Example sentences of "[det] be of [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( None of the other photographs shared this particular composition , though some were of personalities who could be thought of as ‘ hunky ’ men — Philip Schofield , for instance . ) |
| 2 | This is of course something extra to the continuous backing of detail , of weather conditions , locality and so on , which is part of the texture of this kind of story ; it is delivered in a more deliberate and even laboured manner . |
| 3 | This is of course what architects are supposed to do . |
| 4 | This is of course what I did — rather than repeat exactly experiments done on mice or rats that other researchers had already reported , I asked what would happen if I tried a similar procedure with my chicks . |
| 5 | If that is necessary then that is of course what happened and indeed in many cases that is exactly what happened . |
| 6 | As an actor , that was of course his aim . |