Example sentences of "be [adj] of [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wealth of other trades was on a much smaller scale , one that can not have been untypical of most provincial communities . |
| 2 | None is intended — none of us is perfect , and I too have of course been guilty of many an error in my time . |
| 3 | They have been accused of sledging in the World Cup — as if no team had been guilty of that before . |
| 4 | Tumin claims that the American Medical Association has been guilty of this practice . |
| 5 | In that process , it may well be that some of those concerned in the management of the company , and others as well , have been guilty of some misconduct or impropriety which is of relevance to the liquidation . |
| 6 | has been guilty of any fraud in relation to the company while an officer , etc. , of the company . |
| 7 | Given the Committee 's proposals on buggery , this would have meant that a man who procured a woman 's submission to anal intercourse by threats other than of violence would not necessarily have been guilty of any offence . |
| 8 | It will , however , consider whether the Panel has observed the basic rules of natural justice and has observed its own procedural rules and whether it has been guilty of any irrationality or has misdirected itself in law ( see Datafin ) . |
| 9 | Staff work together and are supportive of each other and have been involved in the decision-making process through the various ‘ teams ’ that make up the management of the school . |
| 10 | When you believe that you are guilty of all the pain caused by your own pregnancy , birth and subsequent existence , then the burden really does bend your back , and it takes the labours of Hercules to try and straighten it . |
| 11 | No doubt , there 's several of you here who are guilty of this . |
| 12 | Guilt is culpable responsibility — we are guilty of some specific offence , or we may be seen by others or see them as so ; in this sense we carry the more or less factual responsibility for damage or potential damage to some other person(s) or society as a whole . |
| 13 | If you are not sure whether or not you are guilty of these or any other irritating mannerisms ask someone you know really well to tell you and consciously work to stop yourself when doing your mock interview ( see p. 61 ) . |
| 14 | The larger predators require large surroundings and as many are gross feeders , are tolerant of less than perfect water quality . |
| 15 | This desolate landscape has been that of much of the earth for the greater part of its history . |
| 16 | Another line of attack has been that of some psychologists who have concentrated their fire on the question whether the type of experimental procedure designed to produce associative learning in Aplysia can ‘ really ’ be said to fulfil the conditions required for classical conditioning . |
| 17 | Both these quotations are representative of many studies in this field . |
| 18 | We have all worked very hard to make sure that our district societies are representative of all members and I am sure that a breakdown of the composition of committees would prove this . |
| 19 | This is a longitudinal study of approximately 1,600 young people who are representative of all Liverpool school-leavers . |
| 20 | The top four attributes are each of this type . |
| 21 | Recovered cases should not be mixed with uninfected horses until nasal swabs are clear of any bacterial growth . |
| 22 | A horse that has apparently recovered completely can remain a carrier for a considerable time and therefore should not be mixed with uninfected horses until nasal swabs are clear of any bacterial growth . |
| 23 | Some early rainwater systems were made from lead but there are few of these left . |
| 24 | Some historians have been dismissive of this northern support . |
| 25 | Some historians have been dismissive of this northern support . |
| 26 | I am fond of this manichean world . |
| 27 | He says it 's a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners , among whom I am foremost of all ! |
| 28 | When it comes to buying houses , the British are keenest of all . |
| 29 | I am afraid of many things ; that we will run out of petrol , that we will get lost amidst the velvety nowhere , that my slug of an engine will give way at last and abandon us to our own feebleness . |
| 30 | That 's why I am afraid of these hysterical demands which are dominating the discussion in our press and among those who want radical economic reform all at once . |