Example sentences of "been of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fragmentary remains from Eccles have been interpreted as the figures of two gladiators , although , in light of the subjects of other figural designs in Britain ( see below ) , this might also have been a hunting scene ( or could have been of figures other than gladiators ; see the drawing of Cupids as gladiators : pI . |
| 2 | The majority had been of wood and most of these were lost through fire . |
| 3 | In his first schoolboy poetry the theme had been of love withered and decayed — practically the last lines he ever wrote were of " the certainty of love unchanging " . |
| 4 | Cultural theorists fell on pop video with squeals of delight ( there is already more high theory of video around than there has ever been of music ) ; pop fans watching the Whistle Test 's weekly video vote just groaned . |
| 5 | Much of the literature in this area has been of US origin , and the more general applicability of such managerial strategies to other countries needs , therefore , to be considered in the light of evidence from cross-national studies . |
| 6 | It has occurred to me to wonder what the previous experience has been of youngsters who savagely assault old people , whether they have ever been close to an old person . |
| 7 | Until now , Mr Major 's biggest fear has been of revenge attacks on the 2,400 British troops . |
| 8 | Most alternative and oppositional groups have been of type ( ii ) , though there are early cases of type ( i ) and some later cases of type ( iii ) . |
| 9 | None of the attackers , all of whom had been of subject races , had survived to be questioned . |
| 10 | This facility was not available to Brian and , in retrospect , might have been of benefit . |
| 11 | By a respondent 's notice dated 20 February 1991 the plaintiffs gave notice of their intention to contend that the judgment should be affirmed on the additional grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) leave to appeal from the order of 4 November 1988 should have been refused ; ( 2 ) there was no ground for interfering with the judge 's finding that the first defendant was not the agent of the plaintiffs ; ( 3 ) there was no evidence that the second defendant was at any material time under the influence of or dominated by the first defendant so as to be prevented from exercising independent judgment ; ( 4 ) in so far as the first defendant repeated his over-optimistic expectations to the second defendant it was not a misrepresentation , fraudulent or otherwise ; and ( 5 ) as to whether there was manifest disadvantage , the charge was required as a condition of further increased overdraft facility to Heathrow Fabrications Ltd. , without which that company , whose success would have been of benefit to the second defendant , would have been in financial difficulties . |
| 12 | This may well have been of benefit to individuals , but school board members were very conscious of their role as representatives of parents and the local community . |
| 13 | Because during the course of our discussions today I 'll ask you to introduce me to others if , and only if , you think this meeting with me today has been of benefit to yourself , would that be okay ? |
| 14 | His coaching and help at nets has been of benefit to all our players . ’ |
| 15 | Yet every child care establishment I have worked in I have been of benefit to children , especially boys , who have had insufficient experience of a positive role model . |
| 16 | Have you been of work for a while then with the dreaded flu ? ? . i hope your little one did not catch it it is a particularly strong virus that is going around at the moment . |
| 17 | You may have been of course . |
| 18 | It had been of course her suggestion that Mark 's pastoral visit should be no longer delayed . |
| 19 | Just er it might of been of course I had plants through there it might have been |
| 20 | I 'd like to see what hard nosed er B A I E people would make of it you know people who are making a living from doing the same well you know when I employ somebody coming into the business this is what I want them to be able to do um this has always been of course an a criticism |
| 21 | erm Also while she still lived , he had been of course inhibited from putting down on paper very much of a novel which , now largely formed in his mind , and in which sexual abnormality would play erm at least a considerable part . |
| 22 | His first feelings had been of shock and then fear . |
| 23 | But not all station encampments have been of rail travellers . |
| 24 | Although once most usually seen in winter , nearly all records since 1938 have been of passage birds at the coast . |
| 25 | Perhaps it 's no coincidence that some of your readings that have made the most indelible impression on your audiences have been of works like the Berg Three Orchestral Pieces , the Honegger Liturgique . |
| 26 | These are questions that have long been of concern . |
| 27 | then I 've been of accreditation |
| 28 | From this she deduced that the earlier arrangements had been of hamlets with infields , but , following growth in population , settlements had been replanned on new sites with the coalescence of population and lands . |
| 29 | All her fears had been of Adam dead , Adam never waking from his trance , Adam turned into an automaton . |
| 30 | He had proved himself in battle ; he had been of service . |