Example sentences of "and [noun sg] be of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Attention to personal appearance and hygiene are of the utmost importance to a receptionist . ’ |
| 2 | Where efficiency and speed are of the essence , investors will look elsewhere . |
| 3 | One might perhaps have expected that it would have been impossible to discharge him from hospital , but the local authority , which shares parental responsibility for him , has been able to place him with devoted foster parents whose dedication and skill are of the highest possible order . |
| 4 | What a contrast to the earlier Carolinum , where beauty of proportion and decoration were of the essence . |
| 5 | It is significant that , in an age when belief in miracles , extreme saintliness and revelation were of the stuff of daily life , so many of her contemporaries believed Margery to be mentally ill ; only , probably , the superstitious , the credulous and the ignorant believed her to be a genuine mystic . |
| 6 | When choosing or designing new buildings , simplicity and adaptability are of the greatest importance . |
| 7 | The station is an endangered species and conservation is of the essence . |
| 8 | Occasionally a very clean housekeeper , like Mrs Joe Gargery in Great Expectations , may possess ‘ an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself ’ , rather as some people do their religion ; but for the most part both cleanliness and godliness are of the comfortable variety among the working classes . |
| 9 | It is an important personal agency , and communication is of the essence , ’ he says . |
| 10 | If you do use the prepared violets they should be employed where their brightness and clarity are of the utmost importance . |
| 11 | So too with the two ingredients which constitute our life principle , the rational and the irrational ; the rational which belongs to mind and reason is of the masculine gender , the irrational , the province of sense , is of the feminine . |
| 12 | Health , cleanliness and comfort are of the highest concern in the selection of the beds and pillows for the hotel sector . |