Example sentences of "[be] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The freestanding stable wing , the coachmen and ostlers ’ accommodation , the skittle alley and cobbled yard can be of the greatest interest and yet are very vulnerable to the ubiquitous need , often enforced by the planning authorities , for adequate car parking space . |
| 2 | The mind puts together certain things and deems them to be of the same kind . |
| 3 | Why , in other words , should perception be of the perceived object rather than any other object in the causal chain further back in the causal chain ; why every perception should not be of the Big Bang that started off the Universe . |
| 4 | Why , in other words , should perception be of the perceived object rather than any other object in the causal chain further back in the causal chain ; why every perception should not be of the Big Bang that started off the Universe . |
| 5 | What will the enthusiast 's main memories be of the eighties ? |
| 6 | One memory will certainly be of the running of far more steam trains than seemed possible in the seventies , not all of them successful … |
| 7 | Another memory must surely be of the improvement to many stations , some of the London termini becoming shopping meccas , albeit the reduction in size of key ones such as Crewe and the general simplification of track layouts . |
| 8 | And the abiding memory of the eighties must be of the greatest achievement , the enormous increase in passenger traffic . |
| 9 | Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex . |
| 10 | Colonel Peter Young was a popular officer , well liked by everyone , always seemed to be of the same temperament , in action , or sitting at the bar in a country inn . |
| 11 | Foods necessarily tend to be of the ‘ convenience ’ type and low in fibre ( ‘ roughage ’ ) , and so might cause constipation later on . |
| 12 | But I do n't think everyone is as aware as they should be of the after-effects . |
| 13 | The ice to be melted must be of the transparent blue variety , which is free from fine cracks through which the hot water can drain . |
| 14 | We may ‘ believe ’ , or be of the ‘ opinion ’ , that it is universally and certainly true that it is ; but , in relying on experience and observation , we do not ‘ know ’ . |
| 15 | The rules of Equity as to stipulations about time and other provisions which would not be held by Equity to be of the essence of the contract , are to prevail in all cases . |
| 16 | For example , a small Egyptian gold pendant in the form of a shell ( now in the Egyptian Department of the British Museum , EA 65281 ) is very probably ancient , but it bears an engraved cartouche purporting to be of the Twelfth Dynasty in the early second millennium BC . |
| 17 | We are not so sensible as we ought to be of the Providence which hourly sustains us . |
| 18 | Rigorists rejected compromise : they would surrender nothing and understood it to be of the essence of their Christian allegiance that every Lord 's day they would unfailingly celebrate the eucharist . |
| 19 | For helices to entwine together they must be of the same handedness , like the strands of a rope . |
| 20 | To be harmonic , simple radiating curves should be of the same hand . |
| 21 | At Luxor the cruise ships often lie four or more deep at their moorings so that their passengers ' view can be of the side of the next ship instead of the river and the Theban hills , and the desert air is replaced by their neighbours ' diesel exhaust . |
| 22 | When rooted by the autumn and replanted this would , in due course , become a fine bush and one superior to those budded or grafted because its suckers would be of the same kind . |
| 23 | The other two were less opulently equipped , and carried ‘ such ladies and gentlemen who chose to be of the party ’ . |
| 24 | The matter has received our closest and most careful consideration and although the details were worked on in 1886 for another canal in the Manchester district ( but not used ) they are all to all intents and purposes equally applicable to the Grand Union Canal , when that canal is improved , to be of the same working capacity as the Grand Junction Canal and to carry the same vessels . |
| 25 | They distinguished between a child who has special educational needs , and a child who has special educational needs which are such that the LEA may be of the opinion that they should determine the special educational provision that should be made for him — in the words of Nicholls LJ , ‘ not special needs simpliciter , but special needs that satisfy a further condition ’ . |
| 26 | This has an unusual external iron undershot wheel , thought to be of the Poncelot type , complete with iron buckets . |
| 27 | This model did not have to be of the same sex . |
| 28 | This little building appears to be of the 19C but that is an illusion as the Chapel was planned by Pacassi and built by Anselmo Lurago between 1756 and 1760 . |
| 29 | Side-reins should be of the same length and of a length which encourages the horse to hold himself in a balanced outline . |
| 30 | Such a negative criterion could be that the parties should not be of the same sex , as could be the notion that one party should not be an animal . |