Example sentences of "he [verb] [be] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will have seen , with as much surprise as pleasure , a child of nine play the harpsichord like the great masters ; & what will have astonished you even more was to hear from trustworthy persons that he already played it in a superior manner three years ago ; to know that almost everything he plays is of his own composition ; to have found in all his pieces , and even in his improvisations , that character of force which is the stamp of genius , that variety which proclaims the fire of imagination & that charm which proves an assured taste ; and lastly , to have seen him perform the most difficult pieces with an ease and a facility that would be surprising even in a musician of thirty … . |
| 2 | What he writes is of interest because it shows his attitude to his illness , and to the importance of relieving the pressures of his illness . |
| 3 | ‘ He has been of great service to the Reich , ’ Himmler said . |
| 4 | What he says is of interest . |
| 5 | His theology was , however , deeply unorthodox and , as we saw in Chapter I , he paid the highest price for wishing to supplant contemporary Roman Catholicism with an alternative religion , which he believed was of older pedigree . |
| 6 | The annihilation had all but occurred in far-off Europe , but that with which he wrestled was of even deeper concern — the cessation of the faith from within . |
| 7 | If Mace means what is ordinarily meant by ‘ my body as it appears to me ’ then the distinction he draws is of no use to us . |
| 8 | It is an example of his assiduous , hard-working and caring role as a constituency Member that he has raised this matter which he feels is of great importance to his constituents . |
| 9 | The florist was closed , and they 'd put the fresh stock away , so that when Boy looked in through the first window the flowers he saw were of silk ; all artificial , but so good that they were better and fresher than the real thing , and certainly more expensive . |
| 10 | The main impression he gives is of entrepreneurial acumen and ability to adapt to the culture of whichever time zone he flies into . |
| 11 | He tells stories such as how his grandfather shot at a flock of wild geese from the back of his pony , which took fright , threw him and he broke an arm which had to be amputated , and as a boy the tumulus where the arm was buried was pointed out to him , The list of the founders of Port Ellen in 1821 and their occupations and place of residence which he gives is of great interest . |
| 12 | He tells stories such as how his grandfather shot at a flock of wild geese from the back of his pony , which took fright , threw him and he broke an arm which had to be amputated , and as a boy the tumulus where the arm was buried was pointed out to him , The list of the founders of Port Ellen in 1821 and their occupations and place of residence which he gives is of great interest . |
| 13 | His visit lasted for a few hours at most — taking into account the time spent asleep — and the only really detailed description he gave was of the accommodation in which he slept in General Gowon 's home . |
| 14 | Like many graduates stimulated by their experiences , he discovered that although he had been of sufficient calibre to acquire the offer of the scholarship in the first place , he now faced the inevitable service obsession with a rejection of academic prowess in preference for ‘ practical skills in the real world ’ ( ibid. 157 ) : |
| 15 | He had proved himself in battle ; he had been of service . |
| 16 | I know that you came only to honour dear Crabb , at a small informal party , because he had been of assistance to your illustrious father , and valued his work at a time when it meant a great deal to him . |
| 17 | How fond he had been of darling Mou-Mou … it broke Mummy 's heart to have her put down , but it was the kindest thing to do … . |
| 18 | Lately , he had been of a mind to trace his son Arnold Thomas , but until such a day as he might be fortunate in that respect , he had no one except the lily-livered David . |
| 19 | erm Also while she still lived , he had been of course inhibited from putting down on paper very much of a novel which , now largely formed in his mind , and in which sexual abnormality would play erm at least a considerable part . |
| 20 | The religion which Proust eventually elaborated , as we shall see , was I think a religion of art , and the masterpiece which he wrote was of course his novel in fifteen volumes . |