Example sentences of "of [art] [noun pl] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Prince later wrote to Gould when he was in Australia , complaining that Alfred Newton had been ‘ far , far too complimentary ’ about Lear 's part in the publication , ‘ particularly when we know that most of the subscribers are of the opinion that his plates are almost the only exceptionable part of your work . ’
2 Half of the sentences were of the form B because A ( as in the above example ) , and half were of the form Because A , B ( e.g. , Because the sun started to shine , the snowman started to melt ) .
3 Various systems of defining the time of mating and the age of the embryos are in use .
4 But a lot of the controls are for his mou … for the bucket .
5 Survival of the controls was to a median of 7.5 months ( range 1 to >16 ) ( Fig 3 ) which corresponds remarkably closely to that in cases ( 7.5 ; 1–23 ) .
6 Most of the projects are for building new homes but modernisation and refurbishments are included .
7 Most of the projects are in Asia and about 40 per cent of the funds went to projects in very poor countries ; investment in fertilizers , chemicals and petrochemicals was the largest single group .
8 Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher .
9 The outcome of the projects was to be examined in the light of potential impacts on urban development , transport road safety and the environment .
10 The main emphasis of the notes was on the role of the Chief Officer and the Council in developing academic standards and institutional freedom .
11 The most urgent need of the mid-1960s was for teachers , and the Secretary of State in a speech to the annual conference of the National Union of Teachers earlier in April 1965 , outlined new policies .
12 Only a few of the errors are of the same kind as spelling or typing errors .
13 Copies of the resolutions were to be sent to the society in Odiham , to subscribers to that society 's farriery fund , and to members of the society resident in London .
14 Asquith , meanwhile , recognized the necessity for some social legislation if the problem of the Lords was to be solved by another victorious general election for the Liberals .
15 But the independence of the Lords was of a studiously limited kind .
16 One of the problems is of course is finding the product available .
17 Any nation has to learn democracy er , and it seems to me that all the people of the Soviet Union have shown over the last four or five years a lively interest in politics and considerable to participate in politics , er one of the problems is of course is that they 've been doing so , too much and in too disorganised a way , they 're going to have to get together .
18 One of the problems is at this very stage that the act is so new off the statute book that authorities , at the moment , under all the other pressures they 're having to meet , are only just beginning to put together their new policies .
19 Now one of the problems is in the Army , that if you do need support , it 's a sign of weakness , it 's a sign of failure , it 's almost impossible for you to get the kind of counselling and help that a lot of young lads need , and I think that a lot of young people in the Army today who maybe have got a lot of worries in their soul , and they do n't have the courage at the moment or the possibility of getting that help because of the Army culture .
20 One of the problems being in the Gulf was keeping in touch with the reality of the situation and the actual dangers .
21 One of the problems was in measuring what went on in a plasma .
22 I knew that several of the others were in as bad shape as myself — probably worse .
23 Sign of the Times was like ‘ What 's Goin' On ’ , in that it 's a pandemonium of anguish and compassion in the face of the impending apocalypse , devoid of any real critique let alone programmatic approach to change .
24 This is especially true of the agriculture committee where over three-quarters of the members are from an agricultural background and thus represent agricultural interests .
25 The Council of Nicaea was the largest assembly of bishops hitherto , and though the great majority of the members were from the Greek East , the presence of Roman legates and the prominent role played by the sees of Alexandria and Antioch made it possible for the council to be given the title ‘ ecumenical ’ .
26 Many of the reopenings were under the ‘ Speller ’ rule : Tony Speller 's 1981 Bill made it possible for services to reopen experimentally without the need to go through the formal closure procedures in the event of failure .
27 because the cry of the Soviets was at the time , in nineteen seventeen , the cry of the Soviets was not for communism or socialism but their cry , and they had it inscribed on their banners , peace land and bread , that 's what they had there , peace , land and bread , not communism .
28 If there are groups with similar vibration frequencies close to each other in the molecule , and two or more of the vibrations are of the same symmetry , the group modes will mix ; mixing displaces the normal modes to higher and lower frequencies .
29 None of the joints are at right-angles .
30 Over half of the respondents were against this suggestion , with a little over one-third in favour .
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