Example sentences of "[noun] is [adv] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This should normally indicate a direction in which the card is out of position , for |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing is planned for today : the president is out of Moscow at his dacha , ’ his spokesman said . |
| 3 | Evidently , this particular specific dictionary is only of use in recognising text from its own domain . |
| 4 | The first , emphasised in the traditional readings of , say , Schopenhauer and Regan , is that kindness to animals is only of value as a psychological cause of human fellow-feeling . |
| 5 | It was widespread among craft unions like the wool combers who were said to have become " one society throughout the kingdom … if any of their club is out of work they give them a ticket and money to seek for work at the next town where a box club is " . |
| 6 | Clearly their views may have been different from those of the people who died , but respondents are likely to have taken into account the reactions of their relatives and friends , and how these respondents felt about the care in the homes is also of interest and concern . |
| 7 | The research is also of interest because of its educational implications for speakers of nonstandard varieties of English , who form the majority of the population . |
| 8 | The UKCC has the moral high ground : it can argue that such courses must be funded in order to ensure safe practice and to protect the vulnerable public from nurses or health visitors whose practice is out of date and potentially dangerous . |
| 9 | When your car is out of use |
| 10 | When your car is out of use |
| 11 | When your car is out of use |
| 12 | When your car is out of use |
| 13 | Neither of these stations are any use to me if my car is out of action , however , because I could not possibly walk to them . |
| 14 | They can cover the cost of car rental while your car is out of action and , for a price , they can even cover chauffeur-driven car hire or taxis if you should lose your licence . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , giant Hull prop Ian Marlow is out of Saturday 's Regal Trophy semi-final match with Wigan and could be joined by at least five other pack colleagues . |
| 16 | And as a corollary , Corollary 1.11.10 An irreducible polynomial in R[x] is either of degree 1 or of degree 2 . |
| 17 | The point to emphasise is that the data is only of help to those who know the patient and can build up a case history . |
| 18 | This sort of example of partnership between schools is always of interest to the local press . |
| 19 | Hamilton 's theory indicates that since altruism is only of survival value if it enhances fitness , it can evolve only where the recipients are relatives . |
| 20 | A standard stem should be between the stake and the point from where you will normally view the tree , so that the stake is out of sight behind the stem . |
| 21 | Since about 35% of contacts at night are dealt with by telephone the amount of disturbance for individual doctors is considerably higher than the number of claims , and the stress created by night work is out of proportion with the small number of contacts with patients . |
| 22 | If a work is out of print , reference needs to be made to the publisher . |
| 23 | A prime theme has been the argument that group formation is often of survival value to individuals in gaining a social cover from predation ( p. 52 ) . |
| 24 | In this context , therefore , a benefit is only of value if it is perceived as a benefit by those who receive it . |
| 25 | BABY Bogdan Ursu is out of hospital and living with foster parents who will nurse him back to health . |
| 26 | There are still such personalities in advisory positions today ; fortunately for parents , as we shall see , this attitude is out of fashion . |
| 27 | A frequent claim is that cleaning is only a bore when one 's mood is out of tune with it : conversely , in the ‘ right ’ mood , cleaning is cheerfully and quickly done . |
| 28 | A higher degree is certainly of value , if only as proof of intellectual ability , and can make the difference between getting an interview and not getting one . |
| 29 | Will he consider some way to enable those firms to fund the costs of developing and bringing into use new and competitive machinery long before their existing equipment is out of date ? |
| 30 | 3 She breaks her X block defence , once the fist is out of harm 's way . |