Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [pron] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | One further method of tension reduction which is of interest has been described by Graff and Mallin ( 1967 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Tactel ’ is the clothing range which is of particular importance in the sports and leisure area , and was introduced five years ago in skiwear . |
| 3 | Because of its long withdrawal period it is of limited use in meat producing animals . |
| 4 | Like the RYR , therefore , the IP 3 R also seems to have a CICR mechanism which is of fundamental importance for understanding of how cells generate calcium oscillations and waves . |
| 5 | If the All Blacks had major weaknesses in the Test series they were of fullback defence and goal-kicking , where Williams and Going became the erratic test kickers . |
| 6 | Whilst this may be attractive for the marketing companies it is of very little help to the consumer . |
| 7 | A very different type is found at Dun Nosebridge and Dun Guaidbre which are of similar design and are both built on a hill with precipitous rock on the south side . |
| 8 | A very different type is found at Dun Nosebridge and Dun Guaidbre which are of similar design and are both built on a hill with precipitous rock on the south side . |
| 9 | While the report was acknowledging considerable dieback , the press release which accompanied it three days before Christmas ( a traditional moment for government departments to ‘ bury ’ embarrassing statistics ) spoke only of ‘ no sign … of the forest decline which is of such great concern in central Europe ’ . |
| 10 | As for rigs other than the hair for boilie fishing there are of course plenty of alternatives . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , it is unrealistic to expect clients always to seek advice on these matters from sources other than the building designer , and a basic knowledge of planning law , compensation and the individual vagaries in attitudes of planning authorities is often the basis of releasing latent development value which is of tangible benefit and for which the client is prepared to pay high rewards . |
| 12 | This section considers some of the important demographic features of the older age groups which are of importance when considering future and current demands for health and social care . |
| 13 | It has been said , in the first place , that they are used to throw into relief the particular property in the noun phrase which is of interest to the speaker ; that is , that adjectives are used postnominally for the sake of emphasis . |
| 14 | With the imaging method there is of course the prospect of using pattern-matching to solve the problem , though this might be difficult . |
| 15 | Because of the fact that code switching , when it occurs , is pervasive in bilinguals ' speech , and defies analysis on any one level , individual researchers have tended to focus on just those few aspects of code switching which are of particular relevance to them . |
| 16 | a style of type that shows capital letters used in the normal way while the body copy is set in capital letters which are of a slightly smaller size . |
| 17 | The theme of the award — ‘ Local Government and the local press working together ’ is for the best advertising campaign which is of benefit to the community . |
| 18 | As a useless item , the name was extended to city dwellers who were of little use when unleashed in the countryside . |
| 19 | It thus appears to neglect a significant part of care under the National Health Service which is of crucial importance to elderly people and their carers . |
| 20 | This was especially true in the areas of information processing which were of special interest to them . |
| 21 | With respect to certain of the other temporary workers whose use we studied in more detail , it was not their employment status which was of interest but the way in which their " temporariness " was distinguished [ see Chapter 7 ] . |
| 22 | In conversations which involve speakers of both the first and second generations it is mainly the behaviour of the second generation speakers which is of interest , for it is these individuals who have " stylistic mobility " between London English and Creole and can be assumed to be using the two codes differentially ( though not necessarily consciously ) in a strategic way . |
| 23 | All areas have a few stone buildings which were of vital importance but , in a district like northern England or Normandy , where stone is easily accessible and in abundance , understanding of construction in masonry developed much earlier . |
| 24 | In fact , media education has often developed in a very explicit way concepts which are of general importance in English . |
| 25 | It is the simple or formulaic use of the trust clause which is of the greater significance . |
| 26 | It is an aid to guide the reviewer of a contract towards those areas of an acquisition contract which are of accounting significance and which might be sources of dispute in the future — it is not a comprehensive guide to analysing every acquisition contract . |
| 27 | Similarly , where an agreement specifies the time for doing three things ( eg , taking procedural steps towards a rent review ) and two of the three are stated to have a time limit which is of the essence of the contract and the other one does not , then it follows that , in all probability , where it is not stated to be of the essence , it is not intended to be of the essence . |