Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] of a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However , a group of assessors under the President of Ukraine and President Kravchuk himself are obviously of a different opinion ; they are credited with the authorship of the agreement .
2 This is what they teach fighters in Britain and that 's why most British fighters are only of a certain calibre .
3 Chemical shifts are generally of a few eV or less , and overlap of lines due to different elements is unlikely , as each element contributes at most a few lines in the range 50–1200 eV , while the instrumental linewidth is of the order of 2 eV .
4 The spatial sensations evoked by Braque 's L'Estaque landscapes are already of a new order although his handling of space was to become increasingly original .
5 But it does make one very depressed er that people can vandalise and er infiltrate er a sacred place and take all sorts of things which quite honestly are not of a great deal of value to anybody else .
6 In the unlikely event that we fail to provide you with the services as confirmed to you by us at the time of booking or they are not of a reasonable standard , then we accept responsibility whether caused by our employees , agents or suppliers , save that ( i ) we shall not accept responsibility or liability for death , bodily injury or illness caused to you or others named on your booking form , except as set out below and ( ii ) we limit our responsibility or liability in respect of carriage by air , sea or land to that provided for by the relevant international conventions in respect of such carriage .
7 Research suggests that fringe and Green Belt sites are generally used by local populations for informal recreation , and that facilities are not of a sufficient standard to attract people from far afield .
8 If you , the reader , are not of a scientific bent , then they may not much appeal to you and you may wish to gloss over them .
9 However , immunity is rapidly re-established and any clinical signs which occur are usually of a transient nature .
10 They are usually of a high standard .
11 They are usually of a detailed nature , specifying the time-tabled requirements for precise operations and jobs , and invariably set out the sequence of priorities .
12 These pleats are also of a predetermined size and therefore any adjustment is limited , as with pinch pleat tape .
13 Because non-Porsche parts are often of a lower quality than the real thing .
14 In Western society , other important agencies of socialization include the educational system , the occupational group and the ‘ peer group ’ ( a group whose members share similar circumstances and are often of a similar age ) .
15 ( b ) winter aggregations comprising animals of all age classes ( but with the older ones arriving first and departing last ) are often of a larger size and crowd several layers deep in crevices and pools .
16 All these matters are indeed of a lower order of magnitude than those which had been fought for under Lanfranc and Anselm .
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