Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the patchy nature of the fossil record many species ( particularly of large vertebrate animals ) are known from only one specimen ; some of these are of almost inestimable value , which is why museums have to take good care of their material . |
| 2 | Thus a type description might present a comprehensive array of structures and give each of them equal descriptive weight , but a token description might well reveal that some of these were of rare occurrence , or restricted to a realization through a limited range of lexical items , almost exclusively confined to certain contexts , or associated with certain meanings . |
| 3 | The most delicate of all are of shining translucent silica , concentric spheres transfixed by needles , gothic helmets , rococo belfries and spiked space capsules . |
| 4 | Three of these are of major significance : scientism , relativism and religious intolerance . |
| 5 | Three of these were of the same size as those in the front compartment : the other three were no more than five feet in length . |
| 6 | I do not think , Sir Leonard , that you will need to distribute your I B M questionnaires to calculate the satisfaction level of this session this morning , I think the c rapt attention , the erm , interest and the cl clarity with which you have answered our questions , the ideas I think , which we shall take from your address , some , I might say , to ad to try out on other companies , perhaps , whose record is not as good , I think all of this is of the most enormous value , and as I said at the beginning , I feel very pleased myself , that I live in in a part of the country where we have an I B M presence , and and er , we we value that relationship . |
| 7 | As noted below , rural districts also tend to have far higher proportions of non-permanent mobile homes than do urban areas , and , while many of these are of high quality , some are in very poor condition . |
| 8 | Many of these are of a broader form , with two figures ; the most beautiful an early fragment from Pharsalos ( fig. 82 ) . |
| 9 | The range of quality from very good to squalid is of significance , because at one end of the range many authorities view mobile homes as being more or less equivalent to permanent dwellings , while some of the poorer , less well serviced , caravans can not be regarded as permanent homes . |
| 10 | ( The most important of these is of course that that person should as a result of the testator 's intention have received a benefit under his will . ) |
| 11 | The navy consisted of nearly 81,000 men , serving in 378 vessels , though only 285 of these were of any size , qualifying as first to sixth rates , and what really counted in any major action were the 121 ships of the line , manned by 70,000 sailors . |
| 12 | Minimising — acceptance that the sufferer has a problem and that there are some consequences in the family but refusal to accept that any of this is of great significance or that the family can not cope from within its own resources . |
| 13 | Urban Tyneside still has mining employment and in the recent past this was of great significance . |
| 14 | Both of these are of course present in Schleiermacher too ; but they do not supply the framework of his system as they do for Ritschl . |
| 15 | There is a wealth of variety in the capitals in S. Mark 's ; most of these are of high Byzantine standard of carving and design ; there are over 500 individual capitals in the cathedral ( 185 ) . |