Example sentences of "he be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He personified the pre-war amateur at his peak , a kindly engaging man who was well placed to have been a major influence in the game had he been of a more forceful character . |
| 2 | If it is stretching the imagination to describe any West Indian fast bowler as a gentle giant he is nevertheless mild-mannered and easy-going , and it is significant that while the likes of Croft and Marshall were doing unpleasant things to batsmen 's heads , the damage that Garner inflicted was mostly confined to arms and hands ; obviously any broken bone is bad and obviously he sent down his share of bouncers , but there was never the suggestion that he was using his physical advantages maliciously ; six feet eight inches 12 metres ) tall and weighing seventeen stones ( 108 kilograms ) , the prospect of the carnage he might have caused had he been of an aggressive nature hardly bears thinking about . |
| 3 | Ca n't he be of any help at all ? ’ |
| 4 | Would he be of Cabinet rank ? |
| 5 | I spoke of the matter to Sir Thomas Vaughan , he being of like age to my lord and a close friend from boyhood , ’ Elizabeth Mowbray told her . |
| 6 | ‘ Forgot a lot o' things , did old Blackberry ! ’ observed Forest , addressing Richard as if he were of a sudden a force to be reckoned with . |
| 7 | It has been stated that the principle of primogenital succession was increasingly observed in the eleventh century ; but there was a substantial difference between accepting the customary right of the eldest son to succeed , if he were of age and competent , and accepting it as an inviolable rule , as was proved by the usurpation of Robert the Frisian , and perhaps also by the succession of Raymond IV of Toulouse ( though here the facts are rather uncertain ) . |
| 8 | ‘ ( 1 ) The consent of a minor who has attained the age of 16 years to any surgical , medical or dental treatment which , in the absence of consent , would constitute a trespass to his person , shall be as effective as it would be if he were of full age ; and where a minor has by virtue of this section given an effective consent to any treatment it shall not be necessary to obtain any consent for it from his parent or guardian . |
| 9 | The most promising argument in favour of W. having an exclusive right to consent to treatment and thus , by refusing consent , to attract the protection of the law on trespass to the person , lies in concentrating upon the words ‘ as effective as it would be if he were of full age . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ ( 1 ) The consent of a minor who has attained the age of 16 years to any … medical … treatment which , in the absence of consent , would constitute a trespass to his person , shall be as effective as it would be if he were of full age ; and where a minor has by virtue of this section given an effective consent to any treatment it shall not be necessary to obtain any consent for it from his parent or guardian . |
| 11 | He is of Hindu stock , grew up amid the elaborate racial estrangements of Trinidad , and now lives in England . |
| 12 | But , while he is of Le Patron Mange Ici school ( which always used to be the sign of a good restaurant ) , I ca n't see that it would have been particularly good for business here . |
| 13 | He is of the opinion that Mr Prescott has probably given wide broadcast of these questions . ’ |
| 14 | He is of a much better class than myself . |
| 15 | Fillis 's training methods were cruel , and fortunately were quickly forgotten after his death , but he is of interest because he tried to demonstrate ( although unsuccessfully ) how horses think . |
| 16 | He is of slim to medium build and was wearing a dark ski mask . |
| 17 | Entre la vie et la mort ( 1968 ) depicts the drama of a writer 's struggle with language and the processes of creation , aware as he is of the potentially enslaving power of words . |
| 18 | ‘ He is of course in title the under-butler , as you say . |
| 19 | Although much of his historical writing depended on oral testimony , he is of all ancient historians the one who most frequently cites the authors and documents that he has consulted . |
| 20 | There are , therefore , two key features : first , that the patient is of an age the law regards as proper , and second , that he is of sound mind . |
| 21 | King of the Road , he is of this stretch . |
| 22 | His Mother tells me that he is of a mechanical turn , and I know that he has made some progress in mathematics . |
| 23 | The sixth High Steward was another Walter and he is of special interest . |
| 24 | Indeed , he is of the opinion that entertaining people with his ‘ music ’ is even more satisfying than experiencing carnal relations . |
| 25 | For him it meant a brief wait until he was of the appropriate age of 21 , in December 1807 ; barely a month later he was off to Doctors ' Commons in St Paul 's Churchyard to sign an allegation ‘ … that he is of the Parish of All Hallows , Barking , London , a bachelor … ’ and ‘ … that there is no lawful impediment … ’ before being issued with a licence by the Archbishop of Canterbury 's Faculty Office . |
| 26 | Do you mean he represents a Lebanese faction like Islamic Jihad or that he is of the Hezbollah , the Party of God ? ’ |
| 27 | In July 1842 , the master noted that James Paine , an able-bodied man , ‘ objects and refuses to attend divine worship on the grounds that he is of no persuasion , and that he will not attend in a place like this , where they act contrary to scripture in parting man and wife ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ When you read his report , you will see that he is of Russian descent . |
| 29 | He deceives those near to him by his professions of love — ‘ A man he is of honesty and trust ’ , Othello says ( 1 . |
| 30 | Do n't be put off by old ‘ Crazy Horse ’ Emlyn — he is of the high-pitched voice and cheesy grin . |