Example sentences of "be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pushkin eating cherries before a duel ; Lenin working day in day out on Iskra ; one sentence or a newspaper ( the point is of course , not one without the other ) ; Benjamin on the requirement to denature your work ‘ like ethyl alcohol ’ lest it be of use to the other side . |
| 2 | be of a high quality , eg in terms of accuracy and cross-references |
| 3 | Be of good fear and have a wonderful Christmas . |
| 4 | ‘ The [ financier ] , wrote Angell , ‘ has no country , and he knows , if he be of the modern type , that arms and conquests and jugglery with frontiers serve no ends of his … ’ . |
| 5 | And though thy walls be of the countrey stone , |
| 6 | Visually a pool should be in the lowest part of the landscape , whether that landscape be of magnificent proportions or the back garden of a suburban semi-detached house . |
| 7 | It was to be known whether the mines " are like to continue as they have been , & whether the Oare is like to continue at the same rate it hath been at , and whether it be of the same goodness as it hath been . " |
| 8 | More generally on durability , it seems that the requirement that the goods be of merchantable quality is a continuing requirement that they will continue to be of merchantable quality for a reasonable period after delivery so long as they remain in the same apparent state as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . |
| 9 | Be of good cheer . |
| 10 | be of course the people further up the line . |