Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because such religions are of more interest to the media than are more ‘ ordinary ’ religions , it is quite likely that whenever the tragedy occurs we shall be treated to the headline Cult Member Commits Suicide . |
| 2 | ( It should be noted in passing that the Sex Discrimination and Race Relations Acts are of little relevance here . |
| 3 | No counsel appearing on this appeal has attempted to defend those findings of fact or suggest that the reasons are in any way adequate . |
| 4 | ‘ Audited accounts are in any event only one of the sources of information which a prudent banker takes into account . |
| 5 | The facts of this case are of such gravity that a sentence of general deterrent is necessary , ’ said the judge . |
| 6 | When , in Britain , it is suggested that the policies of the Conservative Government towards local authorities since 1979 raise constitutional questions , what is meant is not that these policies are in any sense illegal , but rather … that they breach hitherto accepted understandings , albeit tacit , as to how relationships between central government and local authorities should be ordered . |
| 7 | Cobra effigies and icons are in most part multicephalous , that is possessing three , five , seven or sometimes nine heads , always an odd number . |
| 8 | The toilets are on that way . |
| 9 | Organic vegetables are of little use if their leaves are yellowing , their vitamins and minerals long departed . |
| 10 | His ‘ invention ’ , like that of hobbits , has been well-chronicled by Humphrey Carpenter ( Biography , pp. 64 and 172 ) ; the two cases are in several ways similar . |
| 11 | Nor is it quite certain that the ordinary law Courts are in all cases the best body for adjudicating upon the offences or the errors of civil servants . |
| 12 | Nizan 's literary and political activities are in many ways best understood as a contribution to what he would doubtless have designated as a " cultural revolution " . |
| 13 | We should n't kid ourselves for in factories and workplaces around the country G M B and T & G are at each other 's throats . |
| 14 | The results from the simple syntactic processor are of little use to the semantic analysis , being simply a rating of the ‘ goodness ’ of fit of a word given its local syntactic environment . |
| 15 | Perhaps the comics are in this category too , not merely ‘ rubbish ’ but collections of rampantly-bad jokes and celebrations of poor taste . |
| 16 | They find that unhappy childhoods are behind many difficulties in later life . |
| 17 | The specially prepared Walk For Life sponsorship forms are in this issue of the journal . |
| 18 | If judicial divisions and controversial judgments are in any case inevitable , the pragmatist asks , why should the controversy not be about what really matters , about which decision will produce the least inefficient practice or the fewest occasions of injustice in the future ? |
| 19 | Although the RNLI has a unique appeal , the methods of attracting support are in many ways no different to those used by all the other major charities in the country . |
| 20 | ( 8 ) Estates , interests and charges in or over land which are not legal estates are in this Act referred to as " equitable interests , " and powers which by this Act are to operate only in equity are in this Act referred to as " equitable powers " . |
| 21 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 22 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 23 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 24 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 25 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 26 | Well how many houses are on that road ? |
| 27 | Standards which do not enable valid and reliable assessment are of little value to end users . |
| 28 | Spelling rules are of little help , because if they are thorough enough to explain a pattern , they 're likely to be incomprehensible to the children . |
| 29 | It is not clear at present exactly what the rules are in such cases , nor whether the choices of readings are as clear-cut as they at first seem . |
| 30 | of all grey geese identified in Sussex are of this species . |