Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun sg] [be] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , we have chosen two parishes in our particular town — and we can not be sure how typical the parishes or the town are of the rest of the country . |
| 2 | Where the machine is of a type where the blade is removable a blade carrier is fitted for the purpose . |
| 3 | If B is threatened with a tort it is , of course , equally true that he may bring an action for damages if the tort is committed or bring an action for a quia timet injunction first , but , especially where the threat is of violence , it is perhaps less realistic to say that these legal remedies afford him adequate protection against the consequences of resistance . |
| 4 | Where the vein was of considerable thickness it was quite usual to pay the men at so much per cubic fathom . |
| 5 | Where the child is of sufficient understanding the local authority must also obtain his consent before departing from the terms of an order . |
| 6 | Where a trespass is threatened or where the trespass is of a continuing nature , then the plaintiff may seek an injunction . |
| 7 | I now live in a small Perthshire village , substantially less homogeneous than the one in which I grew up but in which there are also a few catholic families and where the majority are of presbyterian Scottish/Ulster stock . |
| 8 | However , where the contract is of a type into which terms are normally implied by statute or by established common law rule , those implied terms must be excluded . |
| 9 | Their receipt from the firm of business letters with updated letterheading would doubtless be convincing evidence of actual knowledge , sed quaere where the correspondence is of a wholly formal nature ( eg a compliments slip accompanying a cheque in settlement of a bill ) which would not ordinarily be expected to be read carefully by the recipient . |
| 10 | Furthermore , a father 's position of power and influence in the home may render any form of direct threat unnecessary , particularly where the girl is of low intelligence , immature or dependent . |
| 11 | The firm should not normally act for a client where the divestment is of a start-up business . |
| 12 | Such broad groupings are only possible when many separate thin section analyses are grouped together ; they are not applicable where the study is of one sandstone sequence from one particular area of a sedimentary basin . |
| 13 | Where the breach is of a less serious type , a clause which totally excludes liability for it is still likely to be reasonable where the breach is caused by force majeure and unreasonable if the breach is caused by wilful default . |
| 14 | Where the complaint is of shoddy work , the solicitor 's file is called for and is passed to an experienced report writer for detailed comment . |
| 15 | Where the dust is of eyes and hearts , in proportion , |
| 16 | Neither the accepted medical help , nor the quackery were of much use , for poor Louisa died early the following morning . |
| 17 | Nogai tried to pretend that the threat was of no consequence , but he did not interrupt again . |
| 18 | One of them would not mind sacrificing himself if he thought that the other is of more use to humanity , but sees no evidence of it . |
| 19 | He and Allen seemed at once aware that the other was of his own kind . |
| 20 | This meant that a condition for the exercise of the power was that the land was of the appropriate type . |
| 21 | This is an important concession and reads as follows : B18 Payments out of a discretionary trust : entitlement to relief from UK tax under the provisions of the Income Tax Acts or of a double taxation agreement If a payment made by trustees falls to be treated as a net amount in accordance with TA 1988 s.687(2) and the income arising under the trust includes income in respect of which the beneficiary would , if such income came to him directly instead of through trustees , be entitled to relief under the provisions of the Income Tax Acts , eg TA 1988 , s.278 ( claims for personal reliefs by non-residents ) ; TA 1988 s.47 ( claims for exemption from tax on certain UK Government securities held by persons not ordinarily resident in the UK ) ; TA 1988 ss.48 , 123 ( claims for exemption from UK tax on income from overseas securities by persons not resident in the UK ) ; or under the terms of a double taxation agreement , such relief will be granted to the beneficiary on a claim made by him to the extent that the payment is of income which arose to the trustees not earlier than in the year 1973 – 74 and not earlier than six years before the end of the year of assessment in which the payment was made , provided that the trustees have submitted for each year trust returns which are supported by the relevant income tax certificates and which detail all sources of trust income arising and payments made to beneficiaries . |
| 22 | It simply assumes that the past is of consuming interest , and through its richness and rareness of reference , and the elegance with which it is written , makes it so . |
| 23 | It is noteworthy that the majority are of plants starting with the letter ‘ A ’ which , as has been explained , proportionately outnumbered the other letters in the Figures . |
| 24 | We have been told that the case is of no interest to Mr. Bell , he now being in custody in relation to other matters . |
| 25 | I agree with Potts J. that the case is of no assistance today . |
| 26 | Consider that the bird is of the element air . |
| 27 | Although he had been convicted on the king 's own record of his treason , a device used by Edward I against his Scottish enemies , many contemporaries thought that the judgement was of dubious legality . |
| 28 | But why be wrestling with this God and seeking a blessing from him — other than if one believes that the text is of God ? |
| 29 | The hallmark indicates that gold has been tested for quality at one of the UK 's four Assay Offices and is your safeguard that the gold is of a legal standard of purity . |
| 30 | Probably one of the most essential resources is sufficient time for initial thesaurus construction to ensure that the compilation is of a high quality . |