Example sentences of "are of an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall begin to see in this and the next five chapters that the evils and problems of modernity are of an intensity and subtlety unimaginable a mere two hundred years ago . |
| 2 | For the changes that threaten this country , either from a majority Labour government or one kept in power by the Liberal-Democrats , are of an enormity that still has not sunk in . |
| 3 | Most of these castings are of an alloy of lead zinc-brass which runs well in enclosed moulds . |
| 4 | Because most of the lawyers and judges are of an age where they 've considered , or are already , divorced . |
| 5 | Now although there will obviously be occasions when this belief is warranted , when learners are of an age , for example , at which they would not have the capacity or disposition for analytic self-reflection , there seems no good reason for supposing that the belief is universally valid . |
| 6 | And , if they maintain their attitude expressed freely to the Official Solicitor 's representative and to their mother , it would be all to no purpose , since no court would make a residence order in favour of the foster mother against the wishes of the children concerned who are of an age to know their own minds . |
| 7 | Allowance should be made for the fact that these pupils are of an age where they mou , may either streak ahead of expectation to an enterprise or remain disinterested and static in their reception programmes . |
| 8 | Some of the solutions adopted are of an intricacy that to a British observer seems almost unbelievable . |