Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our work so far has obviously only been of a preliminary nature , but even so it is clear that there are many strands in the concept of participation and public involvement in decision-making related to novel energy systems . |
| 2 | The boy who had carried our bags up to our room so eagerly was of course a boatman . |
| 3 | Implicatures that are " triggered " in this unostentatious way , simply by the assumption that the maxims are being observed , have so far been of the greater interest to linguists . |
| 4 | But the picture so far is of less than total transformation . |
| 5 | The portrayal so far is of national politics painted with a broad brush , giving a picture lacking in definition and detail . |
| 6 | Section 426(4) of the Act of 1986 envisages co-operation between United Kingdom courts and the insolvency courts of other countries , but the only order made so far is of limited application : see the Co-operation of Insolvency Courts ( Designation of Relevant Countries and Territories ) Order 1986 ( S.I . |
| 7 | Larger numbers have been recorded , and the highest winter count so far was of 1,625 on 9 December 1972 , of which 1,400 were in Chichester Harbour , the largest winter flock ever recorded in Sussex ; higher numbers have been noted during autumn migration . |
| 8 | Throughout the autumn the great majority of Spotted Redshanks in Sussex are found at Thorney Island , where flocks of 30 to 60 birds have been an annual occurrence since 1965 ; the highest count so far was of 69 there on 8 August 1967 . |
| 9 | The highest numbers of the year occur in September , when flocks totalling 3,000 or more are not unusual in these Harbours ; the highest count so far was of 4,200 on 5 September 1971 . |
| 10 | The fact that we are doctors , priests , social workers will not necessarily be of any advantage to us , nor does it give us any right to expect intimate revelations . |
| 11 | That area of your life not only is of no interest to me , but I also consider it in very poor taste that you should have brought it up in the first place ! ’ |
| 12 | This technology will not only be of use to the programme itself , but can also be made available at state and local levels . |
| 13 | This , of course , begs the question : if the source of information concerning life in the womb and at birth can not possibly be of the patient , then who — or what — else could be the origin ? |
| 14 | If I said , ‘ It looks blue ’ but otherwise seemed incapable of colour discrimination , of being able to respond differently , verbally and in other ways , to differently coloured things , and , particularly , of being able to tell when other blue things were present and when absent , then people would rightly suspect that I did not know what I was talking about , that my experience could not really be of its looking blue . |
| 15 | The Rev. Thomas Tolming , incumbent of Church Coniston , not surprisingly was of the opinion that the Sunday School was excellent ; certain ladies of the parish superintended it with great care and attention , improving the moral conditions of their young charges , and no doubt at the same time driving home the virtue of obedience , and respect for God and their betters . |
| 16 | Her own divorce shortly afterwards was of the ‘ extremely nasty and boring common-or-garden variety . ’ |
| 17 | And to finish most of my family off there is of course , my Grandparents . |
| 18 | Whichever , the feeling once again is of a peaceful environment removed from ordinary life . |
| 19 | The current chairman up here is of SCRE . |
| 20 | The settings would then be fixed , usually backed by gold foil ( Avent and Leigh 1977 ; Meeks and Holmes 1985 ) , which would most often be of garnet , but also glass , stone and shell . |
| 21 | No doubt the young Englishman was unpleasant , no doubt the Italian tomcats are exceedingly shallow — but the picture that emerges most convincingly is of a sensitive Englishman parted from the country of his birth and not quite within that of his choice . |
| 22 | The emphasis of the book from now on is of a pragmatic nature , but I hope it is a sanctified pragmatism applied to operating within and shaping the contemporary manifestations of the Church of Christ . |
| 23 | He asks me about my safari , but I know that what happens out there is of no interest to him . |
| 24 | ‘ So it wo n't really be of any use to me . ’ |
| 25 | Relatives and friends , the one person missing here today is of course , Anne 's father , and no day can be really happy without him with us . |
| 26 | So they wo n't even be of any use in helping them decide which subjects to specialise in . |
| 27 | The downside , as far as concerns book publishing in general , is that the lower-grade extended-caption tie-ins hog the limelight and drive out ‘ real ’ books which might otherwise be given more shelf space , and which would almost certainly be of far greater merit in themselves . |
| 28 | Preservation of the status symbol for the instructor ( who may feel that he may no longer be of service if the ultimate user becomes fully proficient in the handling of the system ) . |
| 29 | ‘ So you see , I am happy , yet I regret that I can no longer be of any assistance to you , ’ Ybreska murmured , ‘ deferentially . |
| 30 | Since the testes are removed , however , the dog will no longer be of value for breeding purposes . |