Example sentences of "be [adv] of the [noun sg] " 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 | Where you have your main account depends very much on where you are most of the time . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | By definition , racing is not a sport in which you can quit when you 're ahead of the game . |
| 8 | I suppose you 're ahead of the game if you 're alive . |
| 9 | Tales are usually of the past , but they can be of the future too . |
| 10 | ‘ I am still of the view that the degree of lorry noise at night is quite unacceptable . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Where problems do crop up in the records they are often of the type that are familiar to all families with teenagers . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | • 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm still of the opinion you should have a companion . |
| 18 | The image has to be both of the politician and of the party . |
| 19 | And I think that will be roughly of the order of eight thousand six hundred , so those are our component differences . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And yet it is never very far ahead , indeed sometimes seems not to be ahead of the pursuer at all . |
| 22 | The time of quality has arrived , and CCG intend to be ahead of the field in our commitment to it . |
| 23 | ‘ If you want to be ahead of the market in the most favoured areas , start looking now , ’ says Jenkins . |
| 24 | But since their dividend growth should be ahead of the market 's , the yield premium should be slimmer . |
| 25 | As the father of eleven children ( laughter and applause ) — I have not been a disciple of Dr Malthus but you will clearly understand that , while I appreciate the ladies , I am strongly of the opinion that they have their proper station in life ( Hear ! |
| 26 | The Cleveland Inquiry ( Secretary of State for Social Services , 1988 ) noted that : ‘ It has been impossible from the evidence provided to the Inquiry to arrive at any consensus or to obtain any reliable figures of the general prevalence of sexual abuse of children in the country or in Clevelend ’ ( p.4 ) and later comments that : ‘ We are strongly of the opinion that great caution should be exercised at the present time in accepting percentages as to the prevalence and incidence of sexual abuse . |
| 27 | Accordingly your refusal to concur in Robertson 's telegram is approved and you are requested to inform SAC that we are strongly of the opinion that such contemplated violation of agreed Anglo-American policy can not be justified on grounds of administrative expediency . " |
| 28 | Perhaps the strongest statements to this effect can be found in the report relating to Jasmine Beckford 's death : ‘ We are strongly of the view that social work can in fact be defined only in terms of the functions required of it by their employing agency operating within a statutory framework ’ ( London Borough of Brent , 1985 , p. 12 ) . |
| 29 | We require a proper deterrent and I am increasingly of the view that we need some threat of pain and humiliation to purge people of the pseudo-macho personalities that cause the problem . |
| 30 | At no time have I been able to see anything cither Nazi or necessarily homosexual in the listed pleasures , which are precisely of the kind which might occur in a George MacDonald fantasy . |