Example sentences of "is [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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1 | Platelet activating factor is on of lipid mediators that is generated in a variety of cells upon chemical or immune stimulation . |
2 | I think he is off of it now but I think he must be quite a leading light |
3 | I think he is off of it now but I think he must be quite a leading light |
4 | There is certainly an element which highly values the proprieties of artistic freedom : a work of art must be a work of free spirit , untrammelled by rules and regulations , wherein absolute consistency — or conformity of any sort — is out of place . |
5 | It is out of such events that the visual field , indeed the visual world , is composed . |
6 | As your playing standard improves and you develop the feeling of the rally , the rally should cease when the ball is out of play ( ie , when it has bounced twice , or outside the lines ) . |
7 | With modern technology , I can not accept that this standard is out of reach . |
8 | Last year 's leaflet is out of date , please order copies of the new one from Distribution Services . |
9 | This hortatory and vaguely uplifting conclusion is out of key with the body of Megill 's book , which is distinguished by the penetrating quality of its readings , and which , among much else , offers a very persuasive presentation of Derrida as joker . |
10 | But the word ‘ politics ’ itself needs to be deconstructed , since politics is to do with our ideals of what human life should be , about which there has never been agreement ; indeed , it is out of the disagreement that politics arises . |
11 | ‘ She is out of touch , out of date and out of step with the British people . |
12 | On my way to the District and Circle platform I pass a notice stating that an escalator is out of service . |
13 | As I ride the up-escalator , I see that the down-escalator is out of service . |
14 | Of two up-escalators , one is out of service . |
15 | One of the escalators down to my underground platform is out of service , but two others are working . |
16 | ‘ The problem for this Tory government is that their ideology is out of phase with the demands of ecology . ’ |
17 | Nicky Kiss , the Wigan hooker , is out of tonight 's Lancashire Cup semi-final at Oldham with a trapped nerve in his back . |
18 | In this , I think he is out of date . |
19 | Out of the USSR : Evil is out of the closet as Moscow copies the West |
20 | The Government 's decision to deport him is regrettable , but the matter is out of our hands . ’ |
21 | This animal does not hibernate , but stores food for the winter , which means that the damage it can cause is out of proportion to its diminutive size . |
22 | Yet the utility of those services to the public is out of all proportion greater than the continuation of prescriptions free or at one shilling each would have been . |
23 | Lloyd George is out of the running for some time and I suppose Herbert Samuel will act as leader in the House of Commons . |
24 | Nathan is now experienced enough to know that wet feet and the Arctic are a poor mix and is out of the hole like a rabbit . |
25 | A pull on the line , and the bag is out of the hole , its contents spilled out into the road . |
26 | ‘ My daughters said I should come here to help clear this thing up , to find who really did this because unless it is cleared up then history will say that we were sent to our deaths by Britain , and that means the British people and the British army and they do n't deserve that because it is out of character . ’ |
27 | John Barnes , who incurred a hamstring injury at Anfield on Saturday , is out of the Yugoslavia game . |
28 | A negotiated settlement is out of the question : the councils have no legal power to pay banks money on open contracts annulled by the lords ' decision . |
29 | The rule itself is out of accord with modern medical conditions and should be abolished . |
30 | ‘ The trial shows that by careful choice and timing of cultivations and herbicide applications it is possible blackgrass control even in areas where the yield-robbing weed is out of control , ’ explains Ciba-Geigy 's Andy Pigott . |