Example sentences of "[noun] [be] of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is recognised that our scientific and horticultural activities are of interest to two separate potential audiences , and the packs need to be tailored accordingly . |
| 2 | In a world in which , for the most part , neighbourhood and class are largely coincident , the two definitions are of course at war with another . |
| 3 | The areas of Astrology and Biorhythms are of interest to people from across the world . |
| 4 | The areas of Astrology and Biorhythms are of interest to people from across the world . |
| 5 | During your two years in Paris as Colnaghi 's representative , how much has your presence been of importance to selling as opposed to finding more sources of paintings than might have been possible from the London or New York base ? |
| 6 | Although improvements are of value in themselves the effect these aspects of care have on outcomes ( for example , the patient 's recuperative ability ) , is poorly researched . |
| 7 | The implicit suggestion is that they do — that non-instrumental rewards are of importance in securing greater commitment , involvement and satisfaction from workers . |
| 8 | There seemed little awareness of how the mainstream activities of the housing department are of relevance to social services ' role in enabling independent living . |
| 9 | As the hon. Gentleman has rightly pointed out , those funds are of importance to us in the provision of our capital infrastructure , although they are not totally significant . |
| 10 | But many interviews carried out in social research are of samples of what we might call ‘ ordinary ’ people — people who have characteristics , opinions and knowledge of a much more general nature . |
| 11 | Names like Catchpole = constable , Benbow = archer , and Waghorn = trumpeter , all have their stories to tell , and the books listed later in this chapter are of value in this regard . |
| 12 | Small reliable local firms whose work you may have seen in other people 's homes are of course worth considering . |
| 13 | Mothers were generally confident enough about the product not to show much spontaneous concern , but these characteristics were of significance to them . |
| 14 | What follows in the rest of Exodus and the Pentateuch and indeed throughout the remainder of the Old Testament is of interest on two counts . |
| 15 | But another clear example of the way in which erm domestic and in erm foreign policy overlaps is of course in economic affairs . |
| 16 | In conclusion , this study shows that non-invasive radionuclide angiography is of benefit in screening for obstruction within the portal vein as part of the preliminary investigation of portal hypertension and chronic liver disease or during the assessment for liver transplantation . |
| 17 | This uncertainty is of relevance to some of the issues that arise on this appeal . |
| 18 | The " ideal " referred to at the beginning of this chapter is of marriage in which fidelity between partners is maintained from beginning to end . |
| 19 | The casework is of walnut with an overall length of 2010 mm ( 6 feet 8 inches as Smith would have said ) . |
| 20 | This service is being targeted at women over 50 years old because there is as yet little evidence that routine screening is of benefit to younger women . |
| 21 | Since intracommodity spreads are concerned with the relative prices of different delivery months for the same future , the pattern of prices for different delivery months is of interest to a spread trader . |
| 22 | The island is aligned south-west/north-east , and the whole of the north coast is of cliffs with an average height of 100m . |
| 23 | One way of distributing offices was of course by sale , which became extremely common in late medieval and early modern Europe . |
| 24 | The general decoration of the interior of the first-class was polished walnut , with mahogany panels banded with green ebony and tulip wood , while the roof was of lincrusta in bright and matt white enamel . |
| 25 | The roof was of shingle with planks nailed over . |
| 26 | Miss Heal also stated : ‘ All the above sources of financial assistance are of course in addition to the support obligations provided for in Part III of Ontario 's Family Law Act . ’ |
| 27 | If true , these matters are of concern to the Bank as supervisor of the [ defendants ] and raise questions as to the continued fulfilment of the minimum criteria for authorisation set out in Schedule 3 to the Banking Act 1987 , which includes inter alia the requirement that directors , controllers and managers of authorised institutions shall be fit and proper to hold their positions and that the business of the institution will be carried on with integrity and skill and in a prudent manner . |
| 28 | It will be seen that these matters are of importance in both judging and understanding a market economy . |
| 29 | As these broader functions are of importance in a theory of language change , I shall discuss them briefly here . |
| 30 | Only with line B , and with its last word , is it made clear that the image of the whole couplet is of sacrifice ; the burning of line A must be of wood upon the sacrificial altar . |