la vie et la mort ( 1968 ) depicts the drama of a writer 's struggle with language and the processes of creation , aware as he is of the potentially enslaving power of words . |
| 12 | Rex is as capable of making an honest mistake as he is of lying . |
| 13 | He is a collector 's item as full of hot air as he is of magical ideas . |