Example sentences of "[is] [verb] of [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is composed of large crystals , like bath salts , whereas Carrara is formed of very small crystals , like fine sugar . |
| 2 | There are also anomalous areas of volcanism on , or near , mid-oceanic ridges ; Iceland , for instance , is formed of unusually thick oceanic crust produced by very high localized rates of volcanic activity on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge . |
| 3 | There is a difficulty , however , if the seller is disposing of only part of his holding represented by a certificate or if he is disposing of all his holding but to several buyers . |
| 4 | The exemption will not apply to a mere agreement for the sale of specific assets or where the vendor is disposing of only part of his interest in the business . |
| 5 | The house is built of locally hewn blue lyas stone , and originated in 1580 , with a new front added in 1850 . |
| 6 | A proper fishing-rod is built of either greenheart , or cane . |
| 7 | But one of his congregation is made of more aggressive stuff and refuses to live a life of compromise ; in the end he turns his rage destructively against the poor people around him — with tragic results . |
| 8 | Optical fibre is made of very thin glass , which is flexible and so transparent that it can transmit light with very little attenuation . |
| 9 | The outer is made of long wearing , vinyl coated polyester fabrics , treated for flame resistance , cold cracks , UV , mildew and chemical pollutants . |
| 10 | To get an idea of the size of these protein machines , each one is made of about 6,000 atoms , which is very large by molecular standards . |
| 11 | I guess we 'll find out for sure what Joseph 's made of here in Cochin-China . " |
| 12 | Modern Delhi is thought of either as a city of grey bureaucracy , or as the metropolis of hard-working , nouveau-riche Punjabis . |
| 13 | When Europeans commenced their invasion of Australia , what is thought of today as ‘ mental illness ’ was unknown amongst Aborigines . |
| 14 | Yet it contains a contradiction , since the class-struggle , or more generally the struggle against oppression , is thought of as always visibly at work in history in a clearly timeless way . |
| 15 | That Asian children are teased about their food may not seem very important in itself , but it does rather lead to the thought — if people eat food which is thought of as disgusting and unclean what are these people like ? |
| 16 | The point to notice in this mechanistic philosophy is that the mind is thought of as passive : |
| 17 | Because education has become more and more of a depersonalized commodity that can be delivered in principle by anyone , their technique as teachers is thought of as paramount and their preferences as incidental . |
| 18 | The requirement implied in this formulation , that I am always morally obliged to do the best I can , is accepted as reasonable by some commentators , while it is thought of as unreasonably demanding by others . |
| 19 | Standardly that relation is thought of as inferential ; one belief is inferred from another or others . |
| 20 | Zeus , I imagine , is thought of as invisible to the others , seen by the soothsayers , who mark the turn of his head to Pelops and know the outcome . |
| 21 | Blues and greens , for example , are considered to be cool and restful ; yellow is thought of as sunny and gay ; while red , orange and tans are associated with warmth , as are peach and apricot . |
| 22 | " The river is thought of as romantic ? " |
| 23 | When , for example , God is thought of as like light , the metaphor is meant to bring into play all kinds of overtones and ideas which can help the user to a greater understanding of the word God : light shares some characteristics which can be applied to God — but ones which can not be neatly packaged up in literal words . |
| 24 | In the halcyon days of the 1960s , it was lower than is dreamed of now : inflation and unemployment shuffled along together comfortably within ranges of , respectively , 0.8%-6.3% and 1.5%-2.6% . |
| 25 | Wells is accused of horrifically stabbing 65-year-old Joseph Maguire , his neighbour in a London hostel . |
| 26 | That pattern is the same whether one is speaking of reasonably affluent , suburban Croydon , the outer estates of Luton , or the council house areas of Wythenshawe . |
| 27 | The duty of care , provided under Section 34 of the 1990 Environmental Protection Act , makes all businesses responsible for ensuring that their waste is disposed of properly , by passing it on to authorized waste collectors . |
| 28 | It is often a by-product of intensive livestock rearing and is created by large quantities of animal slurry which is disposed of inadequately . |
| 29 | The first step is to ensure that the waste is disposed of as close to its source as possible . |
| 30 | Of the stories I have in mind , Othello and Desdemona , Samson and Delilah , Dido and Aeneas , only the third is spoken of , and it is spoken of oracularly . |