Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deviation of that inch or so is of no consequence . |
| 2 | At the meeting it was decided to carry out a detailed analysis of the needs of each church 128 in all , of which fifty or so are of prime artistic interest and to calculate precisely the costs involved . |
| 3 | Subversive activities are those which threaten the safety or well being of the State , and which are intended to undermine or overthrow Parliamentary democracy by political , industrial or violent means . |
| 4 | In Britain ‘ subversive activities ’ are defined as ‘ those which threaten the safety or well being of the State , and which are intended to undermine or overthrow Parliamentary democracy by political , industrial or violent means ’ ( Home Office , 1984 ) . |
| 5 | This is the first time this major title has gone to a coloured paddler and so is of great significance to those who think that canoeing is a whites-only sport . |
| 6 | Although these transition metal compounds will activate carbon-hydrogen bonds , they do not behave catalytically , and so are of limited practical value . |
| 7 | From a therapeutic aspect , penicillin was marvellous because it cured many dangerous bacterial infections , but it was tiresome because it was inactive by mouth ( it was destroyed by the acidity of the stomach contents ) , it acted for a very short time ( it was rapidly excreted by the kidneys ) and so was of little value unless given by injection at intervals of not longer than 3 hours , and because , after a time , the normal processes of evolution led to the appearance of resistant strains of the microbes which had previously been sensitive to penicillin . |
| 8 | Philip had opened the proceedings by again suggesting an exchange of conquests , but Richard opposed this , arguing that this would mean that he gave up lands , including the Quercy , which brought him an annual revenue of a thousand marks or more , in return for estates in Berry which , though they were fiefs belonging to Aquitaine , were in fact held by other lords and so were of very little direct financial benefit to him . |
| 9 | The bullet avoids in this , well very briefly , erm about for half a dozen of them , first of all erm , I 'd like members to be aware of the increasing interest being taken by the Department of Transport in the Ipswich transportation strategy and the Ipswich traffic study before that , the predictions we have from our consultants for the year two thousand and six and particularly their interest in their own trunk road system around Ipswich and the capacity of the Orwell Bridge , so that Department of Transport in Bedford are suddenly come to life to see what 's happening and have requested access to the information we have required from previous investment and consultancy work and the panel of members , the joint panel of members Ipswich , Suffolk recently gave approval to expose for being their findings of our work to the Department of Transport , which I think is a very good move and , and only be of some valuable to us ultimately . |
| 10 | Within , that arena might well harbour some exhibition or pageant , and thus be of no significance in a war . |
| 11 | THE Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths ( FSID ) and Early 's of Witney have produced a leaflet on reducing the risk of cot death . |
| 12 | There were , and still are of course , immense difficulties in the way of quantifying human phenomena , some of which we shall touch on later . |
| 13 | From a subjective viewpoint , these differences do not seem to depend on linguistically-represented concepts , and moreover are of such a general character that it is implausible to ascribe them uniquely to human perceivers . |
| 14 | The projects must enhance the quality of life and well being of the clients . |
| 15 | It is posited here that rational childbearing practices , including patterns as to age of mother at birth of child , the amount of time that elapses between births and the total number of births , would have a salutary effect upon the health and well being of the family and its individual members , particularly mothers and young children . |
| 16 | We consider that punitive policies such as cutting benefit payments or not providing adequate housing for lone parents or their children , would immediately damage the health and well being of children and we consider that that in itself is contrary to the U N convention on the rights of the child . |
| 17 | Religion was the base for the principles of society and they are all for the good and well being of society . |
| 18 | The House of Commons , particularly , but also the House of Lords , is often thought of as a club and the exchange of views and striking of bargains which goes on outside the chamber can be and frequently is of much greater significance than the public posturing which goes on within it . |
| 19 | While it may cause a degree of hypoalbuminaemia through an intestinal leak of plasma , it is not a blood-sucker and consequently is of little pathogenic significance in dogs , causing only mild digestive upsets and occasional diarrhoea . |
| 20 | Of all the steps in communication , studying is probably the most irregular , uncontrolled and impersonal , and yet is of immense importance . |
| 21 | ‘ We should have looked first ! ’ he declared abjectly when all they could see of the scene below and beyond was of rooftops and forest shrouded in mist and rain . |
| 22 | It is believed that the observational material will be useful in highlighting subtle aspects of differential behaviour and therefore be of particular help in staff training schemes . |
| 23 | Until 1321 , parliament had been used by the king 's opponents as an occasion when pressure might be brought to bear upon him ; to the king , parliament was an inescapable necessity when taxes had to be raised but otherwise was of little significance . |
| 24 | Common Law would treat a provision in a contract as to time as being ‘ of the essence of the contract ’ , meaning that if a certain act was not done by one party within a certain stipulated time , he should lose all rights under the contract ; Equity treated such a provision in general as not being of the essence of the contract , but as giving a right only to damages . |