Example sentences of "of [det] be of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minimising — acceptance that the sufferer has a problem and that there are some consequences in the family but refusal to accept that any of this is of great significance or that the family can not cope from within its own resources . |
| 2 | It has been estimated that some 85 per cent of these are of Augustan date . |
| 3 | Three of these are of major significance : scientism , relativism and religious intolerance . |
| 4 | As noted below , rural districts also tend to have far higher proportions of non-permanent mobile homes than do urban areas , and , while many of these are of high quality , some are in very poor condition . |
| 5 | There is a wealth of variety in the capitals in S. Mark 's ; most of these are of high Byzantine standard of carving and design ; there are over 500 individual capitals in the cathedral ( 185 ) . |
| 6 | Thus a type description might present a comprehensive array of structures and give each of them equal descriptive weight , but a token description might well reveal that some of these were of rare occurrence , or restricted to a realization through a limited range of lexical items , almost exclusively confined to certain contexts , or associated with certain meanings . |
| 7 | The most delicate of all are of shining translucent silica , concentric spheres transfixed by needles , gothic helmets , rococo belfries and spiked space capsules . |
| 8 | The arctic tundra supports both birds and mammals , at densities that are low in summer and even lower in winter ; by far the densest concentrations of both are of marine species that live and breed ashore but feed entirely at sea . |