Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] something of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This atmosphere will ultimately emerge as something of immense value when ‘ the kindly light of reason ’ finally sweeps away all the incredible and stifling nonsense , which has been introduced from time to time in futile attempts to counter the inexorable demand that reason and common sense shall ultimately triumph , and replace superstition and blind senseless faith . |
| 2 | For example , it may come as something of a surprise to find that , during the English Civil War , the Parliamentarian party , which controlled London and the mint in the Tower , emphasised its legitimacy by continuing to issue coinage in the king 's name , whereas at the Royalist mint of Oxford the king 's coinage proclaims : ‘ RELIG PROT LEG ANG LIBER PAR ’ ( ’ The religion of the Protestants , the laws of England and the liberty of Parliament ’ ) . |
| 3 | In others , it will come as something of a surprise , and there may then be a need for the child to undergo further diagnostic tests to establish the extent of the problem . |
| 4 | It might come as something of a surprise to learn that he is now considered to be an Englishman . |
| 5 | The use of the word publish in this context may come as something of a shock but that 's exactly what the dissemination of information in printed form is ; publishing . |
| 6 | It may come as something of a shock to discover that up to 10% of your company 's turnover is actually being diverted to running a second business . |
| 7 | Roughly , and somewhat metaphorically , we can say that something of the following sort goes on when successful communication takes place . |
| 8 | I admit they will find that something of a puzzle , but given the low critical standards of provincial audiences , they might hit upon the felicitous conclusion that she choked while in the midst of an exaggeratedly hilarious response to that pathetic farce . |