Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] of [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The facts of this case are of such gravity that a sentence of general deterrent is necessary , ’ said the judge . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Standards which do not enable valid and reliable assessment are of little value to end users . |
| 4 | In abandoning the sutures as a method of ageing , few features of the skull except the dentition are of much use for our purpose . |
| 5 | Bowe 's disturbingly casual manner out of the ring is of more concern to both his rivals and his supporters . |
| 6 | Such overly anxious and insecure horses are usually found amongst the Thoroughbred population , where speed is of such importance that it predominates over every other desirable characteristic . |
| 7 | But my suffrage is of little value , because this and Fort Augustus are the only garrisons that I ever saw . ’ |
| 8 | There may be other reasons why forward and expected future spot rates may not be equal ( for example , Frenkel and Razin ( 1980 ) show that stochastic prices may result in a divergence between the two , but admit that this effect is of little significance in practice ) . |
| 9 | Although best known for such delicious things as ‘ Sweet honeysucking bees ’ , his greatest work is to be found in serious madrigals like ‘ All pleasure is of this condition ’ and ‘ Thou art but young ’ . |
| 10 | Secondly , even if the applicant has not sought the alternative remedy , judicial review may still be allowed if the applicant alleges malice on the part of the decision-maker ; or if the court thinks that the applicant 's interest in the action is of such importance that it deserves judicial protection : an example would be personal liberty . |
| 11 | In Britain the legal speed limit was 12 mph but since they broke down frequently speed was of little consequence . |
| 12 | It became evident to both the Corporation and the Company , that the Selby Road frontier was of little use as a terminus for either . |
| 13 | Furthermore , comparison of radiation doses required to induce protection in the irradiated sporozoite model of pre-erythrocytic immunity has indicated that antigens expressed early in development in the liver are of most importance for protection . |
| 14 | Many hundreds of cousins , the majority of the proliferation that linked the Fairleys to the other great families of England , the Pagets , the Cavendishes , the Churchills , the Devonshires , and the Spencers , did not choose lives predicated totally on loyalty to the ruling house ; those who did entered a circle in which birth and wealth were of some consequence but far less important than the taste for maintaining the moral code of the élite in all its ramifications . |
| 15 | job availability in the south is of little value when inter-regional mobility is difficult . |
| 16 | This means that expert determination is of little use in cases where international enforcement is required , as experts ' decisions can not be enforced like arbitration awards under the 1958 New York Convention or like judgments of courts of European Community countries under the 1968 Brussels Convention . |
| 17 | Erm it 's also the case that , particularly when abuse is of this sort of y'know like I was just describing y'know stroking , caressing , all that kind of things um it a lot of erm in some cases very confused feelings on the part of the people who 've been abused . |
| 18 | The distribution of wealth used for consumption is of less interest to Marxists , though its distribution does give some indication of life style . |
| 19 | We have seen how the corporatist welfare state which has emerged in this country over the past hundred years is a reflection of a humanist philosophy in which the creation of wealth is of less concern and morally inferior than its distribution , in which the pursuit of equality has become the dominant economic philosophy and in which the state rather than the individual has come to be held responsible for solving our problems . |
| 20 | Many whales also spend some considerable time swimming on the surface , where good sight is required but where their sonar is of little use . |
| 21 | Ninety nine per cent of our work was of this nature but the other one per cent of excitement seemed to compensate for the disappointments . |
| 22 | Thus , providing such information after presentation of the passage was of little assistance . |
| 23 | Eventually these advantages were to tell against England in the war , but in its early phases such disparity was of less account , and the ability of the two kings to mobilize the financial resources of their realms and to command the support of the nobility was to be of greater consequence . |
| 24 | The question was of some importance , for if Louis-Napoleon was not the son of Napoleon I 's brother Louis , who became King of Holland during the period of the satellite Bonaparte Kingdoms , then all his pretensions to the Imperial inheritance were null and void . |
| 25 | S is also for SUBSTITUTE , which sugar and saccharine are of each other . |
| 26 | Some of the items in this Journal are of that nature . |
| 27 | His shyness was offset by the bubbling enthusiasm of Bishan Bedi , who posed the question : Would this promising allrounder be of more value to India as a batsman or bowler in the years to come ? |
| 28 | Road , air , and even river transport were of little significance by comparison with the railways . |
| 29 | But the EXPERTS say the difference is of little consequence . |
| 30 | This distinction is of some importance . |