Example sentences of "[is] [adv] of a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Hitchcock 's keywell inlay is generally of a simple rectangle , whereas Mercier and William Smith are in agreement that the rectangle should be broken with half circles on the shorter sides — a decorative motif that was common at the time and appears on a number of spinets ( though not apparently any by Thomas Hitchcock ) . |
| 2 | Thus , the administration referred to is not of a governmental nature and the other legislation to which I was referred is of no assistance . |
| 3 | relates to specific matters relating or of concern ( directly or indirectly ) to that company , that is to say , is not of a general nature relating or of concern to that company ; and |
| 4 | ‘ Unpublished price sensitive information ’ is information which relates to specific matters relating to or of concern ( directly or indirectly ) to that company , that is to say it is not of a general nature relating to or of concern to that company and is not generally known to those persons who are accustomed or would be likely to deal in those securities but which if it were generally known to them would be likely to affect the price of those securities . |
| 5 | What we can say , though , is that the picture which emerges from these is not of a monolithic bloc but of a constantly mutating organism made up of elements which are symbiotic and mutually contradictory at the same time ( see , for example , Sanjek 1988 ; Hirsch 1969 ; Peterson and Berger 1971 ; Hardy n.d. ; Frith 1978 ; 1983a ; 1988a ) . |
| 6 | Plant perception is largely of a chemical nature , a diffuse comprehension and awareness of a chemical reality , combined with an inward sensitivity to the subtle watery tattvic vibration . |
| 7 | Barker 's poetry , however , is largely of a different order : rebellious , mad , hortatory , and still singing after all these years . |
| 8 | Equally , the discomfort associated with gonorrhoea is usually of a greater order , and men who have suffered repeated attacks of both infections can usually tell which infection it is that they have on any given occasion . |
| 9 | We find the process simultaneously tiring , frustrating and rewarding when , at the end of tussling with some problems , we reach a shared view and a commitment to that view , which is usually of a different order to that which we can achieve by any other means . |
| 10 | Morning coffee , lunch and high tea is always of a high standard with the course also in tip-top condition . |
| 11 | Instead , despite writing soon after Nadir Shah had returned to Persia , the overwhelming impression that Khan tries to convey is still of a bawdy city of joy , a place remarkable for its wild parties , its lively celebrations and orgiastic festivals . |
| 12 | I had similar difficulties with the use of phrases like ‘ working-class youth values ’ when writing up research on subcultures ( Davies 1985a ) : in the singular ‘ a youth ’ does mean a young man , and hence while writers may use ‘ the youth of today ’ to imply generalizations across male and female , the connotation is still of a masculine prominence and centrality in adolescent affairs . |
| 13 | Lexical creativity is probably of a similar order and , like syntactic creativity , must have a finite aspect . |
| 14 | The tongued variety of chain-guilloche — not a common feature — which forms the border of the central square in mosaic C is also of a similar design ( if not execution ) to that which encloses the central panel which contains the Cupids . |
| 15 | The majority of this remaining countryside is also of a high quality deserving in the County Council 's view protection in the words of P P G seven for the sake of its beauty , the diversity of its landscapes , the wealth of its natural resources and its ecological , agricultural and vacational value . |
| 16 | The dysuria is also of a lesser order described as ‘ tingling ’ rather than ‘ burning ’ during micturition . |
| 17 | Not surprisingly , the contemporary image of an old person is typically of an old woman , and of the loneliness of widowhood . |
| 18 | Most of the traffic on the narrow canals is now of a different kind : growing numbers of pleasure craft owned or hired by those who have discovered the fascination of the inland waterways . |
| 19 | The following year 202 assignments were completed , with a further 109 in Hong Kong ; 24% of Norman Broadbent 's business is now of an international nature . |
| 20 | That 22-month-old Limousin X is out of a Simmental Angus cow and was bred by Peter Walker , Easterside , Dunnottar . |
| 21 | The derelict land in the area chosen only amounts to 150 acres and of this , only 8 acres are council owned and this is out of a total UDC area of 1038 acres . |
| 22 | A son of Green Desert , Magic Ring is out of an Empery mare and there are indications that he will stay a mile despite the amazing speed he displayed as a juvenile . |
| 23 | Since the evidence for their existence is often of a less-perishable nature , it is easier to identify several in Britain . |
| 24 | Mm , ca n't remember what band he is out of , he 's out of a big band |
| 25 | Without an explicit theory , it is not clear whether the important underlying variable is indeed of a psycho-social kind , or whether it is ( for example ) associated with the looser social ties between the individual and the local group which are likely to be congruent with a high level of social ambition . |
| 26 | Though violence sometimes occurs at American sporting contests , it is seldom of a comparable scale and intensity to the football hooliganism which so often takes place in Britain , West Germany , the Netherlands and Latin America ( Guttmann , 1986 ; Smith , 1983 ) . |