Example sentences of "[adv prt] to be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temple ritual turned out to be of passing significance to Judaism . |
| 2 | That will turn out to be of huge significance for the action of chapter 4 . |
| 3 | They may turn out to be Of equal value to those who do . |
| 4 | On close inspection , several of the demonstrations of a dissociation between latent inhibition and habituation turn out to be of less theoretical significance than they first seemed . |
| 5 | Only 0–40 per cent of pentads should turn out to be of this length or less in this context , so that the expected number of pentads like Saintbury is only about 0–0040 × 0–042 = 0–00017 — which is certainly significant at the 1 per cent level . |
| 6 | But they turn out to be of Ancient History , so the flies blunder moodily against the parlour window beyond which the June sun ripens tempting dinners at roadsides and down by the strong-smelling beach ; day after day after day . |
| 7 | These anomalous properties of water may turn out to be of considerable importance in the preparation of homoeopathic remedies . |
| 8 | Muriel was favoured by all three partners , but the comments of her present employer turned out to be of particular importance . |
| 9 | If it does turn out to be of general significance at a variety of scales it will imply that the increased environmental stress associated in some way with regressions promotes an increase in extinction rate and corresponding vacation of ecological niches , with a consequent opportunity for new species to establish themselves . |
| 10 | Since this second sufficient condition turns out to be of some importance , it might be useful to have an intuitive idea of what is involved . |
| 11 | And it certainly turned out to be of considerable scientific interest . |
| 12 | The argument turned out to be of longer duration than normal , and Lucien practised with Jeopardy for seven consecutive days . |
| 13 | Many of the boundaries surrounding the village earthworks have been sectioned , and surprisingly some have turned out to be of prehistoric and Roman date . |
| 14 | This phenomenon of mastery of the anal drive turns out to be of the first importance for pastoral peoples because , as I have demonstrated elsewhere , pastoral psychology is often based on the introjection of sadistic drives which would otherwise threaten the herds on which the pastoralist depends for his existence . |
| 15 | Like the absence of dilation in the pupils following a head injury , this apparently small , perhaps even seemingly trivial , symptom turns out to be of crucial importance . |
| 16 | While Mulroney appeared to represent the former when he was elected , he has in fact turned out to be of the latter kind , and that exposed position may also have contributed to his loss of support . |
| 17 | Nisbet , with his first goal of the season , ultimately revived Rangers ' European ambitions and no matter how fortuitous his strike was , it may yet turn out to be of inestimable value to an Ibrox team who clung on bravely in the closing stages . |