Example sentences of "be [adv] of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some Orfe are also available which are basically of the golden variety , but which have varying amounts of black on them . |
| 2 | Mental symptoms arising in this way are generally of the greatest importance when selecting the most similar remedy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | The differences we are concerned with here are clearly of the social type . |
| 7 | Even the cycles of this world are also of the greater Mind . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Indeed , to many thinkers such explanations seem to be obviously of the right kind ( cf. |
| 10 | Therefore — except for an occasional mutated child which turns out to be plainly of the wrong metal for its caste — ranks must remain separate . |
| 11 | Since documents prepared with either indented or hanging paragraphs tend to be consistently of the one style , it is as easy to set up the format before typing as it is to do it afterwards . |
| 12 | What linguistic clues ( eg first-person pronouns I , me , my , mine ) are there of the addresser-addressee relationship ? |
| 13 | Most of the Balkan Jews were of Iberian origin and were thus of the Sephardic branch of Jewry . |
| 14 | Hard solders , on the other hand , were usually of the same metal as the object they were used on , but alloyed with a few per cent of another metal in order to reduce the melting point . |
| 15 | The smooths bore little resemblance to the early skins , although they were clearly of the same descent . |
| 16 | The Jersey 's ancestors were probably of the Celtic type ( there is certainly a hint of a likeness with the dainty dairy Kerry of Ireland ) , coming to Europe from Asia and North Africa . |
| 17 | Yet the new role of emperor was held in control by Charles who used it for his own ends , which were often of the highest order and extended far beyond mere materialism . |
| 18 | In patients with MEN 1 associated Zollinger-Ellison sydrome , howeve , diffuse and linear cell hyperplasia were roughly of the same order ( 53% and 47% , respectively ) . |
| 19 | Now , the RD 's electronics is where things get a bit tricky , and probably where Gibson were ahead of the average bassist of the time . |
| 20 | As our work has sometimes been interpreted as conflicting with that of Labov , it should be noted here that the above characterization of the speech community is fundamentally of the same type as his and can be seen as derivative from his insights . |
| 21 | It is necessarily of the same quality as the data used to support managerial control , because it is that data , used for a different purpose ; and because the data is of a type already in currency , its use needs no special explanation or defence . |
| 22 | Mu Cephei is only of the fifth magnitude ( at least , generally so ; it is somewhat variable ) , so that with the naked eye it is not impressive even though it is actually redder than Betelgeux . |
| 23 | It is large , rich and compressed , but it is only of the eighth magnitude , and I find it very difficult with × 7 and not really easy with × 8.5 or × 12 , though with × 20 it is obvious enough . |
| 24 | The committee is usually of the whole House . |
| 25 | The work being investigated is always of the same type and difficulty . |
| 26 | May I do so and see whether he is still of the same mind ? |
| 27 | The Hare mosaic is late ; the Tockington Park example is probably of the mid-fourth century ; while the two pavements from Gloucester and Halstock may be of the early " or mid-fourth century . |
| 28 | Line 25 is probably of the same type . |
| 29 | The safety recommendations again at the end of the official AIB report reflect this longer term view and , bearing in mind the fact that modern large public transport aircraft are now being used for fifteen or twenty years before they are discarded , the implementation of these recommendations is clearly of the highest importance . |
| 30 | It is clearly of the utmost importance to UK businesses to know in competition matters the status of communications with their lawyers , given the Commission 's wide powers of investigation . |