Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or it can be used to express requests for which one can assume willingness to comply : ( 209 ) ( She ) took me by the hand , and bidding me be of good cheer , set off with Gus in a coach , to pay a visit to those persons . |
| 2 | The reply involved my being of British descent , five generations back ; our country 's closer historical ties with Britain ; and , er , frankly , sir , a question of sport . |
| 3 | Shortly after the end of the war an incident occurred which was of critical importance in the development of Gandhi 's relations with the British — the massacre at Amritsar . |
| 4 | Because of the steady flow of Atlantic Ocean surface waters into the Arctic basin , most zooplankton species found there are of Atlantic origin . |
| 5 | Out on the fields , the flocks of golden plover begin to show an increasing number of black-fronted birds as they moult , and the extent of these markings suggest they are of more northerly origin . |
| 6 | Teachers say they 're of no benefit . |
| 7 | The problem SAVE faced was that it had been so disfigured by later alterations that many people doubted it was of sufficient interest to merit saving . |
| 8 | When your own practice starts it is of the utmost importance to give your cases the most meticulous attention of which you are capable , and particularly , before going into court , to familiarise yourself with the various procedural contingencies . |
| 9 | While interest in ‘ transcultural ’ issues blossoms , blindness to racism remains as pervasive as ever , obscuring what is of value in other cultures and races . |
| 10 | It is sad when the options are closed off because those who support do not know what is of most significance . |
| 11 | Fortunately , a framework was recently developed which is of great help in delineating appropriate value-adding roles for librarians and information scientists . |
| 12 | A deal was made which was of great benefit to both sides as Littler went on to present pantomimes for many years , sometimes as many as a dozen annually . |
| 13 | ‘ We are pleased with the state of our grounds and proud that many visiting clubs have felt they were of a very high standard . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ 'T IS certainly of no importance to myself — and I 'd wager 't is of no importance to Prince Edward either . |
| 15 | However , if the princes did not call upon him to serve it was of no matter . |
| 16 | Whatever you do at least be sure to make it stupendously high ; let it be of all columns in the world the most lofty . ’ |
| 17 | They put them on their arms , but Julian noticed his were of different lengths , one covering his hand , the other leaving his hand extended beyond the edge . |
| 18 | And , if they maintain their attitude expressed freely to the Official Solicitor 's representative and to their mother , it would be all to no purpose , since no court would make a residence order in favour of the foster mother against the wishes of the children concerned who are of an age to know their own minds . |
| 19 | In any case occupying them was of little interest to the Spanish authorities , for the islands the English settled had a much smaller area than Jamaica , the smallest and least developed of the Spanish islands ; later on , after it had been taken from the Spanish , Jamaica was the most important of the English Caribbean islands , but this only serves to show how small the English settlements were . |
| 20 | Moi , " he knew from his reading , was an Annamese term derived from the Chinese word for " savage , " and looking at the dark-skinned , low-browed men , he could see they were of a different racial stock from the Annamese ; they wore only breechclouts that left their haunches naked and they grinned and chattered animatedly in their own language as they moved quickly about their work . |
| 21 | ‘ If anyone wanted to sell their piece , and we can see it 's of sufficient quality or by a popular artist , we 'll give an evaluation . |
| 22 | Subsequent analysis of a sample drilled from the interior showed it was of bronze with no zinc present at all . |
| 23 | A former customer , one who no longer buys anything is of little value ? |
| 24 | Indeed , the trees which separate them are of different varieties and are , generally , more gracile than those at Woodchester ( Neal 1981 , no. 87 ) . |
| 25 | And therefore in the interim period things had to be you know , you had to treat people fairly in order not to let them be of the belief er that going to er central conference was just an exercise . |
| 26 | Serious errors , such as the two examples given , are usually corrected very quickly , but many newspaper readers who have personal knowledge of a news item find inaccuracies in reporting which are of less importance and which do not get corrected . |
| 27 | He has recently been involved in the developments in sow housing and feeding which are of great interest to pig producers . |
| 28 | You know you 're of pictures now then . |
| 29 | Er , the comparable cost for a family of four in this country to go to somewhere like Alton Towers or to Chessington in your own car including the cost of petrol of getting there is of the order of fifty or sixty pounds at the outside . |
| 30 | Over the next few months Endill began to hate his schoolwork more and more ; not because it was difficult and boring but because he thought what the teachers taught him was of no use . |