Example sentences of "of the [noun] is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The colour of the Reikland is white , often a slightly grey or fawn colour in practice . |
| 2 | He collapses into a miserable heap , but to round things off his shepherd comes to report that one of the sheep is missing , and identifies the disputed sheepskin as that of this beast . |
| 3 | This trend for library guides to be more flexible , to be better designed or to be tailored more to the needs of the user is encouraging , but it all goes for nought if the user does not use them . |
| 4 | ‘ It might have been a dozen so far as your conduct of the operations is concerned , ’ said one of Joyce 's companions . |
| 5 | The order of the tree is significant . |
| 6 | One of the villages is Oberhofen , with its spectacular and colourful lakeside castle ( see Bernese Oberland chapter ) . |
| 7 | Reflection quality to the south of the thrust is poor , but disappearing southward beneath it is a series of relatively gently dipping , normally faulted reflections , interpreted by Kenolty et al. , as Cambrian to Precambrian sediments or volcanics , resting on crystalline Precambrian basement at depths of 5 to 13 km . |
| 8 | But critics have warned that a plentiful and cheap supply of the hormone is open to abuse in a nation that is obsessed with the idea that ‘ big is better ’ . |
| 9 | The inside of the church is friendly and pleasing to the eye . |
| 10 | The interior of the church is disappointing . |
| 11 | He 's saying that the existence of the church is essential to God 's glorious gospel . |
| 12 | Outside , the apse-end of the church is tall and decorative , while at the west end there is a good three-arched portal and a simply sculpted tympanum . |
| 13 | If a look at the Via Falcone end of the church is late in your visit , continue your walk by going south down the road , away from the church , to reach Via Unione . |
| 14 | The contribution you make to the life of the Church is immense . |
| 15 | All the early evidence of the Church is unanimous in saying that Mark is the author of the Gospel and that he was closely connected with Peter . |
| 16 | Ingestion of the spore is harmless . |
| 17 | According to the well-established theory of Huxley and Hanson , contraction of the fibril is due to the sliding of the actin and myosin filaments relative to each other *Hanson , 1956 ; Pringle , 1966 ; Osborne , 1967 ) ; the actin filaments move further into the A-disk while the myosin filaments thus approach the Z-disks . |
| 18 | The use of the computer is subject to guidelines agreed and approved by the police service . |
| 19 | The beauty of the flower is transcendent , and it has been a part of man 's heritage since the beginning . |
| 20 | On most sites the physical condition of the soil is ideal for plant growth and its store of nutrients ( except for nitrogen ) is comparable with many topsoils . |
| 21 | A key feature of the FMI is delegated budgeting , a process requiring each department to ‘ examine the scope for breaking its structure down into cost-centres or responsibility-centres to which resource costs can be allocated and for which , where appropriate , measures of output can be devised and monitored ’ ( Efficiency and Effectiveness , 1982 , Appendix 3 ) . |
| 22 | On the contrary , the study of the humanities is essential to society as a whole , since ‘ the humanities are concerned with a truthful understanding of where we are and where we come from ’ . |
| 23 | The Tanganyika Broadcasting Corporation defended its decision by saying that , despite the fact that many Asians could speak English and Swahili , ‘ the language of childhood and of the home is Asian ’ . |
| 24 | Careful and accurate description of the problems is necessary before deciding what help is appropriate and what the patient needs to do to overcome his difficulties . |
| 25 | These rights are called ‘ rights of occupation ’ , and where the leave of the court is necessary the court may make such orders as it thinks just and reasonable having regard to the conduct of the spouses , their needs and financial resources , the needs of the children , and all other circumstances . |
| 26 | Thus to marry such a ward without the consent of the court is punishable as a contempt of court . |
| 27 | Obviously the size of the court is different . |
| 28 | The root of the problem is familiar enough ; the low proportion of gross domestic product spent on health care in the UK compared with other developed nations . |
| 29 | There is no contact-tracing as such , but , because it is felt that most of the problem is due to prostitutes ( an unlikely truth in any European country ) , the examining doctor can fill in a form which is then passed on to the police who will undertake a search . |
| 30 | There are several different types of faecal incontinence so the clear assessment of the problem is crucial in choosing the most appropriate method of treatment ( Doleys 1983 ) . |