Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if the revenue had refused in the exercise of their discretion to make the repayment they did in the present case I am of opinion that in the absence of any other remedy it would have been open to Woolwich to claim repayment in proceedings for judicial review , and there would appear to be no reason why such proceedings would not have been successful . |
| 2 | It is the stars showing special characteristics which are of particular interest to the observer who has equipped himself with binoculars or a telescope . |
| 3 | To counteract this , one must consider growing few plants other than the all important submerged oxygenating plants , or else arresting the turbulence by placing beneath the fountain a large ring which is of greater diameter than the lower bowl . |
| 4 | This is the " kidney worm " of sine which is of economic importance in its endemic areas . |
| 5 | In such a setting arousal is expected to arise naturally from the situation confronting the driver and it is likely to be memory for the source of arousal which is of particular interest ( e.g. memory for the behaviour of another vehicle involved in an accident ) . |
| 6 | In more recent years , the example of Fleming 's discovery of penicillin is a good case of the almost accidental research which was of tremendous value . |
| 7 | When Blackpool Corporation bought the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad Company on January 1st 1920 , it acquired the forty-one single-deck cars which were of two main types . |
| 8 | In conversations which involve speakers of both the first and second generations it is mainly the behaviour of the second generation speakers which is of interest , for it is these individuals who have " stylistic mobility " between London English and Creole and can be assumed to be using the two codes differentially ( though not necessarily consciously ) in a strategic way . |
| 9 | Students have the opportunity to select areas of study which are of personal and professional interest ; to study in-depth issues relevant to the theory and practice of nursing and education and to participate in a stimulating exchange of ideas across cultural and disciplinary boundaries . |
| 10 | The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy 's publication Local Authority 1 : Accounting Principles ( 1985 , p. 11 ) proposes the following rule for identifying capital expenditure : ‘ Any outlay which is of value to the Authority in the provision of these services beyond the end of the year of account should be recorded as a capital asset provided there is no legal constraint . ’ |
| 11 | A model represents something , usually in simplified form which highlights aspects which are of particular interest to the user , and is built so that it can be used for a specific purpose , for example , communication and testing . |
| 12 | ‘ There are , in my view , no words which are of universal application to every kind of inquiry and every kind of domestic tribunal . |
| 13 | I mean , they should n't want more than seven per cent because the cost of living , you know , the inflation 's gone down , but then when a bloke gets forty five thousand quid , you know eh , on a firm where they 've a , they 've made a profit , but he got an increase of forty five thousand pound which was of , no , no about forty per cent rather , forty per cent increase in his salary , I mean it 's bloody , I mean , how can , how can they expect , you know , the ordinary working man to put up with bloody awful increase , if , if they go and give bosses increases like that , I mean it does n't make sense . |
| 14 | Committees are places where you can see people snoozing , picking their noses and pretending to be interested in subjects which are of no interest to them . |
| 15 | It is the structural proteins which are of real interest , as they go about the business of actually modifying cells ; the immediate early gene mechanism is a piece of molecular biological housekeeping , which probably seems arcane not merely to most non-biochemists but to biochemists as well . |
| 16 | It has remained the accepted practice that all important governmental decisions emanate from the central departments in Whitehall , a practice which is of great help to the political leadership as it collects all the levers of policy-making and administrative control into one , compact , signal box . |
| 17 | Rather , it is the highest level of qualification held by an employee which is of interest , and therefore any lower level information is superfluous and a burden on the system . |
| 18 | Beyond the page-turner are the real semi-literate books which are of another kind entirely . |
| 19 | The word itself provides visual data , of course , and the sentence provides contextual data which is of use only to individuals familiar with the syntax of the particular language in use . |
| 20 | It is therefore perfectly possible for social care to be provided in an ordinary household with rehabilitation and personal development as its main purpose ; in other words , the therapy itself is of a social care nature . |
| 21 | A more fundamental objection has been that music-hall and vaudeville were essentially controlled by showmen who were of course entrepreneurs . |
| 22 | The administration itself is of course no monolith and does not act as a single bloc , pursuing its interests whatever they may be . |
| 23 | It 's in my mind she 's of greater importance than she seems . |
| 24 | ‘ The carriage itself is of oblong shape , the dimensions being about 13ft by 7ft thus forming a handsome saloon , 8ft high in the clear . |
| 25 | People try to classify what sorts of group or characteristics there are of groups and you find that people look at group size , let's go through the list , group size , communication networks , roles and expectations , norms and rules , okay well roles and expectations , norms and rules slightly different . |
| 26 | With more than one fifth of the world 's population living in China , the agricultural industry there is of considerable interest , and collaborative research on agriculture could be of benefit to all the partners involved . |
| 27 | No such scarps have been observed on other maria , perhaps because any lava there was of such low viscosity that it spread out into very thin sheets before solidifying . |
| 28 | As for rigs other than the hair for boilie fishing there are of course plenty of alternatives . |
| 29 | Although in terms of expense they are of course more expensive , and therefore this also erm is something one , one has to consider . |
| 30 | Secondly , the torts considered in this chapter may also come into question in cases of alleged unlawful competition between traders , but in practice they are of little significance because of the common law 's refusal to adopt any principle of ‘ fair competition ’ other than the prohibition of obviously unlawful acts like torts and crimes and breaches of contract . |