Example sentences of "[subord] it is of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since harm was the guiding principle , section 2(4) provided that ‘ a person publishing an article shall not be proceeded against for an offence at common law … where it is of the essence of the offence that the matter is obscene ’ . |
| 2 | This problem has not yet been considered in relation to the Johnston-McClelland model , where it is of particular importance because in this model , inhibition is absolutely decisive . |
| 3 | Although it is of course true that people can be greatly helped by having the opportunity to talk about their impending loss , ( both their worries about it and their wish to talk about it together with the person who is dying ) this must be when the time feels right for the people involved and not when the helper , professional or lay , deems it appropriate . |
| 4 | Although it is of course difficult to generalise , and some credit unions pay higher rates on savings than others , this difference in the return on savings might be up to around four per cent or so . |
| 5 | ‘ There is a matter here which I will ask you to explain to me , although it is of no particular consequence to your situation . |
| 6 | The story of the Polgars is therefore much more one of educational techniques , a unique and deliberate experiment in environmental conditioning , than it is of chess . |
| 7 | This is less a matter of mass versus elite culture than it is of controlled laboratory situations : what is so highly specialised as to seem aberrant and uncharacteristic in the ( world ) of daily life … can often yield crucial information about the properties of an object of study whose familiar everyday forms obscure it . |
| 8 | It is much more a question of knowledge and awareness of which foods to eat and which to avoid than it is of following blindly someone else 's strict regime . |
| 9 | Because the proportion in such care rises with increasing age , the survey is more representative of those in the late 60s and early 70s than it is of the over-75s . |
| 10 | The assumption is that it is much more difficult to assess the work of a public manager than it is of a private sector counterpart . |
| 11 | Any kind of first occasion always seems more difficult than subsequent occasions and this is no less true of a change in an electoral system than it is of any other kind of change . |
| 12 | • It should be noted that this method does require some help , even if it is of the most menial nature . |
| 13 | If it is of this form , then by definition there will be facts and events that will count against it . |
| 14 | If it is of exceptional quality , there is a chance that it may be vested — either immediately or at a later date — in the Redundant Churches Fund . |
| 15 | But even an issue such as camping can become rather central if it is of importance to one partner . |
| 16 | Some elderly people still prefer ( or have to make do with ) an open fire , but this often presents problems if they have no one to carry coal for them and help to clear out the grate if it is of the old-fashioned type . |
| 17 | ( If it is of any interest to anyone , I knitted 44 ballet cardigans in 1991 ) . |
| 18 | If it is of any help the stove came complete with an Epigas cylinder . |
| 19 | We conclude this section with a description of a method often used in the following circumstances : ( a ) The problem is formulated as a matrix pencil ; if it is of dynamical origin , we re given a non-singular symmetric stiffness matrix C of order n and a corresponding symmetric mass matrix B : the problem is to find certain modes and frequencies satisfying |
| 20 | This means that if it is of public interest it will appear in all the newspapers and no particular paper will have the incentive to try to procure a scoop . |
| 21 | If it is of any consolation to you , I shall die now in peace . |
| 22 | In a block of premises each tenant can normally be regarded as consenting to the presence of water on the premises if the supply is of the usual character , but not if it is of quite an unusual kind , or defective or dangerous , unless he actually knows of that . |
| 23 | I have listed below some books on pop-up techniques , if it is of any help to G.D . |
| 24 | The result is naturally a concentration of erosion on the headlands , thus leading ultimately to a smoothing out of the coastline if it is of one rock type . |
| 25 | I do n't know if it is of any help to the PH Project . |
| 26 | The two things were entirely unconnected , but if it is of importance to you then you 'll be pleased to know that had there been a test you would have passed it with straight As . ’ |
| 27 | The Council may also from time to time promulgate Codes of Practice if it is of the opinion that such codes will further the objects of the Council . |
| 28 | We know from the study of modern depressive individuals that their illness , if it is of the type termed manic-depressive , can take a sometimes sudden and completely opposite course . |
| 29 | The House of Lords disagreed and it is now the law that it may be enough for the transaction to contain an element of bounty if it is of the kind conferred by the exercise of a special power of appointment . |
| 30 | But then they do say the course of true love … even if it is of the feathered variety , never did run smooth . |