Example sentences of "[pron] be of [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Thomas was quite willing to try , even though ‘ four gentlemen , two of whom are of another communion ’ , had declined to sign the petition . |
| 2 | Although they are rarer fossils , some of them are of such interest that they are worth mentioning here . |
| 3 | My wife is travelling without a maid or nurse and I am of little use in a sickroom . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I am as sure of it as I am of this water . ’ |
| 5 | Almost as frightened as I am of this gang . ’ |
| 6 | Could I be of some assistance ? |
| 7 | Yes , Mrs Jones , we have a room booked for you on the thirtieth of July — can I be of any assistance to you ? |
| 8 | I 'm of more use to him , if I carry his letters faithfully , than all the statutes and limitations and restrictions they 've clapped on the Welsh trade . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you , ’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice . |
| 10 | I have so far dealt only with what might be considered extraneous matters which are of little concern to the non-collector , who can read and enjoy a book without worrying about endpapers , half-titles , advertisements and the rest ; though even the ordinary reader must reach a point where bibliographical matters begin to impinge . |
| 11 | An ongoing project is concerned with the assessment of mineral deposits such as building materials and industrial minerals for local use ( which are of little interest to international mining companies ) , and the development of techniques for beneficiating minerals from such deposits . |
| 12 | " Meanings " are neither equated with speakers ' intentions , nor with recipients ' interpretations ; both are looked on as mental entities which are of little interest as long as they do not " materialize " in interaction . |
| 13 | Nevertheless there are a number of DBMS , possibly the most well known being IDMS , which are of this type . |
| 14 | Beyond the page-turner are the real semi-literate books which are of another kind entirely . |
| 15 | Much of this area has been introduced by the analysis of social distance ; there are , however , other social factors which are of some importance . |
| 16 | Before turning to the grounds of appeal there are two matters which I must mention which are of some importance . |
| 17 | Serious errors , such as the two examples given , are usually corrected very quickly , but many newspaper readers who have personal knowledge of a news item find inaccuracies in reporting which are of less importance and which do not get corrected . |
| 18 | The creature has uttered the direst of threats — not against my life , which is of little account , but against Elizabeth 's . |
| 19 | Almost universally , the opinion is that the trial should never have taken place , which is of little comfort to the defendants who , they say , have effectively lost two and a half years of their lives . |
| 20 | However , there is a distinction that can be made within ‘ expected ’ status which is of some significance in lexical semantics . |
| 21 | This process , which is of some antiquity , depends on the very low solubilities of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide . |
| 22 | I would certainly advise anybody to look at the policy , and if they want more cover speak to the dealer that they bought the vehicle from , because it may well be that they could have erm a much , much greater cover which is of more value to them . |
| 23 | But this only tells us the earliest date at which the book could have been written , not the latest date , which is of more interest . |
| 24 | However , the broadest distinction being made , and one which is of most relevance in the present context , is that between the ‘ good ’ ( baig ) and the ‘ bad ’ ( yabud ) — or , as I prefer , the helpful and the harmful , designations which have less of Western moral connotations and which in the particular context correspond more closely to Chewong associations . |
| 25 | It is the d metric , calculated from weights , which is of most interest . |
| 26 | It is the cattle dealers and butchers of the town who are of most interest to us , for it was they who took the dog of Rottweil and turned him to their use with great effect . |
| 27 | Seating depends on room arrangement and table size ; but the more in the centre you are of any line the better your range of vision , and the better placed you are to get involved . |
| 28 | ‘ But it 's not very nice to take a convicted criminal into your home and then to have him tell you that you 're of little consequence . ’ |
| 29 | Could she be of any assistance ? |
| 30 | As a useless item , the name was extended to city dwellers who were of little use when unleashed in the countryside . |