Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It will be pleasing if the features of this sketch seem intuitively natural , as indeed we would claim , but justification for them is of course to be sought primarily in the observations of Chapters 2 to 10 and the way that these observations fit our assumptions about the bases of adjectival syntax . |
| 2 | However , despite the complications , each of these types of function has a relatively clear central core , and the distinction between them is of importance in several areas of administrative law . |
| 3 | The distinction between them is of considerable importance . |
| 4 | The differences between them are of the same order as the differences between modern Dutch and standard German : the Brut retains the OE case-inflexions and grammatical gender , whereas the Peterborough Chronicle , even though it is an earlier document , has lost most of these . |
| 5 | Sir Thomas was quite willing to try , even though ‘ four gentlemen , two of whom are of another communion ’ , had declined to sign the petition . |
| 6 | I should like to thank all our workforce , the majority of whom are of course remaining with the company , for their impressive commitment to getting on with the job in hand , despite the company 's problems . |
| 7 | Their heads , none of whom was of high noble birth and some of whom were of relatively humble origins , were officials rather than statesmen . |
| 8 | And in Normandy , both Henry I and Henry II favoured ‘ new men ’ , some at least of whom were of modest families . |
| 9 | Secondly , at a time when social workers are particularly concerned to understand how race should influence their practice , it is unfortunate that the study is based on respondents all of whom were of ‘ white British origin , reflecting the populations from which they were sampled ’ . |
| 10 | As the witness concerned , Terry Gill , had to be omitted ( though he remained a suspect ) ; that left Alan Tate and Mark Garland , both of whom were of medium height , slight of build and certainly capable of the agility required . |
| 11 | Their heads , none of whom was of high noble birth and some of whom were of relatively humble origins , were officials rather than statesmen . |
| 12 | Although they are rarer fossils , some of them are of such interest that they are worth mentioning here . |
| 13 | ‘ Tie-in books ’ are a major part of any best-seller list , but not all of them are of the semi-literate kind often found there and described earlier . |
| 14 | Some of them are of necessity considered briefly — even in shorthand form — and the reader seeking further elucidation is referred to the sources mentioned in the text . |
| 15 | Fifteen coins are recorded from the site ; some of them are of Valentinian and show that occupation continued to the end of the fourth century . |
| 16 | Some of them are of great value in treating cancers , but mifepristone acts by blocking the hormone progesterone , which is essential for the maintenance of a pregnancy . |
| 17 | Most of them are of the lancet type particularly associated with the commissioners ' buildings and many — for example , Christ Church , Meadow Lane , Leeds ( 1823–6 , demolished ) and Honley near Huddersfield ( 1842–3 ) — had thin arcade piers of cast iron ; but Chantrell was a serious student of Gothic . |
| 18 | Many of them are of a Victorian standard and need considerable investment . |
| 19 | The Bill is bound to be extensively amended before it reaches the statute book — at the time of writing 16 , amendments have been put down by the Government and 25 of them are of major importance — but it is believed that few if any of these amendments will affect settlements under which there is subsisting an interest in possession . |
| 20 | Erm many of my officers erm indeed all of them are of the same mind . |
| 21 | and , but if any of them are of not U K origin |
| 22 | In his evidence to the Committee , Keynes identified seven possible classes of remedy for depression , and assured his colleagues that practically all of them were of some value . |
| 23 | Some of them were of course , he reflected , little better : actors , journalists , bank clerks … |
| 24 | They were exquisitely painted ; almost all of them were of women . |
| 25 | They certainly performed the other functions of the chapel of the contemporary kings of Germany ; and it is doubtless significant that some of them were of German origin . |
| 26 | To take just one instance , most of them were of an age to lose brothers , fathers , husbands or the chance of marriage during the Great War , |
| 27 | And I can get round to doing that this week , I started trying on Friday but most of them were of course hitting the road . |
| 28 | But few of them were of good family or had prospects which were worthy of consideration . |
| 29 | The coins themselves spanned the period 14th to 17th centuries and four of them were of quite high denomination for the period they were in circulation ; not the highest value coin available , but nevertheless high . |
| 30 | But erm , and I was looking through all these posters and most of them were of nude women ! |