Example sentences of "[verb] be of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devises are of two kinds only , specific and residuary . |
| 2 | Mutations that affect corepressor binding are of two types . |
| 3 | My experience over this past year has been of closed doors . |
| 4 | The standard model of local government since the war has been of multi-functional authorities with an elected council supervising the direct provision of services . |
| 5 | Our talk has been of non-commuting observables or the Fourier analysis of wavepackets . |
| 6 | The sample used was of large companies that were known to be at the leading edge in terms of corporate planning practices . |
| 7 | Most of the photographs I receive are of unsaleable objects , with a smattering from the lunatic fringe such as the lady from Virginia who wanted to sell the handcuffs used to detain Charles Manson when he was first arrested . |
| 8 | The largest flock noted was of 60 birds , but parties of up to 20 are much more usual and many records are of single birds . |
| 9 | ‘ But the child you abducted was of six years of age and although the period of abduction was short and the child came to no harm , this was a crime , particularly now , of the most serious kind . ’ |
| 10 | They may have been of impermanent materials , such as wood , or the countries may have suffered greater devastation than their neighbours . |
| 11 | The Liskeard Grammar School also survived into the nineteenth century but was described by Polwhele , early in the century , as ‘ … a low , mean edifice , bad without and worse within , the business of education … having been of late years , it seems , less understood at Liskeard . ’ |
| 12 | The contractions recorded were of varying amplitudes , and Cook et al 's tracings show good reproduction by the open tipped tube recordings of both the shape and amplitudeof contractions measured from the serosal strain gauges throughout a wide range of amplitudes . |
| 13 | Analysis of prehistoric artefacts has shown that the metal worked was of varying degrees of purity . |
| 14 | The decisions involved are of three kinds : |
| 15 | The picture that is emerging is of dynamic organisations existing within changing environments with the need to balance competing tendencies to survive . |
| 16 | A nationwide study has revealed that the managers surveyed are of those Managers nearly 80% do n't take the holiday their entitled to . |
| 17 | About half the planting under the scheme had been of broadleaved trees or native pinewoods . |
| 18 | This was largely but not exclusively an obsession of Congregationalists , much as it had been of mediaeval bishops . |
| 19 | The 10 workshops trial tested were of varying lengths but collectively the time required for completion was 6 working days so a considerable degree of commitment was required from all concerned . |
| 20 | That 's a point I was going to make , but as far as I can tell in en masse , the main , the main nominated bodies have been of political parties . |
| 21 | Attempts to test the state subsidy theory of strikes have been of two kinds : studies attempting to show the correlation , if any , between levels of benefits and strike activity over the years ; and studies exploring the views of strikers in relation to benefits and strike activity . |
| 22 | All the 15 records since 1948 have been of single birds and the most in any year was four in 1952 . |
| 23 | Secondary teachers only were included , since the case studies about which the survey seeks to generalize were of secondary schools . |