Example sentences of "[noun] be of " in BNC.
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1 | Simple endorsements of one or another nostrum are of no service to the teaching of reading ’ . |
2 | From this it can readily be seen that only 56 institutions are of the size advocated in ‘ Better Schools ’ and yet this 19% caters for nearly half the student population whilst 148 sixth forms ( 52% of the total ) each with less than . |
3 | Because such religions are of more interest to the media than are more ‘ ordinary ’ religions , it is quite likely that whenever the tragedy occurs we shall be treated to the headline Cult Member Commits Suicide . |
4 | Today nearly half of all the vines grown in the white wine vineyards of Champagne are of the Pinot Meunier variety — a practicality only possible because of Pérignon . |
5 | This usually means that melody benefits if notes are of different durations . |
6 | ( It should be noted in passing that the Sex Discrimination and Race Relations Acts are of little relevance here . |
7 | The tasks of planning and liaising , and monitoring are of particular relevance here . |
8 | The brightest objects are of course the lights themselves , but wide shots also include the darker areas which reduce the average brightness of the scene . |
9 | Everyday objects are of course the stock-in-trade of Arman , whose retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum continues until the 26th of this month . |
10 | The famous ‘ spider woman ’ of Erddig duly appears on the cover of The Servants ' Hall , but most of the accounts are of the menservants . |
11 | Accounts are of two types , capital and revenue . |
12 | Accounts are of two types , capital and revenue . |
13 | Today , in the time of the Emperor Karl Franz , these states are of two distinct kinds : City States and Provinces . |
14 | The specific social relations of such privilege are of course derived from the social order as a whole ; it is there that the patron 's powers and resources are enrolled or protected ; in the crudest terms , he is doing what he wishes with his own . |
15 | Investments are of two major types . |
16 | The facts of this case are of such gravity that a sentence of general deterrent is necessary , ’ said the judge . |
17 | Notwithstanding the fact that Dirks was found not guilty , the tests laid down in the case are of great significance : a tipper 's liability is contingent upon the purpose of his action ; while a tippee 's liability is limited to those situations where he knows or ought reasonably to know of the insider 's breach of duty . |
18 | The 275 acres of pasture are of the best and surround the house on all sides , undulating towards distant hills — and to Dublin airport only half-an-hour away . |
19 | Indeed some propositions falling into the second category are of such little weight as to amount to virtually no authority at all , while others are so significant as to be more important than those apparently of binding authority . |
20 | Many of these skills are of a traditional nature , but others are either wholly new or refinements of past practices . |
21 | ‘ ( 1 ) A party to a contract ‘ deals as consumer ’ in relation to another party if — ; ( a ) he neither makes the contract in the course of a business nor holds himself out as doing so ; and ( b ) the other party does make the contract in the course of a business ; and ( c ) … the goods passing under or in pursuance of the contract are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption . |
22 | ‘ ( 2 ) Where the seller sells goods in the course of a business , there is an implied condition that the goods supplied under the contract are of merchantable quality , except that there is no such condition-CC |
23 | A party to a contract " deals as a consumer " in relation to another party if — ( a ) he neither makes the contract in the course of a business nor holds himself out as doing so ; and ( b ) the other party does make the contract in the course of a business ; and ( c ) in the case of a contract governed by the law of sale of goods or hire-purchase , or by section 7 of this Act [ ie other contracts of supply ] the goods passing under or in pursuance of the contract are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption . |
24 | ( c ) The implied obligation of merchantable quality The SGA 1979 and the SGSA 1982 provide that , where goods are sold in the course of a business , there is an implied condition that the goods supplied under the contract are of merchantable quality . |
25 | Thus s14(2) of SGA 1979 ( replicated in s10(2) of SOGIT 1973 as substituted by the CCA 1974 and ss4(3) , 9(3) of SGSA 1982 ) provides : ( 2 ) Where the seller sells goods in the course of a business , there is an implied condition that the goods supplied under the contract are of merchantable quality , except that there is no such condition ( a ) as regards defects specifically drawn to the buyer 's attention before the contract is made ; or ( b ) if the buyer examines the goods before the contract is made , as regards defects which that examination ought to reveal . |
26 | Section 12(1) of UCTA 1977 provides as follows : 12 – ( 1 ) A party to a contract " deals as consumer " in relation to another party if ( a ) he neither makes the contract in the course of a business nor holds himself out as doing so ; and ( b ) the other party does make the contract in the course of a business ; and ( c ) in the case of a contract governed by the law of sale of goods or hire-purchase , or by section 7 of this Act , the goods passing under or in pursuance of the contract are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption . |
27 | Few exercises or investigations are of value unless they reach a clear conclusion and best practice reviews are no exception . |
28 | In most peasant communities agricultural operations are of considerable communal significance , and this is likely to be particularly true of wet-rice agriculture where irrigation is the key to survival . |
29 | In such research , exact statistics of public attitudes are of small importance . |
30 | The copies are of the Tyrannic ides , Harmodios and Aristogeiton , by Kritios and Nesiotes ( the nature of whose collaboration we do not know ) , set up in the Agora at Athens in 477/6 to replace those by Antenor , carried off to Persepolis by Xerxes . |