Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [be] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one position he or she should avoid is of being a kind of co-conspirator with the politician against the legitimate interests of the audience and that , it has seemed to me lately , is an increasingly easy trap to fall into . |
| 2 | It seems odd at first sight that Celsus senior should have been of this view , and odder that he managed to persuade Ducenius Varus ( consul in AD 95 ) and his colleagues that it was the correct one . |
| 3 | So Wilson 's work of ‘ Cader Idris ’ , even if only seen by Green as a print , must have been of seminal interest . |
| 4 | Any academic learning at Stamford , therefore , must have been of limited scope and only the rebel students and masters between 1333 and 1335 ever issued degrees . |
| 5 | Such an undertaking must have been of very little value . |
| 6 | In the Trocadero large quantities of objects were displayed in a crowded , haphazard fashion , and , while Picasso was undoubtedly overwhelmed by what he saw and experienced , the impression he carried away with him must have been of a very general , metaphysical kind . |
| 7 | Gould 's arrangements for his own children were meticulously considered , which must have been of some consolation to his wife , who had dutifully resolved to accompany her husband to Australia . |
| 8 | That report would include such grants as we may feel are of a which are of more corporate nature , rather than specifically a service based one , and how we would recommend the council to deal with them . |
| 9 | This facility was not available to Brian and , in retrospect , might have been of benefit . |
| 10 | Fenella thought that it was a pity that Caspar was so scared of the giants , because he knew so much about Tara that he might have been of considerable help . |
| 11 | In Harry 's case , a pre-retirement course could have been of great value in encouraging him to accept his impending retirement and helping him decide how to redirect his energies before he finished working . |
| 12 | Mayer immediately protested the decision , saying the extra width could have been of no possible advantage to Hunt , a view with which I disagreed then and still disagree now , for a sporting rule is a sporting rule . |
| 13 | There was no one else in the hotel who could have been of any possible interest to the assassins . ’ |
| 14 | This book is useful but could have been of more value if it had been more clearly grounded in practice . |
| 15 | Accordingly , it is evident that a gift of such significance could have been of no small value to a freeholder or councillor who would otherwise have found difficulty in endowing a relative so generously at the commencement of his career . |
| 16 | If the walls belong to the cella , the surrounding portico walls could have been of much slighter construction , even to carry columns 12 ft high . |
| 17 | He broke off , regarding her warily for a moment before laughing , a hard , hollow sound accompanied by a shrug that could have been of acceptance , or resignation . |
| 18 | The fragmentary remains from Eccles have been interpreted as the figures of two gladiators , although , in light of the subjects of other figural designs in Britain ( see below ) , this might also have been a hunting scene ( or could have been of figures other than gladiators ; see the drawing of Cupids as gladiators : pI . |
| 19 | Had it been broad enough to have included the purpose of the great organised movement its contribution could have been of historical value . |
| 20 | One must appreciate that with the passing of time all things progress ; what may have been of considerable interest to one generation may not be to the next . |
| 21 | But most importantly , no information was given on the location of recurrence of the disease which may have been of prognostic importance . |
| 22 | It is likely too that the priest tidied up and eliminated any traces there may have been of disordered thinking or language , as he almost certainly corrected any theological mistakes , for his own safety . |
| 23 | It is not at all unlikely that some pressure was put on women in these two key firms , but it may have been of a persuasive rather than an intimidating kind . |
| 24 | The class of people for whom this may have been of paramount importance was not the traditional aristocracy which had never been involved in work , having merely inherited their estates , but those termed the nouveaux riches , the use of which term implies a much more direct involvement in the work process as the basis for capital accumulation . |
| 25 | It may have been of more limited scope , for example , ‘ I refuse to have a blood transfusion , so long as there is an effective alternative . ’ |
| 26 | You may have been of course . |
| 27 | For Cadafael , king of Gwynedd , Oswiu 's domination of the north Britons , perhaps particularly the Votadini , may have been of principal concern . |
| 28 | Aethelwald Moll , who became king of Northumbria in 759 , may have been of Deiran royal descent ; his power-base certainly seems to have been in Deira ( see below , p. 150 ) . |
| 29 | However , Foley 's mill was probably the first erected in the midlands , and may have been of a new design . |
| 30 | Now to the house itself , one of the early observers gives us a clue when mentioning the house he writes of the fine Elizabethan chimneys still standing , these I believe are those which collapsed in 1973 after having previously been lowered owing to their dangerous condition , on the collapse of these some fine timber framing was discovered in the older parts of the house showing considerable blackening , and Mrs Lingham informed me that vestiges of a gallery were discovered , and it was suggested that this part of the building may have been of the hall type . |