Example sentences of "[is] of an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The work that Levi valued is of an order to which Auschwitz — with the lying motto over its gates , Arbeit macht frei — was built to be antithetical . |
| 2 | My imagination is of an order lively enough to appreciate the invidious nature of your position without a recital of the sordid details . ’ |
| 3 | If , for example , the shot is of an expanse of countryside , the camera may be many hundreds of yards away from the main feature , say a group of trees . |
| 4 | The unique promise of television is of an availability which is not dependent on the presence of the image as is cinema 's , but derives from its ‘ endless flow ’ , available at the touch of a button even when the set itself is off . |
| 5 | This photo is of an officer of a branch with darker facings . |
| 6 | One , leaked to the NI , is of an explosion in a secret French underground chemical warfare plant . |
| 7 | The instant reaction to this unit is of an end to chemical-based pH kits in return for one solid investment in the unit . |
| 8 | A more common description of potential energy is of an object such as a ball resting precariously on a ledge . |
| 9 | One analogy which might spring to mind is of an archaeologist who reconstructs a fragmented mosaic . |
| 10 | because the work is of an executive nature which does not require ministers to be involved in day-to-day management ; |
| 11 | Whether Evans , now 54 , and who has suffered serious heart problems , is of an age and whether he has the constitution to undertake such a demanding task is another matter . |
| 12 | There are , therefore , two key features : first , that the patient is of an age the law regards as proper , and second , that he is of sound mind . |
| 13 | Now , I have heard tell in the sultry dens of Freudianism that the psychological scar inflicted by this act of parental desertion frequently induces the daughter , when she is of an age to start questing for a swain , to seek a substitute for the departed archetype . |
| 14 | You have to suppose of B that B is of an age to have children . |
| 15 | There is no question of a vehicle needing to be fitted with these lamps or indeed any other item — if the vehicle is of an age or type which does not require them . |