Example sentences of "[verb] [is] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , however , is surely not a matter for grave concern ( except of course to ardent devotees ) since the precise metaphysical status of the magic shibboleth is of much less interest than the insights which it has inspired . |
| 2 | ( 3.1 ) unc The order in which the expression/variable pairs appear is of no consequence . |
| 3 | Although any one assignment which the company has is of short duration , the company itself continues in being , following up that assignment by another . |
| 4 | The ability to observe is of far greater importance and is readily enhanced by practice . |
| 5 | You may be asked for a replacement photograph if the one you supply is of poor quality . |
| 6 | They occur more commonly , and surgery is more frequently practised upon them ; but what I say is of equal relevance to female-to-male transsexuals . |
| 7 | What he writes is of interest because it shows his attitude to his illness , and to the importance of relieving the pressures of his illness . |
| 8 | The extent to which this should be viewed as a utilitarian calculus of some kind , or whether a more dignitarian approach should be pursued is of considerable importance . |
| 9 | Indeed , the way in which they interact is of crucial importance . |
| 10 | What happens is of course , you 're so , very often socialised into behaving like this , ask yourself if your an A type , are your parents A types ? |
| 11 | The University is informed at least 14 days in advance of any meeting or other event at which the speaker or the subject matter to which the meeting or event related is of such a nature that difficulties might be caused for the University in the discharge of its legal responsibility to ensure that freedom of speech within the law is secure for persons using its premises ; |
| 12 | The Jet project is formally er continuing until the end of 1992 but in recent months we 've had some very great successes in Jet , the work we 've done is of very high quality and , and certainly world leading , and we can see the way ahead to building an experimental reactor after Jet but there are some very important experiments that need to be done before then . |
| 13 | The final case where the victim was named is of a different order from the others . |
| 14 | What he says is of interest . |
| 15 | So much of what has been written is of the doom and gloom variety . |
| 16 | His reaction to my essay , on the other hand , brought me up with a jolt ; and although what I had written is of no interest — I seem to have lost the manuscript , so that is the end of the matter — I carne to value his negative appraisals . |
| 17 | The white Makrana marble of which the Taj is built is of a different structure from the Carrara marble of Italy with which we are more familiar . |
| 18 | They do not need to go erm and th th they they have their own positions and I think a lot of what they speak is of genuine concern . |
| 19 | However , the module to be scanned must reside in your current VMS directory , together with any necessary foreign files if the module to be scanned is of type FOREIGN , otherwise an error will be reported . |
| 20 | How could freedom of expression be put at risk merely by the Government 's saying to any one individual ( the Second Vice-President was here referring to foreign capitalist press owners ) that ‘ what you have said is of no relevance in this country and will stir up trouble and mar the peace ’ ? |
| 21 | We 'll be saying is that the first appointment of investigative staff to be made is of a complaint examiner . |
| 22 | So what she wears is of considerable importance , and you will need to describe her clothes in fair detail , though with as much economy in the writing as you can manage . |
| 23 | This bridge we 're guarding is of great strategic importance . |
| 24 | The accommodation offered is of a high quality with private facilities , toilet , room telephone , colour television , private car park and evening meals are available on request . |
| 25 | Those to whom time is of no object ( and given this countryside , it ought not to be ) might take the road to the right on reaching Neu St Johann . |
| 26 | ‘ But time is of the essence . |
| 27 | 2.1 In regard to performance of this order by you time is of the essence . |
| 28 | But time is of the essence . |
| 29 | But time is of the essence . |
| 30 | If the first criticism we read is of Shakespeare ( an Othello casebook , typically ) , then the first contemporary poe we come across is probably Ted ( ‘ a black — /Back gull bent like an iron-bar slowly ’ ) Hughes . |