Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] be of [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toward the end of the war , many artillery pieces were of such a size and weight that they could only be moved around on specially strengthened railway freight wagons . |
| 2 | ‘ We know the rather negative condition reports ’ , says Filedt Kok , ‘ but the painting 's overall impact and its enhancement of the museum 's Rembrandt holdings is of more importance to us . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And some dreams , I 'm not saying Katherine 's is , I 'm sure it is n't , but , but some people , some people 's anxiety dreams are of that kind . |
| 5 | in part this reflects the fact that occupational skill levels are of such a low order that they present no real requirement for educational preparation . |
| 6 | P-waves can be transmitted through any material ( sound waves are of this type ) , but S-waves can only be transmitted through solids . |
| 7 | Sir Hugh said he understood that the successes of the security forces were of little comfort to those who had suffered at the hands of terrorists . |
| 8 | He took a pristine white handkerchief out of his pocket and rubbed at the faint hand-print Kenneth had left on the glass partition as he said , ‘ These passivation glasses are of much use in the semi-conductor industry , and we have high hopes that with the burgeoning of the Scottish computer industry Silicon Glen as it is sometimes jocularly called — we shall shortly be supplying … ’ |
| 9 | The actual heights of the nick points are of little significance , because during their recession up various streams they may reach a wide variety of altitudes . |
| 10 | ( It should be noted in passing that the Sex Discrimination and Race Relations Acts are of little relevance here . |
| 11 | A sixteenth-century building with a high saddle-roof , the Chuechlihaus , houses the Heimatmuseum which has a collection of old Langnau pottery products ; it also has exhibits to illustrate the products and tools of the several local timber trades and crafts , which is particularly appropriate in a district where forestry and timber trades are of such importance . |
| 12 | Because the clinical signs appear during the prepatent period faecal egg counts are of little value in diagnosis which is best made on grazing history , clinical signs , and is possible , a post-mortem examination . |
| 13 | For weekenders , charter flights are of little use , as usually they offer only weekly or fortnightly returns . |
| 14 | The pottery figures show the smiths wearing the conical cap ( pilleus ) , also worn by Dolichenus , and this may have given Richmond the idea that the Corbridge figures were of this eastern god . |
| 15 | Some of Labov 's New York City variables are of this broader type , and the larger number used by Trudgill ( 1974 ) are mixed in this way : some of them ( such as [ h ] -dropping and ( ing ) ) are common to many varieties , whereas others have social meaning only , or mainly , for Norwich and Norfolk speakers . |
| 16 | However , after a number of years of operation , the APU does not appear to have been conspicuous in its success : most of the background measures are of little use , and there are difficulties in relevant measures . |
| 17 | EC regulations are of some importance to the caterer , since they cover matters such as wine labelling , egg labelling , vegetable grading and Euro sizing . |
| 18 | It is sometimes claimed that predator assemblages are of little use in palaeoecological interpretation because of this bias , and because they take prey from areas far removed from the place where the prey remains are deposited by the predator . |