Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] of [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave talks on those subjects the participants judged to be of most interest ( e.g. tense and aspect , sentence connexion ) , and the Workshop progressed from the theoretical basis of communicative grammar to descriptive topics , and finally ( in the last two days ) to detailed devising and planning of teaching materials . |
| 2 | The emerging pattern seemed to be of each main electronic and electrical sector being left with about three major companies . |
| 3 | For them , theory consisted of broad speculation which seemed to need little in the way of systematic data collection , while for empirical research on social life , such theories seemed to be of little relevance . |
| 4 | Thus the financial health of the company seemed to be of more importance than the community 's concern over the health of its children . |
| 5 | The record seemed to be of some unremarkable string music . |
| 6 | The man in the doorway was certainly old and infirm , and none too reliable either , but when he ceased to be of any use to the Guild as a working docker , they had found him a sinecure job as night watchman on the Wharf . |
| 7 | In Precedent 2 there are two such special clauses which are , however , felt to be of some general application . |
| 8 | As old age creeps on I occasionally reflect , in that pious way that is one of the perks of advancing years , about those things in my education which proved to be of most use in later life . |