Example sentences of "be of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rocks primarily consist of unfossiliferous conglomerates the age of which is not known with certainty , other than being post-Caledonian , but they are considered to be of probable Trias age . |
| 2 | It was widely assumed that the assailants had mistakenly believed their victims to be of Korean extraction , and that the assault was connected to a black boycott of two Korean-American grocery shops in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn . |
| 3 | If , under Hugh MacLennan , he was able to form his judgment and turn his phrases under the eye of a skilful novelist , in Louis Dudek 's adroit hands he was able to fashion and test his poetic acumen to the full ; both were to be of absorbing interest to him . |
| 4 | Transduction seems to be too drastic and to involve fragments of DNA too small to be of serious ecological importance . |
| 5 | But its disappearance will be of serious concern to the growing medium-sized business needing a serious injection of equity to continue to fulfil its potential and also the venture capitalist who may always have seen it as a desired exit route for an investment . |
| 6 | Since such a cultural repertoire is held only in the memory it is subject to constant change according to the new interests of the moment ‘ and whatever parts of it have ceased to be of contemporary relevance are likely to be eliminated by the process of forgetting ’ ( ibid. p. 30 ) . |
| 7 | For this reason , as we shall see , the architecture of Holyrood palace was to be of crucial political importance in the reign of Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 8 | It now seems that the time of injection may be of crucial importance in determining the effects of melatonin . |
| 9 | The former may well be of crucial importance in relation to ethnic minorities in the next decade , as the numbers of the very old in these groups increases . |
| 10 | Education can thus be of crucial importance in preventing violations . |
| 11 | Elizabeth 's reign is now seen to be of crucial importance because it saw the completion of the Protestantization of the English people and witnessed the creation of a uniquely English style of Protestant church which was later to be labelled Anglicanism . |
| 12 | For some people it may be of crucial importance , for others the family simply is not a significant source of emotional support . |
| 13 | The miniscule middle-class membership was insignificant as a group , but the survival of the publishing arm of the organization and the influence of the society on Arnold Leese were to be of crucial significance to the development of racial fascism in Britain . |
| 14 | In particular , since the socialisation undergone by a human being in the early years of its life will obviously be of crucial influence in affecting the attitudes and behaviour of the social adult , then the family , as the first human group an individual in any society usually belongs to , is clearly a socialising agency of major importance . |
| 15 | Geographical proximity meant that these relations have continued to be of crucial importance through into the post-1945 period . |
| 16 | This will be of crucial importance in 1992 when Common Market deregulation leads to open competition in Europe and a more mobile labour market . |
| 17 | When considering the effect of outside influences , two aspects can be of crucial importance . |
| 18 | Second , the relationship of the ‘ persuader ’ to the patient may be of crucial importance . |
| 19 | While academic literature is full of material on officer-councillor relationships , relatively little is known about relationships between departmental chiefs within the same authority , but these , obviously , can be of crucial significance . |
| 20 | With the court finely balanced between liberals and conservatives ( the latter possessing a slight but unreliable majority ) the appointment was considered to be of crucial importance as it offered an opportunity to shift the balance decisively to the right . |
| 21 | Like the absence of dilation in the pupils following a head injury , this apparently small , perhaps even seemingly trivial , symptom turns out to be of crucial importance . |
| 22 | We have suggested that properly coordinated motility might be of crucial importance in promoting acid clearance , and could therefore be an unrecognised factor in the pathogenesis of duodenal ulceration . |
| 23 | Clearly it will be of crucial importance in any er court proceedings because the court will have to decide whether or not an auditor was in breech of his or her duty having regard to what is on the face of the statute . |
| 24 | But I do think the minister er should er b be quite clear about that point er because er it may be of crucial importance , not just to the industry , er but also to the public interest who will want to know what the position is so far as er er these matters are concerned . |
| 25 | ‘ At a time like this , McLeish 's leadership qualities could be of crucial importance . ’ |
| 26 | Erm what , what I said to you earlier was that er at the very beginning where you could help me was if , if you found this of value to you , this service that I 've just provided , erm perhaps you could erm th there might be er some friends of yours that er you might find that this might be of beneficial to . |
| 27 | The order will terminate when the child ceases to be of compulsory school age or if a care order is made . |
| 28 | This apparently insignificant detail was to be of fateful importance for all subsequent human cultural and psychological evolution because it provided the first , albeit rather minimal , check on the egoism and mutual antagonism of males . |
| 29 | Alkaline bile secretion is known to contribute significantly to duodenal protection against acid injury to a similar ( if not greater ) degree than pancreatic secretion and stimulation of biliary bicarbonate secretion during or before feeding would seem to be of physiological benefit . |
| 30 | Tanks for hard water can be of cast iron or sheet steel , but for soft water the sheet metal has to be protected by bituminous or plastics coatings . |