Example sentences of "be [adv] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the main criticisms levelled at US and European transnational corporations in Asia , Africa and Latin America is that their operations are predominantly of the export processing variety , employing low wage workers ( mainly ‘ nimblefingered ’ young women ) in monotonous and often physically debilitating labour , the products of which constitute a small proportion of the value-added of the final commodity . |
| 2 | Filters are mostly of the low-pass , high-pass , band-pass or band-stop varieties . |
| 3 | The doorstep talk has been mostly of the economy ; Willesden County Court , has dealt with the second highest number of repossessions in the country . |
| 4 | Had the top layer of chalk found on the surface soil of the Falaises been mostly of the Micraster type , it is extremely improbable that there would ever have been champagne . |
| 5 | I know you 're a grown woman but so are most of the others who lurch their way down the not-so-primrosy path to the Betty Ford Clinic . ’ |
| 6 | Where you have your main account depends very much on where you are most of the time . |
| 7 | Are most of the people on this estate white ? |
| 8 | In which group , or category , of industry are most of the factories on the Treforest industrial estate ? |
| 9 | Without exception , the show 's directors are all under 30 , as are most of the contributors , and Jason Rebello looks barely old enough to order a drink . |
| 10 | Results suggest that melt residence times beneath basaltic volcanoes are only of the order of tens of years , and stored melt volumes are consequently small ( 1 km 3 or less ) . |
| 11 | By definition , racing is not a sport in which you can quit when you 're ahead of the game . |
| 12 | I suppose you 're ahead of the game if you 're alive . |
| 13 | Tales are usually of the past , but they can be of the future too . |
| 14 | ‘ I am still of the view that the degree of lorry noise at night is quite unacceptable . |
| 15 | Like the basic designs , which are mainly of the maze type , it is very difficult to predict from the punchcard or design what will appear on the fabric . |
| 16 | Many well-set , geometric mosaics can also be considered , along with these elaborate mosaics : these are mainly of the designs visible in pls. 44 and 45 ( at Woodchester and Withington ) — some of which are , again , conspicuous at Stonesfield . |
| 17 | Where problems do crop up in the records they are often of the type that are familiar to all families with teenagers . |
| 18 | The competitive element is , on the whole , damaging to artistic endeavour , especially in the school situation where co-operation and mutual encouragement in a non-judgmental environment are often of the essence . |
| 19 | • A recent change in classification leaves the Atlantic species correctly referred to the genus Anthias , whereas those from elsewhere previously classified as Anthias , are now of the genus Pseudanthias . |
| 20 | Ironically the price of sterling went up so high that it made it very difficult for us to sell our other manufactured goods and many people are now of the belief that because of the North Sea oil price rises , this had an adverse affect on our economy , making it more difficult for us to sell manufacturing goods because the pound was very strong against other currencies . |
| 21 | As all sand surfaces possess chance irregularities , even though they may be only of the magnitude of a few sand grains , there is a natural tendency for ripples to form . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm still of the opinion you should have a companion . |
| 23 | The image has to be both of the politician and of the party . |
| 24 | And I think that will be roughly of the order of eight thousand six hundred , so those are our component differences . |
| 25 | In view of all the information and advice that has been given during the course of this planning discussion , I 'm firmly of the opinion that sectors three , four and five do not fully comply with the requirement of P P G three . |
| 26 | in child language understanding always precedes production and , what is most important , the adult dealing with the child constantly modifies her output to be ahead of the structures which the child is producing ( Wells , 1981 ) . |
| 27 | And yet it is never very far ahead , indeed sometimes seems not to be ahead of the pursuer at all . |
| 28 | The time of quality has arrived , and CCG intend to be ahead of the field in our commitment to it . |
| 29 | ‘ If you want to be ahead of the market in the most favoured areas , start looking now , ’ says Jenkins . |
| 30 | But since their dividend growth should be ahead of the market 's , the yield premium should be slimmer . |