Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] be of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the person is considered to have been of outstanding importance to the nation then days of mourning might be decreed . |
| 2 | Traditionally the seven awards have always been deemed to have been of equal value , but the interesting possibilities suggested by all of these short listed designs is the building in of individuality to awards which will closely resemble each other without being formally identical . |
| 3 | Richard Cocks , one of several on 20s. with 6s. 8d. livery , had 3s. 4d. in land and £5 in goods , though all John Sewster of Mursley owned was 20s. in goods ; if the identification is correct he would appear to have been of lower status . |
| 4 | But such links remained tentative and seem to have been of little relevance to policy development even if the symbolism was important . |
| 5 | His family seem to have been of limited means , for his father intended to take him out of school at an early age to become an apprentice . |
| 6 | Whig Jacobitism , however , appears to have been of minimal significance in Scotland . |
| 7 | The precise rating of the engine is not known , but Thomas had specified about 25 h.p. , and it appears to have been of that order . |
| 8 | Sir James Matheson , who had made a fortune in the China trade , bought the Isle of Lewis in 1844 , and at least part of the large sums he spent there ( in addition to famine relief and assistance for emigration ) appears to have been of direct benefit to the islanders . |
| 9 | The claim seems to have been of recent origin , and it is not quite clear on what it was based apart from the general principle of primacy . |
| 10 | Increasing EEC involvement in defence and foreign policy seems to have been of particular concern to the Danes . |
| 11 | There is one ailment where learning to relax is of special importance , and that is asthma . |
| 12 | I 've told them everything I could think of that might help , but so far it does n't seem to have been of any use . ’ |
| 13 | Secondary teachers only were included , since the case studies about which the survey seeks to generalize were of secondary schools . |