Example sentences of "[conj] are of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Different horses communicate in different ways , although those that live together or are of the same family are more likely to communicate in the same way . |
| 2 | When goods are carried in different vehicles or are of a different kind or are divided into different lots , the sender of the carrier is entitled to require a separate consignment note for each vehicle or each kind or lot of goods . |
| 3 | But the recital , the disc , the voice , the whole art , were or are of large composition : ‘ hers is perhaps the richest , fullest , most beautiful big soprano voice around ’ . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) On the taking of the account the plaintiffs are entitled to object to items therein contained on the ground that they have been unreasonably incurred or are of an unreasonable amount . |
| 5 | Or are of different parties ? |
| 6 | He is willing to extend his generosity to people who mean something to him or are of the same religion . |
| 7 | ‘ Mr Ashdown would be better concentrating on the basic issues that are of concern to the electorate rather than perpetually engaging in imagined card games that he thinks he would like to play on Friday morning . ’ |
| 8 | May we learn to recognise those things that are of lasting importance to us . |
| 9 | However , the literature so far described is concerned almost entirely with social work at the micro level : individuals , families and small groups , much of it using techniques that are of little relevance to community work , for example behaviour modification . |
| 10 | Earnings only build as office experience imparts skills that are of value to the employer . |
| 11 | Besides the semi-literate glossies , and the best-selling ‘ page-turners ’ that have to be moved aside for the next over-hyped wave , books appear for sale that are of a quite different kind . |
| 12 | Mine takes place in my flat , all over the living-room carpet , with maps spread out like prayer mats and cats lying triumphantly and with great precision on the co-ordinates that are of particular interest . |
| 13 | Alum Pot is comprehended at a single fearful glance , and it is the intricacies of its cave system that are of most interest to sight-seeing visitors . |
| 14 | However , this does not lead to any new results that are of physical significance . |
| 15 | You will see and hear and know all kinds of things about them that are of a private and personal nature . |
| 16 | Do we really need lots of people sitting around pondering on research topics that are of little benefit to man or beast ? |
| 17 | Yet aposematic coloration has not always evolved among kin-grouped prey and we need to identify the variables that are of evolutionary importance . |
| 18 | The issues of Al are fascinating and of enormous social importance , but they are largely over looked in the wallow of ‘ gee-wizz ’ about things that are of no significance . |
| 19 | Mineral workings have produced earthworks that are of equal , if not greater , magnificence to Offa 's Dyke and the Iron-Age forts . |
| 20 | Nothing can excuse a teacher of history who fails to draw attention to local things that are of historical importance . |
| 21 | One is that academic research should pluck the fruits of the contemporary political agenda and lend credibility to vogue and vague notions that may fleetingly assume a high profile , reify concepts that are of the moment and endow them with the status of real analytical phenomena . |
| 22 | Picture cards These might be classified and sorted according to those that look alike , those that are of a particular colour or design , etc . |
| 23 | This would be the case where an R&D programme and its objective are clearly defined and each of the parties is given the opportunity of exploiting any of the results that are of interest to it , or where the results are used solely for the purposes of further research . |
| 24 | The bacteria that are of specific interest to fishkeepers , fall into two broad categories . |
| 25 | Point Two : ‘ Surely anybody knows that if you take an ancient set of tubes and replace them with new tubes that are of reasonable performance , you 're going to get a hell of an improvement in sound . |
| 26 | Cabinets that are of the infinite baffle , or closed back design , such as the Marshall 4x12 do suffer from this minor , but annoying problem . |
| 27 | The exposure draft also incorporates substantial revisions to the IAS , including : disclosure of the profit or loss from ordinary activities and extraordinary items on the face of the income statement ; guidance to assist in the identification of extraordinary items ( outside the ordinary activities of an enterprise and of a non-recurring nature ) ; a requirement to disclose the nature and amount of items of income and expense within profit or loss from ordinary activities that are of such size , nature or incidence that their disclosure is relevant to explain the performance of the enterprise for the period ; and additional disclosures in respect of discontinued operations . |
| 28 | No subject should be forbidden , and each individual should be encouraged to raise issues that are of current concern or interest . |
| 29 | This is to do with finding values , ideas , goals and areas that are of common interest . |
| 30 | At one moment we shall be talking in terms of billions of years and billions of light years ; at the next we shall focus on events that are of importance for only billionths of a second involving particles so small that it is misleading to think of them as material objects . |