Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [vb pp] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it 's the turn of the attack to show it 's made of the right stuff . |
| 2 | It 's run of the mill . |
| 3 | It is in a rather different sense that it is said of the wicked that they will soon fade like the grass ( Ps 37.2 ) , for there it is not an inbuilt weakness of the human constitution that accounts for the imminent death of the wicked but a fate peculiar to wrongdoers . |
| 4 | This conception of law as thesis is therefore a product of constructivist rationalism : it is born of the belief that law is the result of human design ; that order in society is founded on the conception of law as taxis ; and that the political authority is capable of acquiring all the knowledge it needs in order to exercise its absolutist powers wisely . |
| 5 | It is built of the typical pale Yorkshire brick with local stone dressings . |
| 6 | It is built of the same materials and shows the same Moorish features of decoration and construction ( 415 ) . |
| 7 | It is considered of the first importance that young persons should receive correct and permanent impressions on this subject and to assist in securing that object it is intended to exhibit a model of a SLAVE SHIP which was recently captured upon the coast of Africa . |
| 8 | Federal US prosecutors say that a former partner at Frost & Sullivan has been indicted for allegedly trading on inside information stolen from the law firm of Skadden , Arps , Slate , Meagher & Flom : Michael Borlinghaus was indicted for allegedly receiving the non-public information from an IBM Corp executive and the allegation is that Borlinghaus , his friend and neighbour Leonard Bellezza , and others traded on the information ; he faces a possible maximum prison term of 20 years and fines of more than $1m if he is convicted of the offence . |
| 9 | These figures range from Azam Khan , ‘ one of the chief nobles of the Empire ’ whose principal claim to fame is his vast harem and his insatiable appetites ( ‘ a pederast , he is also fond of beautiful girls … whenever he is informed of the availability of a lad or a fine wench he endeavours to be the buyer ’ ) ; through Taqi , ‘ one of the famous eunuchs and the ringleader of the conjurors of Hindustan ’ ( ‘ his house is the abode of delicate beauties , some as fair as the dawn while others are as dark as volatile passion ’ ) ; to great musicians such as the blind drummer Shah Nawaz who played his own stomach as if it was a tabla drum ; or the disgusting Surkhi , a glutton who ‘ snored and expectorated loudly ’ but whose horrible habits were overlooked by his hosts because of the unique beauty of his voice ( ‘ as melodious as a nightingale ’ ) , his brilliant mimicry and his ready wit . |
| 10 | He is reminded of the Company emblem , Felix the cat , the helmeted feline with nine lives , and once again thinks how highly appropriate it is . |
| 11 | Kapuscinski is soon in a still hairier place , further south , where he is told of the South African intervention . |
| 12 | Frontenac only knows what he 's read of the place . |