Example sentences of "[vb pp] [is] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ; |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The final case where the victim was named is of a different order from the others . |
| 5 | So much of what has been written is of the doom and gloom variety . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ ? |
| 10 | We 'll be saying is that the first appointment of investigative staff to be made is of a complaint examiner . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Certainly the simple notion that industrialization altered radically the size of the household can not be correct , since the relatively small change which has actually occurred is of quite recent origin . |
| 13 | This observation indicates that the absorption band within which the excitation occurred is of the metal-to-ligand or the ligand-to-metal charge-transfer type . |
| 14 | This should make life a little easier for the prosecutor , but let's not forget that the prosecutor only deals in terms of the crimes , with violence that has occurred , and the violence that has occurred is of course something which has gone wrong in society . |
| 15 | I was interested in his reiteration of the value of regional policies , because the criteria on which such a policy would be administered is of interest to one who comes from a county which is probably being hit by a more rapidly rising rate of unemployment than almost anywhere else . |
| 16 | Anything else the guard may have remembered is of no value for he was killed in the crash . |
| 17 | In all types of contracts , particularly the last , definition of the risks it is intended to cover and the manner in which they will be allocated is of great importance . |
| 18 | Nevertheless the general trend indicated is of a decrease in temperature . |
| 19 | In Dicey & Morris , The Conflict of Laws , 11th ed. ( 1987 ) , vol. 2 , pp. 1110–1111 , the test propounded is of residence at the time the other party received the payment . |
| 20 | On the hand it most likely to be because the subject discussed is of great interest to the newspaper 's readers . |
| 21 | This requires further study in those subjects , but the undergraduate statistical training received is of value in these professions . |
| 22 | The impression given is of some sticky , viscous , unpleasant material which has to do with the satisfaction of obscure and uncontrollable personal needs . |
| 23 | Hence the impression given is of a ‘ thin blue line ’ being attacked by a vicious and threatening mob . |
| 24 | But the impression Andrew has always given is of being married first and foremost to his work . " |
| 25 | ‘ The only figure we have been given is of £28,000 which was spent on the cleaning of the graffiti . ’ |
| 26 | Thus , the administration referred to is not of a governmental nature and the other legislation to which I was referred is of no assistance . |
| 27 | Where the company to be formed is of a kind which can be purchased ‘ off the peg ’ from an agency specializing in company formation , this is a cost-effective way to proceed . |
| 28 | Such craters are now known elsewhere in the Solar System as you have already seen in the case of Mars , and therefore the mechanism by which they are formed is of widespread relevance . |
| 29 | The behind-the scenes image created is of Hislop swapping Fergie news in the Groucho Club , while Merton is round the corner in The Three Ferrets reflecting bluntly on the real tit-bits . |
| 30 | The difference in response rates achieved is of more than passing interest . |