Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] to [be] of " in BNC.
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1 | It is intended to be of practical use in the formulation of policies of both public and private sectors in the future . |
2 | Employment law provides employees with a range of rights including the right not to be unfairly dismissed , the right not to be subject to discrimination on the grounds of race or sex , and the right for women to receive the same pay as men if employed to do the same work or if the work is considered to be of equal value . |
3 | As the responsibility of the Department of Employment , TVEI represents a determined government effort , practically by-passing the government department that has traditionally exercised responsibility for the schools and the school curriculum , to effect a swift and decisive orientation of the curriculum towards what is considered to be of immediate relevance to the skills and know-how required by a technological society . |
4 | SGS-Thomson Microelectronics BV and Mitsubishi Electric Corp duly announced their agreement to work together on development of Flash memory chips , designing 16M-bit parts using a 0.5 micron CMOS process : the agreement is considered to be of equal value to both companies , so no financial compensation will be made by either ; SGS-Thomson has begun production of 1M Flash memories but no-one is doing 16Ms yet . |
5 | It is related to the development of a resurgent caldera to the south of Snowdon and is considered to be of late stage fumerolic origin as it predates the Caledonian deformation ( Reedman and others , 1985 ) . |
6 | Surely accountants should be seeking to give their clients value for money and if the audit of a small company is deemed to be of very little value , then how can we in all conscience — justify the charging of substantial fees for such a service . |
7 | Fixed-term appointments are offered by the Board only where the job is expected to be of limited duration or there are exceptional management reasons for appointing someone for only a limited period to an ongoing job . |
8 | As a staff development activity it is designed to be of both immediate and long-term use in the classroom and school setting , and thus meets an important stipulation for effective in-service work . |
9 | The matter has been considered by the services Committee ; the Order Paper is designed to be of greatest use to the House . |
10 | A B-tree is said to be of order m when every node has at least m/2 children , and at most m children , except the root and the leaf nodes . |
11 | Thus Regulus ( 1.3 ) is said to be of the first magnitude , while Castor ( 1.6 ) is not . |
12 | Next I proceed to what may be called conservative Christologies , Christologies in which the maleness of Christ is said to be of the very essence of Christology . |
13 | For example , if pottery from a pit is said to be of a particular date by the specialist , a decision has to be taken as to how , if at all , that date relates to the pit in which the pottery was found . |
14 | Because it is seen to be of little direct help to teaching , that knowledge and vocabulary is abandoned and left at the college gates as soon as the BEd exams are over . |
15 | The intention of the parties entering upon a partnership is seen to be of paramount importance . |
16 | Community investment which without modesty , er , I can say is a phrase coined by I B M , is seen to be of strategic importance to many leading companies . |
17 | All too often , academic freedom is thought to be of such a form that its possession by one group implies its denial to another group . |
18 | It is understood to be of a similar size to the centre at Ainslie Park , with little use , if any , for special functions , and with provision of a library . |
19 | Strategically , what happens there has always been and is bound to be of vital interest to Britain . |
20 | They know that if an item has the Royal Navy 's endorsement it is bound to be of good quality . |
21 | Faced with the challenge of being original in this way , some student writers believe that they should copy or adapt other people 's work because it is bound to be of better quality than their own . |
22 | ‘ Purposive sampling ’ occurs when a researcher chooses a particular group or place to study because it is known to be of the type that is wanted . |
23 | Claims for Fire , Vandalism , Accident Damage ( Partial Losses ) Plant Safety must be instructed and an Engineer 's Report obtained where the damage is known to be of a mechanical or electrical nature , or affects such parts of the machine as may be subject to load testing or Statutory Certification . |
24 | of river water in the United Kingdom is judged to be of a good or very high standard is something of which I am enormously proud . |
25 | of river water is judged to be of good quality . |
26 | It says that , given Hongkong Bank 's good profits , ‘ its purchase of another less profitable bank is believed to be of concern to major shareholders ’ . |
27 | It is believed to be of Danish origin founded about AD 890 when Danish raiders began to settle in the area . |
28 | Our most famous memorial is the Lambarde Brass which is unique and is believed to be of Flemish workmanship . |
29 | The above relation leads to an expression connecting the area A and the length : — where the leaf is assumed to be of triangular shape . |
30 | The number is assumed to be of a certain maximum field width and the process also terminates if this field width is reached . |