Example sentences of "[be] [adv] of [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , the solutions to the problems were rarely of the government 's devising . |
| 2 | They seem to lay claim to being purely of the mind 's eye , a manifestation of pure objectivity . |
| 3 | News at Ten may have been ahead of the BBC 's Nine O'Clock News in the ratings but last night it seemed unsure of what it was trying to do . |
| 4 | The illustration of double ropes being used to protect a second on a traverse is incorrect ; the drawing of a double-fisherman 's knot is actually of a single-fisherman 's ; the section on rigging anchors seems very sketchy with no consideration of using the rope to equally load them , rather than slings ; different types of shunt are discussed for self-protection on abseils but there is no mention of the cheap , simple prussik knot as an alternative , or the even more effective French prussik linking the controlling rope to the leg-loop of the harness . |
| 5 | The development of the Naval version , the NA 39 , was ahead of the RAF 's and was showing great promise . |