Example sentences of "[modal v] to be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cattle of Scotland used to be of many colours but predominantly black and of the Highland or Galloway type . |
| 2 | They all have alluvial flood plains or levels of wet permanent pasture in which extensive flooding used to be of frequent occurrence , but many improvement schemes have been instituted in recent years with stretches of river being straightened and flood banks raised . |
| 3 | The stereotyped view of a homeless person used to be of a drunkard who has slipped into the gutter as a result of a lifetime 's fecklessness and , more recently , the visible evidence of frankly mentally disordered people on city streets , the phenomenon of ‘ Cardboard City ’ and the increasing numbers of people sleeping rough has merely added to the belief that most homeless people are destitute wrecks or foolish youths . |
| 4 | For medium- and long-term bonds , spreads which used to be of the order of 4-8 ticks are now more likely to be 2-4 ticks . |
| 5 | Most funds used to be of a general nature investing mainly in the UK . |
| 6 | Sheep used to be of great importance to the British economy . |
| 7 | Which is what it used to be of course is n't it ? |
| 8 | We are not so sensible as we ought to be of the Providence which hourly sustains us . |
| 9 | Thus , a book explaining what goes into water-based coatings , and why , ought to be of interest both to the specialist coating technologist and to the industrial chemist . |