Example sentences of "[det] be [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are sick of politricks an diplomatic double dealing |
| 2 | The degree of amyloid deposition in the myenteric plexuses varied widely ; some were free of amyloid in certain areas , while massive amyloid deposits were evident in others . |
| 3 | Some were impatient of disarmament talks which never resulted in the abandoning of a single weapon ; some were appalled by Civil Defence pamphlets which advocated spending your last four minutes on earth whitewashing your windows and by planners who talked blithely in terms of ‘ megadeaths ’ ; some were convinced that Armageddon would be next week : the immensely influential film of On the Beach showed the last survivors , in Melbourne , waiting for death in 1963 . |
| 4 | The fact is that , in an age when players were never encouraged or expected to be adaptable , the only positions that Billy did not fill for us at one time or another were those of goalkeeper , centre-forward and centre-half . |
| 5 | The language used to describe this is reminiscent of Harrison , as well as clearly relating to the technique of Charlie Mears , Tiresias , and the dromenon- like patterning with which Eliot had been experimenting in the quatrain poems . |
| 6 | Again , this is indicative of George 's prowess , for no other winger has bettered this record and only one , Bob Bigg , has equalled it . |
| 7 | Fortunately SCOTVEC had already developed a sophisticated database system to cope with the scale and complexity of the National Certificate and this is capable of extension to allow all qualifications achieved by an individual to be held against one key number . |
| 8 | It seems likely that this is typical of tasks at the operational level , such tasks can be performed automatically and no episodic memory for their performance is normally formed . |
| 9 | This is typical of convenience stores throughout the country . |
| 10 | This is expensive of time and requires back-up from and good communication with other specialist services , eg the geriatric , psychiatric and primary care services . |
| 11 | The reason for this is one of priorities ; if the receiver were obliged to fulfil existing contracts it would mean that the unsecured creditors would be in a position to require fulfilment of their contracts before the receiver could realise the security . |
| 12 | Of course , we do n't fall in love to help out with the world 's ego problem ; yet this is one of love 's surer effects . |
| 13 | Zurich people will tell you that this is one of Europe 's most elegant shopping streets , and they are probably right . |
| 14 | This Is One of Britain 's Best-Dressed Men |
| 15 | This is one of Italy 's great hotels . |
| 16 | Aside from addressing the genre 's habitual racism by showing an Indian fighter who kills red men because of his own savagery and self-hatred , this is one of cinema 's great stories of incomplete redemption and shows Wayne eaten up inside by emotional turmoil , in his best-ever role . |
| 17 | This is one of playwright Simon Gray 's literary moments , an ironic reference to his own comedy , in which grim real-life material is woven into a sparkling comic structure . |
| 18 | This is one of Gibson 's very best discs and the orchestra plays splendidly . |
| 19 | The standard economist 's viewpoint on this is one of suspicion leave the firms and consumers to themselves and make any necessary corrections to income distribution through appropriate transfers . |
| 20 | This is one of Letterman 's aphorisms . |
| 21 | This is one of Francis Bacon 's last works , commissioned by Baroness Philippine de Rothschild , owner of Chateau Mouton Rothschild , for the labels of the 1990 vintage of this Premier Cru Classe , a very good year by all accounts . |
| 22 | This is one of BR 's regular steam hauled Sunday dining trains . |
| 23 | ‘ This is all of Nicola 's work in the last few weeks of her life , is it ? ’ |
| 24 | This is characteristic of life on Earth — if and when we discover lifeforms on other planets , there is a 50 percent chance that their molecules , unlike ours , may rotate polarized light to the right . |
| 25 | This is free of charge to clients staying in Brand . |
| 26 | This is another of Emma Johnson 's recordings for ASV which consistently conveys her own joy in the music . |
| 27 | This is another of Nic Picot 's tricks which he tried on me in the pub outside the Magic Circle . |
| 28 | With Thomas , he proposed a scheme by which government and private capital could be combined for the financing of the proposed Virginia colony : this is some of interest , but was not taken up . |
| 29 | ‘ This is some of James Worsdale 's work , ’ Mahoney explained . |
| 30 | Sadly , this is true of Scotland , in spite of the undoubted benefits of the innovatory projects in co-operation sponsored by the Working Group on Library Co-operation , which consists of the eleven major research libraries in Scotland . |