Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reply involved my being of British descent , five generations back ; our country 's closer historical ties with Britain ; and , er , frankly , sir , a question of sport . |
| 2 | Shortly after the end of the war an incident occurred which was of critical importance in the development of Gandhi 's relations with the British — the massacre at Amritsar . |
| 3 | Because of the steady flow of Atlantic Ocean surface waters into the Arctic basin , most zooplankton species found there are of Atlantic origin . |
| 4 | The problem SAVE faced was that it had been so disfigured by later alterations that many people doubted it was of sufficient interest to merit saving . |
| 5 | They put them on their arms , but Julian noticed his were of different lengths , one covering his hand , the other leaving his hand extended beyond the edge . |
| 6 | And , if they maintain their attitude expressed freely to the Official Solicitor 's representative and to their mother , it would be all to no purpose , since no court would make a residence order in favour of the foster mother against the wishes of the children concerned who are of an age to know their own minds . |
| 7 | Subsequent analysis of a sample drilled from the interior showed it was of bronze with no zinc present at all . |
| 8 | Over the next few months Endill began to hate his schoolwork more and more ; not because it was difficult and boring but because he thought what the teachers taught him was of no use . |
| 9 | But his questions were at once crucifying me as much as I knew they were of help . |
| 10 | Like many such groups , they have acquired a patina of legend : during the nineteenth century there were those who referred to them as Druid stones , others who thought they were of Roman origin , and yet others who asserted they must be the gravestones of Danish invaders vanquished by Banquo and Macbeth . |
| 11 | ‘ Anyway , ’ Miss Rene continued , ‘ immediately we saw this we knew it was of the highest quality . |
| 12 | He knew it was of his own making but that was not useful knowledge because he could not unmake it . |
| 13 | Sometimes he thought it was of his own making : he was unaccustomed to working closely with women and this one was still young and attractive which made him self-conscious . |
| 14 | He had married because he too thought he was of an age to settle down , and he had settled . |
| 15 | The address he gave me was of a nursing home in Kent . |
| 16 | The theatre is quite spectacular , with the seating arrangement and the plays performed there are of a very high standard . |
| 17 | The address he gave her was of a private cinema in the old quarter . |
| 18 | Crossing again to the fireplace , I gazed at it with awe , and had I been of a religious bent I would have fallen on my knees and prayed that the water would meet Nigel 's requirements so that on winter evenings , when we were doing our Darby and Joan bit , we could sit and worship the spirit of the fire , the hearth , the very essence of our home . |
| 19 | Had she been of any other class , he would long ago have stormed her defences and conquered . |
| 20 | He personified the pre-war amateur at his peak , a kindly engaging man who was well placed to have been a major influence in the game had he been of a more forceful character . |
| 21 | If it is stretching the imagination to describe any West Indian fast bowler as a gentle giant he is nevertheless mild-mannered and easy-going , and it is significant that while the likes of Croft and Marshall were doing unpleasant things to batsmen 's heads , the damage that Garner inflicted was mostly confined to arms and hands ; obviously any broken bone is bad and obviously he sent down his share of bouncers , but there was never the suggestion that he was using his physical advantages maliciously ; six feet eight inches 12 metres ) tall and weighing seventeen stones ( 108 kilograms ) , the prospect of the carnage he might have caused had he been of an aggressive nature hardly bears thinking about . |
| 22 | He was feeling what the laser would have felt , had it been of flesh and bone . |
| 23 | All said he was of low intelligence , and as a trump card the defence brought in Professor Hans Eysenck to consider all the evidence . |