Example sentences of "which be of " in BNC.

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1 This will be so particularly in the case of goods which are of a very low price , so that there is little income barrier to their purchase .
2 It is provided with an income from central government and church sources and acts as a ‘ holding body ’ for churches which are of sufficient importance to be preserved , unmodified , ‘ in the interests of the Nation and the Church of England ’ .
3 The Common Law takes little interest in the goods , which are of far less importance , and especially of far less public importance , than the land .
4 The passage was not some ghastly simile of war or territorial domination ( though heaven knows what the Iranians would have made of it ) , but just a pictorial explanation of the passage North said he read them next , from the third chapter of Galatians : ‘ Know ye therefore that they which are of faith , the same are the children of Abraham . ’
5 Miller liked his ground cover to be permanent and he has not included ‘ any of the undershrubs , which are of short duration , such as Southernwood , Rosemary , Lavender , Lavender Cotton , etc. because whenever these decay , they occasion gaps in the plantation . ’
6 It is thus the public elite which mediates across the country 's divisions inventing policies which are of advantage to itself and its clients .
7 Occasionally problems arise which are of common concern to a large group of parents within the school .
8 THE SECRETARY of State for the Environment has a duty — not just a power — laid on him by parliament , to compile lists of buildings which are of historic and architectural interest .
9 They have provided remedies for the treatment of some kinds of insanity , and some of them alter conscious experience in ways which are of great philosophical interest .
10 Beyond the page-turner are the real semi-literate books which are of another kind entirely .
11 And this has been interpreted as meaning measures which are excessively costly , burdensome , unusual , or which are of no real benefit to the patient .
12 For instance , books are used more frequently if placed on shelves which are of convenient height ( rather than too high or too low ) , and if put on special display outside the main sequence ( see p. 155 ) .
13 They should have placed at their disposal Inigo Jones 's original designs for Whitehall Palace , ‘ which are of acknowledged beauty ’ .
14 Why do some clouds , especially those which are of only a small height , fail to produce rain ?
15 Here there are thick deposits of iron ore near the base of some rocks of oolitic limestone which are of Jurassic age .
16 Post Office Archives ( London ) Although the collections mainly concern the work of the General post Office , there are significant holdings of records from the late seventeenth century which are of importance to local historians researching the evolution of communication methods .
17 Serious errors , such as the two examples given , are usually corrected very quickly , but many newspaper readers who have personal knowledge of a news item find inaccuracies in reporting which are of less importance and which do not get corrected .
18 Consequently , more time can be spent by the clearinghouse personnel on the sophisticated and time-consuming enquiries which require information and material that has not been or can not be conveniently added to the database , an those which are of an advisory nature .
19 Similarly , players can be genuinely frightened of their own weapons , which are of course purely ‘ defensive ’ .
20 The frequencies lie within ranges which are of the order of one Cycle in 10 , 20 and 60 seconds .
21 There are now several recorded versions of Victoria 's Responsories for Holy Week , all of which are of the highest order .
22 The book could have been better presented , especially with regard to the diagrams , many of which are of indifferent quality .
23 What does it matter if the prestige presentation of another shopping mall in Albert Docks , Canary Wharf , Riverwalk or Seaport produces effects which are of marginal relevance to metropolitan political economy ?
24 Theoretically , it can serve as a source of ideas and insights which are of potential relevance for the formulation of principles : ideas emerging from disciplines devoted to the study of language and learning which might bear upon the definition of language as subject .
25 I have so far dealt only with what might be considered extraneous matters which are of little concern to the non-collector , who can read and enjoy a book without worrying about endpapers , half-titles , advertisements and the rest ; though even the ordinary reader must reach a point where bibliographical matters begin to impinge .
26 Insofar as there was any factual basis for people 's answers , it seems likely that for many it was MLR or bank base rate , which were between 12½ and 14 per cent at the time of the survey , and which are of course frequently mentioned in the press and on TV .
27 In fact , media education has often developed in a very explicit way concepts which are of general importance in English .
28 The LA has the power to revoke , suspend , curtail or prematurely terminate a licence if the holder has ( a ) broken any conditions attaching to his licence , or ( b ) been convicted of any offences which are of the type relevant to determination of the applicant 's fitness to hold a licence in the first place , or ( c ) been made bankrupt or gone into liquidation .
29 It is important for us to consider whether it contains principles which are of value for us today .
30 How do we attempt to deduce some general guidelines from his history and teaching which are of relevance for us today ?
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