Example sentences of "[prep] [be] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His optics are internationally recognised to be of the highest quality . |
| 2 | ( The adult readers might like to list those books , and other reading matter , for which they have a particular affection or which they feel have made a contribution to their lives , and then check to see how many of them would be considered to be of the highest literary worth . ) |
| 3 | It needs to be of the highest possible standard , and the music which is used within it should represent a variety of styles and traditions , as a preparation for leading worship in the wider Church . |
| 4 | If it 's of equal , or greater , importance than the material it goes with , you want your image to be of the highest quality and you 're prepared to spend the time to achieve something a bit special . |
| 5 | ( iv ) Security and confidentiality to be of the highest level due to the sensitivity of the information . |
| 6 | But John Bell , director of leisure services , added : ‘ We are gravely concerned about the incident and have taken steps to ensure that , by additional training and regular monitoring , the safety of schoolchildren at the pools , and swimmers generally , will continue to be of the highest priority . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Bell says : ‘ We are gravely concerned about the incident and have taken steps to ensure that , by additional training and regular monitoring , the safety of schoolchildren at the pools and swimmers generally will continue to be of the highest priority . ’ |
| 8 | Another requirement is for the photocopy to be of the highest quality since it is usual for photocopies of standard letters to be sent to clients . |
| 9 | Achieving high standards is something Eleanor is conscious of , ‘ A number of our customers are Hotel Inspectors for the Scottish Board so we are doubly aware that our standards have to be of the highest and we work very hard to achieve this . ’ |
| 10 | Thus Regulus ( 1.3 ) is said to be of the first magnitude , while Castor ( 1.6 ) is not . |
| 11 | This phenomenon of mastery of the anal drive turns out to be of the first importance for pastoral peoples because , as I have demonstrated elsewhere , pastoral psychology is often based on the introjection of sadistic drives which would otherwise threaten the herds on which the pastoralist depends for his existence . |
| 12 | Of course the dictator would have to be of the right political colour , or he might shoot the wrong people . |
| 13 | If temporary workers are to be brought in , they will press for them to be of the latter category . |
| 14 | While Mulroney appeared to represent the former when he was elected , he has in fact turned out to be of the latter kind , and that exposed position may also have contributed to his loss of support . |
| 15 | The remaining items tended to be of the titillating variety of which a teenagers ' Christmas party is fairly typical : ‘ 8-in-a bed ’ sex romp . |
| 16 | Initially , if they belonged to the Church of England , they were likely to be of the evangelical tendency so disturbing to comfortable Anglican parsons and laymen . |
| 17 | The offering had to cost him something — one of his herd of cattle or flock of sheep and goats ( a bird was permitted for the poor ) , and it had to be of the best — a male without blemish . |
| 18 | Remains of the chancel are said to be of the 12th century , and the tower was rebuilt in the 15th century and has three bells . |
| 19 | This is usually achieved easily enough by line breeding , though if the mutated genes are not dominant only a percentage of each brood is likely to be of the new form . |
| 20 | continuity , directness , good road surfaces , convenience and easy maintenance seeming to be of the greatest importance . |
| 21 | It is to these factors , rather than to artillery itself , that we should turn if we wish to see which arms were proving to be of the greatest significance in the war . |
| 22 | The ramp , for instance , needs to be of the correct gradient , something which , in my experience of discussing such matters with colleagues , appears to be overlooked with alarming frequency ! |
| 23 | In practice some rifts seem to be of the active type whereas others seem to have been initiated by passive rifting , although in many cases there is no consensus as to whether specific rifts are active or passive . |
| 24 | Joints tend to be of the rubber ‘ O'-ring type fitted between the spigot on the end of one length of pipe and the socket on the next . |
| 25 | For example , a small Egyptian gold pendant in the form of a shell ( now in the Egyptian Department of the British Museum , EA 65281 ) is very probably ancient , but it bears an engraved cartouche purporting to be of the Twelfth Dynasty in the early second millennium BC . |
| 26 | Like the mosaic from Chedworth , the Ashcroft mosaic is not accurately dated , but in its stylistic relationship with other saltire pavements it too appears to be of the early-fourth century ( section 4.8 ) , probably between the years 320 — 340 , i.e. of a comparable period to the mosaics of Chedworth , phase 4 . |
| 27 | Food is taken seriously — with all the walking done every day , Fran and Robin Jacobs believe a good breakfast and dinner to be of the utmost importance . |
| 28 | The most recent developments may prove to be of the utmost importance and to have the most lasting consequences . |
| 29 | For these reasons the Department considers it to be of the utmost importance that the form is used in all of the appropriate circumstances and clearly it will help if it can be completed right after the incident has taken place . |
| 30 | For when a religion is put into a position where its , albeit necessary , business activities appear in the eyes of its followers , to be outweighing in importance its original purpose , it ceases to be of the slightest use in so far as it is able to fulfil one of its most important reasons for existence , that is , to provide a satisfactory code of behaviour to be observed in that area of human conduct which can be considered as being subject to moral law . |