Example sentences of "be [adv] of [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The perceptible facial expressions that have been described by other authors are mostly of no real help to us : ( i ) Yawning .
2 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 .
3 Some Orfe are also available which are basically of the golden variety , but which have varying amounts of black on them .
4 This is what they teach fighters in Britain and that 's why most British fighters are only of a certain calibre .
5 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 .
6 Mental symptoms arising in this way are generally of the greatest importance when selecting the most similar remedy .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 companies , wh wh which are not of the western world , that we 've ever come across .
13 The stillness , the poise , of perfect symmetry are not of the everyday world .
14 Fifty-eight per cent of all British households are not of the nuclear family type according to 1966 data , and one in twenty of all households is a single-parent family .
15 He believes longer climbs such as Jibé Tribout 's Just Do It ( see Reports ) , Which rely more heavily on stamina than power , are not of the same order of difficulty .
16 Why then , it will be asked , do ‘ visible extension and figures come to be called the same name with tangible extension and figures , if they are not of the same kind with them ’ ?
17 It is likely to be , even , that two mental events are not of the same type on two occasions when I give a more explicit description of my experience , perhaps that I was thinking that my daughter is a quick thinker .
18 Ryle 's point is that , since the terms ‘ mind ’ and ‘ body ’ are not of the same category , it is illegitimate to relate them logically in this way .
19 The strain of the foster colony is chosen for good mothering ability and preferably the coat colour should be different from the animals to be fostered , or the mating arranged so that the natural young of the foster mother are not of the same coat colour as the pups to be fostered .
20 If the Revenue accept that the court order or agreement between the parties created a settlement on the ground that the interests of the beneficiaries are not of the same quality as the wife has a right of occupation ( see Booth v Ellard [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 1443 ) Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act , 1992 , s225 provides that the gain accruing to a trustee on the disposal of settled property shall in effect be free from capital gains tax where during the period of ownership the house has been the only or main residence of the person entitled to occupy it under the terms of the settlement .
21 However , immunity is rapidly re-established and any clinical signs which occur are usually of a transient nature .
22 They are usually of a high standard .
23 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 .
24 His collection of drawings was also very fine and sheets with a provenance from his collection are usually of the highest calibre , both in quality and in the state of preservation .
25 The squares themselves are usually of the same kind of decoration , i.e. cable or simple guilloche , although the colour of their patterns can vary ( indeed , this is a favourite method of emphasizing their contrast ) .
26 Determined not to be put down , she said , ‘ There 's really no more to add except that I would like to know if you are still of the same opinion . ’
27 The differences we are concerned with here are clearly of the social type .
28 These pleats are also of a predetermined size and therefore any adjustment is limited , as with pinch pleat tape .
29 Even the cycles of this world are also of the greater Mind .
30 This affinity alone suggests that , like some examples of individual arrangements of squares , the multiple configurations are also of the second quarter of the fourth century .
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