Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This genus contains several species parasitic in carnivores and insectivores , but only one is of veterinary interest . |
| 2 | Did n't know how much there was of which , but who cares ? |
| 3 | I was amazed how much there was of everything . |
| 4 | Thus , even though the cloud tops were known not to consist of water it was possible to believe that lower down they were of water and that deeper still lay a warm ocean-covered surface . |
| 5 | Well , I should imagine they 're just the same as their normal ones , and they 've stuck a , a whacking great white label on them , but I mean , you know , perhaps they 're of an inferior quality , I do n't know . |
| 6 | It 's Bury St. Edmunds interest in Asian we generally go if we 've got an Asian prisoner , we have n't , perhaps it 's of opinion . |
| 7 | The dead are impersonal , and so perhaps it is of no especial moment that they should be disturbed — or so I might once have argued on Victor 's behalf . |
| 8 | If the parties , when they wish something to be made of the essence , say so in terms , then obviously it is of the essence if they do say so , and the probability is , that where they do not say so , it is not intended to be of the essence ( Amherst v Walker ( James ) Goldsmith & Silversmith Ltd ( 1980 ) 254 EG 123 ) . |
| 9 | the other point was obviously people that you may know which may be able to help me in my business , people you feel this information obviously it was of interest to you |
| 10 | One of the things you will notice when watching the television is that close-ups are used very effectively , and so it is of vital importance that the actor has absolute control over his/her face and expression . |
| 11 | 1982 ) and so it is of great concern to primary health care teams . |
| 12 | So it was of trivial significance as a means of realizing surplus . |
| 13 | Individually they are of little importance , but collectively . |
| 14 | Their ability to communicate , to think , to show emotion and make judgements , whether or not they are of a different quality to the rest of creation , makes them more interesting . |
| 15 | Normally it is of the second magnitude , just about equal to the Pole Star , but every 2½ days it gives a long , slow wink , taking four hours to fade down below the third magnitude and remaining at minimum for a mere 20 minutes before starting to recover — after which nothing more happens for the next 2½ days . |
| 16 | Finally , of the argument that Jesus treated women well ( and thus it is of significance that he did not ‘ choose ’ women — to be part of a symbolic number of people who in any case had to be male ! ) , it must be said that it is quite unwarranted . |
| 17 | Thus it is of considerable interest to ascertain if English law mandated this result and , if it did , whether , yet again , our legal practices fall below the minimum standards prescribed by the European Convention . |
| 18 | No , I think that we had a fairly clear idea , certainly on the pension fund , we 've not obviously got accurate numbers , a clear idea of the broad er , shape of , of the problems and erm , that allowed us , without having to wait for very accurate figures , to draw the conclusions about the scale of the problem , the amount of investment we 'd like to , we need to make and thus erm , whether or not it was of interest to pursue . |
| 19 | The more there are of the latter , the less powerful the pleas of the former for protection against imports or foreign ownership . |
| 20 | The more there are of the stay-at-homes , the less warm the welcome for foreign rivals on the home ground . |
| 21 | Venus is also in the heart centre of your chart between February and June — a sign if ever there was of romance , or at least some heady company . |
| 22 | Or possibly it was of Norman origin , for it is known from a twelfth-century description of London that bull-baiting was practised by them . |
| 23 | Such an assumption is perhaps made most explicit in the Beckford Report when it comments on the apparent failure of the area officer in the case to recognize the apparently obvious indications that he was dealing with a ‘ high risk ’ child abuse case when chairing the initial case conference : Clearly it is of concern if health and welfare professionals are unfamiliar with the relevant research and it is one of the aims of this chapter to contribute to that understanding . |
| 24 | Clearly it is of prime importance to know how and why this dramatic reversal of traditional attitudes has occurred , and to ask ourselves the question why our approval of democracy should be so automatic and unhesitating when , had we been born a century or so earlier , we would have been equally unhesitating in disclaiming any support for so dangerous and radical a notion . |
| 25 | Clearly it is of interest to know whether the memories of witnesses to crimes are likely to be altered by the often stressful nature of being a witness to or a victim of a crime . |
| 26 | Sadly the answer " No " is rarely given to this question and because of this a great many releases go out which are of marginal interest to the recipients . |
| 27 | Now you 're of value ! |
| 28 | Now you 're of consequence ! |
| 29 | Now we are of course talking principally on this sixty hectare allocation for the district outside the Greater York area because I think it is well understood this enquiry can have comparatively little impact on how much development takes place within the surroundings of Greater York , because I understand the site that 's being discussed is already committed and it is in any case part of the York pool rather than the Harrogate pool . |
| 30 | The baby was in the Rena for four weeks at two guineas a week … the bill amounted to £16.12s.10d. and so you see , with all these expenses , the cost of having a baby has turned out to be very great , and now there are of course the funeral fees . ’ |