Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [adj] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can , indeed , be argued that the sociology of religion is one of the most difficult and challenging areas of study in the social sciences . |
| 2 | Religion is one of the most powerful sources of human motivation , and can therefore , even in a utilitarian age , be seen as " useful " for attaining socially acceptable ends . |
| 3 | The enduring appeal of the Workers Educational Association is that of the public house : all human life is there . |
| 4 | The contract contained in the articles of association is one of the original incidents of the share . |
| 5 | Syer discusses how deterministic thinking is one of the aspects of institutional racism , affecting all subject areas . |
| 6 | The most dramatic entry is that of the poor rabbit . |
| 7 | The Old Testament is one of the great world sources of compassion for the poor and the hurt : the prophets thundered in their defence : ‘ Oh that my head were waters and mine eyes a fountain of tears , that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people ’ Jeremiah , 9:1 ) . |
| 8 | Chronology is one of the cornerstones of geomorphology , and researchers are urged to balance their studies of present geomorphic processes by an appreciation of rates of work over timescales of 10 4 — 10 6 years . |
| 9 | Isolation is one of the biggest problems for the unemployed actor , for acting is something which needs communication with others . |
| 10 | Opposite St Malachy 's Roman Catholic Church this Edwardian warehouse is one of the finest buildings in the area , built of red brick and Giffnock stone . |
| 11 | Partnership is one of the fundamental flaws of football . |
| 12 | Environmentalists claim that industrial peat extraction is one of the most ecologically-ruinous forms of development in such areas , and point out that alternatives to peat exist for both fuel and horticultural purposes . |
| 13 | Conversely , a Marxist is scornful of the supine , uncritical level of political consciousness in western ‘ liberal ’ societies , where readjustments of ideas and practices are allowed but no general challenge to capitalist theory is evident . |
| 14 | Similarly , within the area of prosodic components most generalisations tend to be very broad and obvious : wider pitch range tends to be used in excited or enthusiastic speaking , slower speed is typical of the speech of someone who is tired or bored , and so on . |
| 15 | Proof of a demand by the plaintiff for the return of the goods met by a refusal of the defendant is one of the common ways of producing evidence of conversion for it tends to show that the defendant 's detention of them is wrongful . |
| 16 | The question is whether all killings in which the defendant is aware of the risk of death are sufficiently serious to warrant the term ‘ murder ’ . |
| 17 | Generally , however , loss incurred as a result of the plaintiff 's inability to deliver the goods under a lucrative contract of sale is too remote unless the defendant is aware of the contract . |
| 18 | Where the defendant is aware of the contents , however , as he generally will be with prosecutions under this section , the prosecutor must show that the defendant was aware that others might find his words to be threatening , abusive of insulting . |
| 19 | The Dornoch Firth is one of the very few areas around the British Isles given a Grade A classification for shellfish purity . |
| 20 | ( Another useful illusion is that of the instantaneity of experience . |
| 21 | If it is discovered , employee theft is one of the least stigmatised of crimes . |
| 22 | This high mileage trainer is one of the top shoes in the Saucony range and is available in both men 's and women 's models . |
| 23 | A railway line running along the eastern side is one of the more interesting hazards . |
| 24 | But if the puffin is aware of the pirate in good time , it can accelerate to a speed the skua can not match . |
| 25 | The result is one of the most affordable classy oak-soft reds on the market . |
| 26 | The result is one of the largest , most detailed , and most accessible studies of land ownership anywhere in the USA . |
| 27 | Confirmation is usually requested where the exporter is unsure of the standing of the foreign bank or is concerned about ‘ country risk ’ — will the country run out of foreign exchange and be unable to pay ? |
| 28 | The club is one of the largest , and one of the friendliest , in Scotland . |
| 29 | Arthur 's Seat is one of the remnants of a long extinct volcano . |
| 30 | Perhaps they are , in some manner still unknown to us , not irrelevant ; the judgement of irrelevance is that of the human observer , not the animals concerned . |